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Mr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.

Mr. Messmer has over 30 years of engineering experience in analysis, design, plan/specification development, and project management/personnel supervision for geotechnical, foundation and structural engineering projects in the transportation, industrial, municipal and commercial fields of civil engineering. Throughout his career he has placed an emphasis on quality control and staff training. Mr. Messmer is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Highway Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers. He earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Messmer was accepted into the Academy of Geo-Professionals in 2013.

Principal Planner of Flanagan & Associates, LLC, Certified Floodplain Manager, TulsaFlanagan & Associates, LLC, is a land-use planning consulting firm. Founded in 1969, it has specialized in urban floodplain and stormwater management since 1973. Mr. Flanagan has always been a leader in innovative floodplain management concepts. He was the planner for Tulsa’s first master drainage plan, Vensel Creek, completed in 1976. Mr. Flanagan has worked as a consultant with Tulsa’s national award-winning stormwater management program for over 25 years. He is past president of the Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association (OFMA). Mr. Flanagan has been the recipient of FEMA’s “Outstanding Public Service Award”, OFMA’s “Outstanding Achievement Award” and the American Planning Association’s “Comprehensive Planning Award.”

Project Manager at Jonesplan Construction, LLCMr. Kmita has been with Jonesplan since 2009 taking part in all aspects of the company. Jonesplan Construction is a specialty contractor emphasizing heavy landscape construction, including the construction of golf courses, parks and recreational spaces, athletic fields, site and exterior improvements, and water features. The firm also provides construction management services. Mr. Kmita manages projects starting with meeting with the project team consulting on means and methods, assisting with the pre construction team, managing the project through completion concentrating on quality control, and closing out the project with proper documentation and client follow up. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University and continues to serve on the Landscape Management Professional Advisory Committee.

Owner of Tulsa Landscape, TulsaMr. Land began working in landscaping with his Texas Irrigator license during his college years at Texas A&M. He graduated with a bachelors degree in Business Administration in 1979. In 1983, Mr. Land moved to Tulsa to purchase Tulsa Landscape. Since then he has been the sole owner and operator. Tulsa Landscape has completed commercial and residential landscaping projects all over the state. He has a thorough understanding of Oklahoma’s landscape challenges, allowing him to recommend and provide customers excellent expertise landscape and hardscape materials/products.

President, Thunderhead Testing, LLC, BixbyMs. Lynn is an established entrepreneur having launched Thunderhead Testing, LLC, in 2000 as a platform from which to provide data management services for the Pavement Test Track facility of the National Center of Asphalt Technology at Auburn University. A respected authority in asphalt technology, mixture design and testing, she currently serves as president of the firm. Her areas of technical competence include aggregate and asphalt testing. Prior to forming Thunderhead, Ms. Lynn held various technical positions with Pavement Technology, Inc., Atlanta Testing and Engineering, and the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University where she earned her M.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1996. Her published research accomplishments include evaluation of steel and chrome slag aggregates for use in bituminous mixtures and characterization of aggregate materials for use in bituminous mixtures. Ms. Lynn also holds B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Engineering Science from Tennessee Technological University (1993) and David Lipscomb University (1991) respectively.

Manager of the Environmental and Energy Planning division at INCOG INCOG is a council of governments which includes five counties, aproximately 50 cities and towns and two Indian nations. Previously Mr. Seaman was INCOG’s senior environmental planner, and he has spent the past 11 years working on environmental issues including water quality, water supply, stormwater and air quality, as well as energy and alternative fuels projects. Before joining INCOG, Mr. Seaman worked for 20 years in environmental analytical laboratories in Oklahoma focusing on environmental issues and problem resolution. He earned his B.S. degree in biology from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

Regional Vice President, Building and Earth Sciences, TulsaMr. Silvestre holds a professional engineer (P.E.) license in both Oklahoma and Arkansas. Originally from The Netherlands, he attended the Delft University of Technology, majoring in Engineering Geology. Mr. Silvestre oversees geotechnical, environmental and construction testing services for the Oklahoma and Arkansas branch offices. His day-to-day responsibilities involves leading and directing branch managers toward implementing corporate safety policies, providing professional engineering oversight, mentoring and developing leadership and implementing the company’s vision, mission and overall direction.
 

Erosion Control Administrator, City of CharlotteMr. Wilson graduated from NC State University in 1996 with a B.S. degree in Resource Management from the College of Forest Resources. After an early start as a consulting forester, in 1999 he transitioned to municipal government. Since then he has worked for Phase 1 and 2 municipal jurisdictions across the Piedmont in a host of water-quality and stormwater management-specific industries related to MS4 permit management. Mr. Wilson serves the City of Charlotte as a water quality administrator, overseeing the City’s delegated Erosion Control Authority and a team of reviewers and inspectors. He is a certified professional in erosion and sediment control (CPESC) and has over 15 years of full-time regulatory experience with construction site stormwater management. In 2003 he helped develop the Charlotte-Mecklenburg certified site inspector training series and has managed that effort for 15 years. Mr. Wilson frequently gives presentations around the state about construction site stormwater management, and the challenges faced by industries affected by the regulations governing design and performance. In his free time, he enjoys coaching his daughter’s soccer team, hunting for artifacts and fossils, boating, and planning his next trip to the beach.

Dr. Delaney is president and general manager of the construction management services group at Delaney CMS in Union Springs, New York. He is the former president of C&S Design Build Inc., C&S’s program and construction management company, where he started the agency construction management business. In his 12-year career there, he developed it into the fastest-growing and most profitable of the firms’ business units. At C&S, Dr. Delaney was responsible for more than $1 billion in completed projects in the education, municipal, wastewater, airport, and private development sectors. In his 25 years as a construction professional, he has served in many roles including those of project engineer, design coordinator, superintendent, construction manager, program manager, general manager, and president. Dr. Delaney is a licensed professional engineer, holds the program management professional (PgMP®) credential, is a certified construction manager (CCM®), and is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) accredited professional. Dr. Delaney is the only person in the world with all these credentials. In addition, he is an expert critical path method scheduler and has presented both nationally and internationally on construction, project, and program management. Dr. Delaney received his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He enjoys sharing his experience leading teams, and he has provided management training to senior management including his colleagues at the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Senior Executive Institute and at Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Inc., and L3 Communications. Dr. Delaney was recently the keynote speaker at the Tri-State Diversity Summit where he shared Delaney CMS’s (a woman-owned business enterprise) vision for equality and empowerment. He is also a professor in the Construction Management Department at Southern Mississippi University. He recently published a university textbook titled Construction Program Management by CRC Press. The textbook is used to teach undergraduate and graduate students and by practitioners to help them formulate a process-based approach for management of large projects and programs.