Board of Directors

Chair

Bill Forsmark, PE

Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Barr Engineering Co.

Bill Forsmark has more than four decades of experience in the investigation, design, and permitting of dams, levees, and water-control structures. He serves as a FERC-approved independent consultant for dam-safety inspections and has led failure-mode analysis for high-hazard dam projects. His work spans the mining, power, and forest-products industries and a range of government agencies.

Chair-Elect

Bob Moore

Vice President, Construction and Survey, SRF Consulting Group

Bob Moore leads SRF's construction and survey practice and brings about 30 years of construction management and engineering experience. His work focuses on project management, contract administration, inspection, materials certification, and design-build quality management. He has administered federal, state, and locally funded projects across Minnesota.

Treasurer

Jason Meyer, JD, PE, BC.WRE, CFM

Assistant Vice President, WSP USA

Jason Meyer has more than 20 years of experience across engineering, management, and law. He is a board-certified diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers and serves on its Board of Trustees. His work spans business development, program management, and risk management.

Secretary

Steven Carleton, MBA

Chief Executive Officer, Rani Engineering

Steven Carleton leads Rani Engineering, one of the state's established minority- and veteran-owned engineering companies. He has more than 15 years of experience in transportation planning and project management, and he served as a captain in the United States Army. His work includes intelligent transportation systems for large cities, from transit signal priority to public-safety signal preemption.

National Director

Brett Morse, PE

Government Market Manager, TKDA

Brett Morse is a civil and structural engineer and TKDA's government market manager, working with cities, counties, and agencies on infrastructure improvements. He works regularly with the Minnesota State Fair, including the structural rebuild of the Cattle Barn after its collapse.

Ex-Officio

Megan Dayton, PhD, MBA

Chief Executive Officer, ACEC Minnesota

Megan Dayton is the CEO of ACEC Minnesota. She spent nearly fifteen years at the Minnesota State Demographic Center producing the population and labor force projections used by state agencies and the Legislature. Her work has tracked the demographic shifts now reshaping the engineering industry: an aging workforce moving toward retirement, slower replacement at the entry level, and uneven distribution of technical talent across the state.

Brian Arman oversees the geotechnical, environmental, pavement, and construction materials testing service lines in AET's Central Division. He brings more than 25 years in the engineering and construction industry and also serves as the firm's CMT Transportation Sector Lead.

Dave Black leads AECOM's roadway group in Minnesota and brings 35 years of experience across the built environment. His earlier career included aviation engineering and planning roles at HNTB and Northwest Airlines.

John Crawford manages major traffic engineering, transportation planning, and environmental planning efforts from KLJ's St. Paul office. He brings 25 years of transportation experience spanning noise analysis, traffic impact studies, travel demand forecasting, and environmental review.

Keith Farquhar specializes in alternative project delivery, including design-build, CMGC, and public-private partnerships, with work on more than 35 alternative-delivery projects since 2008. He has served as both an owner's representative and a contractor's design manager, and as quality assurance manager on multiple design and construction projects.

Jennifer Hildebrand is the President and CEO of PE Services Civil Engineering in Eagan, Minnesota. She has a master’s degree in business management from Augsburg University has been involved with civil engineering and infrastructure, specifically with environmental compliance, for over 30 years. She is an experienced leader in the construction industry, and has worked on hundreds of complex, dynamic construction projects throughout the United States and Canada. Jennifer also has extensive experience in developing educational and training materials and presentations for environmental compliance programs. She has made it her goal to educate and inform these markets regarding compliance program principles and proper environmental techniques. She lives in Kenyon, Minnesota with her family.

Emily Jennings works in SEH's water resources practice, where her project experience covers a decade of stormwater engineering, hydraulic and hydrologic analysis, and municipal and construction permitting.

Matt Jensen is a Vice President with Kimley-Horn’s St. Paul office and a transportation leader with more than 25 years of experience advancing infrastructure projects that strengthen communities across Minnesota and the upper Midwest. A fourth-generation civil engineer, Matt brings both technical depth and a strong commitment to industry leadership, with experience spanning transportation, aviation, transit, and water infrastructure. He has been actively involved with ACEC Minnesota and has worked alongside industry peers to help shape policy, advocate for sustainable transportation investment, and elevate the consulting engineering profession.

Kyle Johnson is a Transportation Division Leader and Principal with Bolton & Menk, where he oversees transportation design and construction and serves as operations manager for the firm’s broader transportation group. He also serves as a Project Manager, delivering a wide range of city, county, state, and transit projects.

Jason Mangan became CEO of LHB in 2024, the fifth person to hold the role since the firm's founding in 1966. A mechanical engineer who started at LHB as an intern in 1998, he previously led the firm's Energy & Industry group. His work centers on the energy transition, including solar, wind, biomass, pipelines, and power infrastructure.

Eric Nystedt advises commercial clients on insurance and risk management at Kraus-Anderson Insurance, with prior roles at Bremer Bank, Associated Bank, and Zurich North America.

Mario Ratnaraj is a structural and transportation engineer at HNTB's Minneapolis office. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Matt Ruble leads Braun Intertec's transportation group, and brings a long career in construction materials testing, environmental, and geotechnical engineering.