Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

The CCM Champion is vital in connecting newly certified CMITs with CCM mentors in order to provide the guidance and support needed to ensure they are on the right track to obtaining the CCM credential. This session will build on the foundation established in a similar session conducted at CMAA Focus19. Questions discussed will include: What career development questions do CMITs ask? How do you support CMITs in getting additional training? How do you help CMITs get RIC experience? Who are CCM Champions and how does one become a champion? The session will address each of these areas through a series of roundtable topic discussions between attendees and facilitators. Table choices include: Career Development/Training, RIC Experience/Project Delivery, Mentoring/Relationship Building/Networking, and Leadership/Business Soft Skills.

Katie Choe, CCM, Chief Engineer/Director of Construction Management, City of Boston Public Works Department
Bill Collins, CCM, QA/QC Construction/Training Manager, A. Morton Thomas and Associates, Inc.
Carla Collins, Vice President, Signet Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Robert Gries, PE, CCM, Chief, Project Management Branch, U.S. General Services Administration
John Harrison, CCM, Regional Director & Program Manager, Jacobs
Gregory Henion, CCM, Virginia Department of Transportation Deputy State Construction Engineer, Virginia Department of Transportation
Raoul Ilaw, PE, CCM, Vice President, STV
Bill Johal, CCM, Executive Director, Kitchell
Mimi Kronisch, PE, CCM, Partner, RK&K
Kara Lentz, PE, CCM, Senior Program Manager, HNTB Corporation
Cynthia Moore, CCM, Managing Consultant, HKA
Anthony Sanger, CCM, Sr. Vice President, Director Program Advisory (Americas), Turner & Townsend
Harrison Staley, CCM, Group Manager, Ardmore Roderick
Don Young, PE, CCM, Executive Vice President, MBP
 

For 20 years, Christine Cashen has shared her expertise on conflict resolution, stress management, and cultivating a happier more productive workplace. She is the author of the award-winning books, THE GOOD STUFF: Quips & Tips on Life, Love, Work, and Happiness, and It’s YOUR Business: Good Stuff for Your Personal, Professional, and Funny Business. Audiences have related so much to her experiences, struggles, and lessons that listeners have wanted to take her back with them to the office.

 

Before establishing the Rosado Shaw Group, LLC. in 2004, Deborah Shaw started, grew, and sold a multimillion-dollar international merchandising company with customers, including Costco, Federated, Publix, Walmart, and The Walt Disney Company. Most recently, she was PepsiCo’s SVP, Chief Global Diversity & Engagement, serving 260,000 associates in 200 countries and territories.

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

From airports and bridges to interstates and funding, this panel of influential female field professionals has a diverse blend of experience to share with peers of all levels. The presenters have over 60 years of combined construction industry experience on projects totaling over $1.5 billion. The panel will lead an interactive discussion, providing perspectives gained from working on construction sites for dozens of clients across multiple markets. Via personal experience and lessons learned, they will give insight to attendees, who can ask questions, receive feedback, and engage in an honest dialogue about working in the industry as a female. Also, with the construction market experiencing an influx in job openings and limited qualified candidates, this panel will share proactive steps to attracting and retaining high-performing personnel.

Bridget Day, PE, Project Manager, Hill International, Inc.
Adrienne Sraver, CCM, Project Manager, Hill International, Inc.

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

The construction management world is changing, with more diversity, technical, and legal challenges than ever before. How do you find leaders of the future for your project, team, department, and organization? What are the skills, abilities, and behaviors that set leaders apart? How can you nurture leaders so they stay in your organization? Public and private sector leaders will share their knowledge to explain how to find good leaders, then help them grow and stay engaged in your organization. The goal is to look at leadership through different lenses and end the session with ideas and directions that attendees can take back to their own firms to find effective future leaders in a changing workforce and then nurture them through growth.

