Jim McShane assumes the Chairman’s position from Randy Drew rose67 who was term limited. Mr. McShane is the Chief Executive Officer of The McShane Companies, an integrated real estate development and design/build firm headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. He also serves as the President of The McShane Foundation. Mr. McShane received his BCE from Marquette University in 1968. He serves on the Marquette University Engineering Advisory Board and was the recipient of the ‘Professional Achievement Award’ from the College of Engineering in 2003. Jim resides in Bannockburn, Illinois with his wife, Kelly. They have five children – Katie, Dan, Molly, Anne and Michael – and three grandchildren

Brother Bob Benziger ill61 was elected to a second term as Vice Chairman. Mr. Benziger is a 1961 initiate from the University of Illinois where he earned his BSEE in 1965 and his J.D. in 1967. While at Illinois, he served as the Triangle Chapter Secretary.

His professional experience includes positions as Patent Attorney at The Bendix Corporation, Patent and Trademark Attorney at Ford Motor Company and Trademark Counsel, Senior Attorney, Assistant General Counsel and Associate General Counsel for Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Bob and his wife, Kim, reside in Deerfield, Illinois. They have two sons, Keith and Seth, and three grandchildren.

Assuming the position of Secretary of the Board is Brother Michael O’Connor marq74. Mr. O’Connor has been in the construction management business for the past 25 years most recently serving as President of AFG Construction Management, Inc. He received his BSEE from Marquette in 1975 and a MSEE from the University of Colorado in 1982. Mike, his wife, Cheryl, and two children, Patrick and Caitlin, currently live in a suburb of Washington D.C.

Dr. Wayne Echelberger sdm54 replaces long term Foundation Treasurer, Richard Sudheimer minn52, who has retired from the position after many years of dedicated service. Dr. Echelberger, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. He earned his B.S. at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he was initiated into Triangle in 1954. He earned his M.S.E., M.P.H. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Wayne has two children, a dentist in Kentucky and a CPA in Texas, and five grandchildren.

In addition, the board reelected Scott Bova, CFRE as President of the Foundation. Mr. Bova serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, a position he has held since 2000. Under Mr. Bova’s leadership the Foundation has grown from $1 M in assets to over $4M. Scott resides in Carmel, IN where he supervises a professional staff of four.