Advisory Board

Chief Operating Officer
BRAVO - A Cooperative Company

Joe is currently a consultant serving on Boards for several business entities, namely, Architect/Engineering  companies and non-profit organizations. He had served as a Senior Vice President and Northeast District Manager for AECOM, having total operational responsibility, including sales, for all business lines – transportation, water, environment, and facilities. Joe is a registered Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Engineering (Civil) from the City College of New York, 1971.

Vice President, Global Director - Drinking Water and Reuse Solutions
Jacobs

Dr. Russell Ford is currently the Global Director for Drinking Water and Reuse Solutions for Jacobs. He has dedicated his 32-year career to protecting public health and safety by advancing the field of drinking water treatment. His drinking water industry knowledge is acquired from his utility, consulting and academic experience. His experience covers a wide range of treatment processes design, treatability testing and treatment plant startups. He has a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University and Master and PhD degrees in Environmental Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is an AWWA Fuller Awardee. Dr. Ford is a licensed professional engineer and a board-certified environmental engineer. He is also a member of The Water Research Foundation Board of Directors.

Principal
Thornton Tomasetti

Mike Gerasopoulos is a Principal with Thornton Tomasetti and a licensed Professional Engineer in the States of New York and New Jersey. Mike has over 27 years of experience in designing renovations and alterations to existing structures, investigating structural failures and performing condition assessments of buildings’ structural systems, due diligence and feasibility studies and peer reviews. His experience also includes structural engineering design for new commercial structures. Mike is responsible for supervising engineering staff, managing renovation and rehabilitation projects in mostly commercial buildings and coordinating with owners, architects and contractors. He holds a B.E. degree and an M.E. degree both in Civil Engineering from the City College of New York. 

Principal Engineer
Parsons

Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering
The City College of New York

Lead Structural Engineer for Retaining Walls, Waterfront, and Special Structures (May 2024 – Oct 2025)
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

Instructor (Aug 2021 – Aug 2025)
School of PE

Associate, Technical Director (Mar 2024 - May 2024)
Stonecrest Engineering

Senior Structural Engineer (Jul 2022 – Feb 2024)
The LiRo Group

Senior Engineer, Project Engineer (Apr 2016 - Jul 2022)
Silman, A TYLin Company

Intern Engineer, Engineer Jan 2013 - Mar 2016
GACE Consulting Engineers DPC

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Virginia

Jonathan Goodall’s research is in water resources engineering, hydrology, and hydro-informatics with much of his current research aimed at the goal of advancing flood modeling and mitigation in urban coastal communities. He serves as the Director of the Link Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab of over 450 faculty at the University of Virginia focusing on cyber-physical systems and Smart Cities. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journals Water Resources Research, Environmental Modelling & Software, and Computing in Civil Engineering. He earned a PhD and MSE in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BS in civil engineering from University of Virginia. He was recognized by International Environmental Modelling & Software Society in 2012 with their Early Career Research Excellence Award, and by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009 with their CAREER Award.

Senior Project Manager II – Emergency Services Portfolio Manager
STV Inc.

Nablul Haseeb is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York with extensive experience in structural design, retrofitting and emergency response projects. Nablul obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from the City College of New York and his Master of Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon completion of graduate studies, Nablul worked for Thornton Tomasetti as a consultant to the Department of Defense and US Navy on several R&D projects involving the investigation of predictive models for structural collapse mechanisms. Nablul is currently serving as a Project Manager at STV overseeing the structural emergency response team in New York. Nablul is also serving as the co-chair of CUNY Green Infrastructure committee and is active with the SEAoNY and CMAA charters.

President, Americas Mace Consult
Mace

Mace Americas President Priya Jain leads on the forefront of better project delivery. Regarded as a trusted advisor and industry innovator, she inspires clients, colleagues, and diverse partners to realize greater value and opportunity inherent in vital property and infrastructure improvement programs.
With 25+ years of industry experience including prior leading roles with Atlas Technical Consultants, Atkins, and CH2M (now part of Jacobs), Priya exemplifies and instills values of authenticity, client-centricity, inclusive collaboration, and continuous learning to build high-performing teams, transformational outcomes, and a more sustainable future. Priya holds Master of Science degrees in environmental engineering and physics, respectively from the University of New York and India’s Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Named 2023’s Enterprising Woman in Infrastructure by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, Priya serves as an advisor to the City College of New York, New York University’s Construction Management graduate program, Louis F Jonas board and the IBBTA Foundation. She founded and chairs Prabhat, a nonprofit organization focused on educating underprivileged children.

Consulting Engineer, Author

Bruce Podwal received a B.C.E. from CCNY (1959) and an M.S.C.E. from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1963). A licensed Professional Engineer, he managed major engineering projects including the $10 billion Westway project in NYC, $200 million Guam Island-Wide Program, $2 billion Ankara-Gerede Motorway in Turkey, Hong Kong’s $400 million Central Kowloon Route, and Houston’s $3 billion Katy Freeway. Podwal served on the board of Parsons Brinckerhoff, before retiring from the 12,000-person engineering firm.
A Fellow of ASCE, Podwal was elected a Director to ASCE’s National Board. He served on ASCE’s Committee on Advancing the Profession and the editorial board of its “Leadership and Management in Engineering” journal. Podwal authored "The Engineering is Easy/Memoir of a Project Manager" and co-authored the Highway Engineering chapter in McGraw-Hill’s "Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers". He was elected a CCNY Chapter Honor Member of Chi Epsilon and received the CCNY Engineering School Alumni’s Career Achievement Award.

Vice President (Jan 2024 – Present)
The LiRo Group

NYS Department of Transportation

Regional Director (Region 11-Long Island City) Jul 2018 – Oct 2023
Director of Construction (Region 11) Jan 2018 – Jun 2018
Regional Construction Engineer (Region 10-Long Island) Jul 2015 – Jan 2018
Area Construction Manager May 2014 – Jun 2015
Area Construction Supervisor (Region 11) Jun 2006 – May 2014
Engineer-In-Charge Feb 1998 – Jun 2006
Assistant Engineer-in-Charge (Region 11) Mar 1997 – Jan 1998
Construction Inspector/Chief Inspector (Region 11) Dec 1992 – Mar 1997
Junior Engineer (Region 11) Dec 1991 – Nov 1992

Principle of Sustainable Strategies
MACE Group Americas

Associate Professor
Pratt Institute

Founder and Managing Director
PRIA Global Inc. 

Porie Saikia-Eapen is a Registered Architect/USA, Chartered Architect/UK, Chartered Construction Manager/UK, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, and Smart Growth, Sustainable Urbanization and Capacity Building Advocate. Her contributions to the built environment and the design and construction industry have included climate leadership, transportation initiatives, architectural design, innovative project development, management, and delivery on range of projects in both buildings and infrastructure in public and private sectors. Globally acknowledged, my passion for a sustainable built environment coupled with my ability to support & channel team expertise has led me to pioneer, create and deliver complex projects with multifaceted objectives.

President/CEO CDM Smith NY
Senior Vice President and Director North Group
Northeast Area Manager
CDM Smith

Tom is President/CEO of CDM Smith NY Inc. based in the firm’s Edison, New Jersey office. He has 39 years of diverse experience with the firm in project development, project management, and the planning, design, and construction of water infrastructure. He has played a key role in many of the firm’s largest infrastructure projects in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. He presently serves as Director of CDM Smith’s North Group where he is responsible for all facets of the firm’s municipally focused business.
Tom holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College located in Riverdale, New York. He is a board-certified environmental engineer and a licensed professional engineer in New York and New Jersey and holds leadership positions in many professional organizations.