Kelley Carameli, Ph.D., Associate Director-Talent Management Programs-HLTI, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Sandy Hamby, AIA, CCM, FCMAA, President, MOCA Systems
Greg Janey, CCM, President & CEO, JaneyCo, Inc.
Rebecca Jones, FCMAA, President and CEO, Safework, Inc.
Dennis Milsten, CCM, Associate Executive Director Office of Operations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Mary Bartlett, AIA, Partner, Marmon Mok Architecture

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

This interactive discussion will bring focus on women's leadership perspectives. Following the CODE meeting during CMAA Focus19, this topic was introduced as needing further development. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the women on the panel, to get insights from their host of experiences, including hands-on leadership, risk-taking and challenges, and common struggles shared by the panelists. The goal is for all attendees, both male and female, to learn that the complementarity of skillsets and roles does bring added value in team settings. There will also be the opportunity to network and build business-related relationships with the possibility to reconnect after the conference. Leadership path opportunities and how to execute them will be valuable takeaways for all present.

Luciana Burdi, CCM, Intl. Assoc. AIA, Deputy Director Capital Programs, Massachusetts Port Authority
Mary Jane O'Meara , Vice President, HNTB Corporation

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

Research suggests the most successful businesses and teams embrace a diverse and inclusive culture. Workplace diversity and inclusion has become an essential ingredient for businesses not only to thrive among competitors, but also to recruit and retain top talent. However, for many organizational leaders, the goal of implementing effective diversity initiatives remains elusive. This workshop will facilitate a discussion on elements that drive inclusiveness, as well as factors that create division and apathy. Attendees will learn strategies to increase awareness and overcome their own biases and fears, as well as understand the differences between diversity, equity, and inclusion; recognize dysfunctional belief systems that lead to stereotyping; and uncover barriers that hold employees back. The goal is for attendees to gain the tools needed to create an atmosphere of acceptance.

Lisa White, Ph.D., Leadership Consultant, Integrated Leadership Systems

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

From hand-written letters to text messages, drive-in movies to Netflix, sketch pads to iPads, the differences between generations are so vast they sometimes seem to be speaking different languages. Targeted toward young professionals, this session will help bridge the "age gap" in the AEC industry. Through a combination of real-life stories and interactive scenarios, this session will offer the next generation of leaders ways to turn a generationally diverse team from a liability into an asset. Attendees will gain a clear understanding that the age gap can be challenging, but more importantly, can be turned into an advantage. Preparation, communication, technology, learning, and respect will be discussed, with emphasis on how they can be used to bridge the age gap.

Charles Bain, CMIT, Project Manager, MBP

 

Every economy is driven by how groups of people respond to incentives and opportunities. At the same time, the economy in recent years has undergone tremendous changes in how people share and interpret information. Former Wall Street Journal columnist and analyst at The Motley Fool, Morgan Housel, will walk you through where the economy is heading and how industries can stand to thrive.

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

The objective of this session is to show how the tried and true institution of apprenticeship is becoming a two-way street with seasoned practitioners passing along real-world experiences and knowledge. Meanwhile, new entrants show how innovation and technology can be implemented to improve project outcomes. This panel discussion will include current and former apprenticeship participants who will give examples of how the program enhanced their knowledge and skill base, as well as owners who can speak to successful project outcomes and innovative new processes. Guidelines and lessons learned for implementing a program from scratch will be explored. This session will provide attendees with the knowledge and framework to implement an apprenticeship program within their organizations, which will facilitate staff development and innovation implementation.

Kelly Marshall, PE, CCM, Senior Construction Manager, Gannett Fleming
David Ferrara, CCM, Vice President, Construction Services, Gannett Fleming
Carmen Figueroa, Construction Management Technician/ Office Engineer, Gannett Fleming
Jeff Thatcher, PE, CCM, Senior Construction Manager, Gannett Fleming

 

Track: Leadership & Workforce Development

All construction managers understand the importance of project planning. However, succession planning for an organization is often ignored. While a management succession plan prepares your organization for vacancies of senior leadership, the process can also identify where employee training is needed. The goal of a training program must focus on teaching employees the reasons behind doing a task in a particular way. It is crucial to help all employees, but especially young professionals, understand their role in the organization, both now and into the future. In this presentation, the author of H.R. Gray?s training program will moderate a panel discussion with three of H.R. Gray?s employees, who are in varying stages of the program. Participants will discover why employee development is an important part of any organization?s future success.

Bryan Celik, PE, CCM, Senior Construction Manager, H.R. Gray
Kathryn DeMuesy, CCM, Project Manager, H.R. Gray
Matthew Holdren, CCM, Project Manager, H.R. Gray
Chip Scholz, Consultant-Leader Education & Development, Haskell