THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROJECTS

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROJECTS 

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ENDURING RELATIONSHIPS & MEMORABLE PROJECTS 

A collection of portraits, milestones and stories 

©2013 Project Management Advisors, Inc.

INTRODUCTION 

2013 marks a special anniversary for Project Management Advisors: 20 years in 

business. To commemorate this milestone, the company decided to publish a PMA 

Yearbook to honor past and present clients, peers, business partners, employees 

and friends. 

The book is aptly titled The People Behind the Projects in recognition of the fact that 

the bricks and mortar of PMA’s business is people – people who have hired them and 

people they have hired. PMA invited those same individuals to share their memories, 

which PMA asked me to capture, as the most fitting way to tell the company’s story. 

I was given only one instruction – no testimonials. Befitting of PMA’s culture and 

character, the focus of the interviews was to be on the relationship rather than a list 

of accomplishments. 

As a longtime consultant to the company, I knew I was in for an editorial challenge: to 

respect the client’s wishes while at the same time conveying facts about PMA as seen 

through the eyes of others. Fortunately, I have learned a lot from my PMA colleagues 

in terms of giving the client what they really need – not always what they initially 

request. So the yearbook is full of testimonials; however, the accolades run both 

ways. In order to appreciate integrity, trust, collaboration and respect in others, we 

must embody those characteristics ourselves, and there is no doubt those attributes 

are abundant within PMA’s circle. 

Worth noting in the following pages is how rarely the contributors mention buildings 

when reflecting on the success of the project. Their anecdotes almost always center 

on how work got done rather than reciting the details of a specific project. Soft skills 

mattered more than hard hats and the bottom line never compromised the company’s 

core values. 

PMA has cause to be pleased by the legacy of projects it has managed; but even 

more so, to be proud of the relationships it has built. 

Aleen Bayard 

Principal, MarketZing 

Friend & consultant since 2005 

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FOUNDING PARTNERS 

“I think our greatest accomplishment as a company 

is that we’ve created a culture of trust. Trust means you 

can rely on people; you can believe people; and people have your back. 

If our clients can’t trust our staff, it is an issue. If we can’t trust one another, 

it is an issue. In a world where we seem to be measured by very tangible 

metrics – the bricks and mortar of the projects we oversee – it bears noting that 

our clients consistently mention trust, an intangible quality, as our primary asset. 

Trust is the foundation of everything we are doing, have done, and will do. 

When I think about our next 20 years, I have no idea about how PMA will look 

from the outside. I can’t predict the economy or the market or the size of the 

company. The only thing I know for certain is that if PMA is in business 20 

years from now, it will be because we have stayed true to our key values and 

continued to earn the trust of our employees, clients and business partners.” 

- GENE LITTERSKI 

“As a company, our greatest accomplishments are twofold, 

and they are related - we have consistently been able 

to form and maintain great people relationships, which 

have, in turn, resulted in us working on great projects. 

The quality of our relationships – with colleagues, clients and project teams – goes 

hand in hand with the positive project results. I think the bedrock to both is integrity. 

Through integrity and fair-dealing, the foundation for relationships of trust is formed, 

leading to the perfect client relationship and other excellent relationships with peers 

and colleagues. Without integrity, none of the other PMA core values matter.” 

- JEFF MARCOWITZ 

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FOUNDING PARTNERS 

“There is an old adage that the secret to 

making money in real estate is location, 

location, location. In our case, it comes 

down to people, people, people and people. 

And in particular, people who never stop learning, challenging 

themselves, and understanding that collaboration is more than 

a word we have on our web site – it is the essence of how we do 

business, how we treat our partners, and how we treat each other. 

I am most proud that we have been able to attract and 

retain great people. That is foundational for the today and 

tomorrow of PMA. They are curious. They don’t accept face 

value, but want to push beyond the acceptable answer to 

the best solution. Those character attributes force the six of 

us to elevate the business to keep our staff engaged.” 

- MIKE TRACY 

Project Management Advisors, Inc. founded 1993 

1993 

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The People Behind the Projects: 1993-1994 

“Mike Tracy gave me 

some personal development 

advice once. I was going to 

go fly fishing in Montana 

in October of 2011, just a 

month after the 911 attacks, 

and everybody thought 

the world was coming to 

an end. I invited Mike to 

join me for a couple of 

days. On the third day we 

end up with a real estate 

guy driving around looking 

at land. Mike gets 

me all revved 

up and keeps 

saying how it 

is important it 

is to enjoy life 

and live for the 

moment. I came 

home from that trip and 

had to explain to my wife 

how we ended up with 30 

acres of land in Montana.” 

- JOHN LAHEY 

JOHN C. LAHEY 

Chairman 

Solomon Cordwell Buenz 

RICHARD SINDELAR 

Owner 

Construction Analysts, Inc. 

DR. BENJAMIN QUILLIAN 

Executive Vice Chancellor 

& Chief Financial Officer 

California State University 

SANDY CROSSEY 

1994 | Vice President Finance 

Current Staff 

TRIVIA 

ANSWER IN BACK 

What is the loop officebuilding that 

appears inthe background of PMA’s 

first marketing photo? 

1993-1994 

First Office Opens on June 7th, 1993 

at 117 N. Jefferson, Chicago, IL 

First Project - Draper & Kramer, 

Gatx Relocation, Chicago, IL 

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CityFront Terrace Residential Development, 

San Diego, CA


RICK NASSAU 

Former Executive 

Vice President 

CC Industries, Inc. 

RICHARD STEIN 

Senior Managing Director 

Mesirow Financial Real 

Estate Consulting, LLC 

MIKE CLUNE 

Chairman 

Clune Construction 

Company 

EWA WEIR 

1995 | Project Manager 

Alumni Staff 

ROGER MCCARRON 

1995 | Principal 

Current Staff 

Apollo Travel 

Services Headquarters, 

Rolling Meadows, IL 

The Cradle Adoption Services, 

Evanston, IL 

1994-1995 

First California Projects 

California State University, 

Fresno School of Education 

Relocation and Campus Beautification, 

Fresno, CA 

First Public/Private 

Partnership 

California State 

University, Fresno 

Student Housing, 

Fresno, CA 

Fort Sheridan Redevelopment, 

Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois 

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“Since the pool opened in 1999, 

our boys’ and girls’ water polo 

teams have both been state 

champions for their respective 

genders more than the rest of 

the state combined. We’ve sent 

over a dozen aquatic athletes 

to the national military service 

academies. One of our female 

swimmers has competed in 

the Paralympics, and our girls’ 

basketball team has been state 

champion twice. Gene 

and Roger didn’t 

just help us build 

a new field house; 

they helped us to 

build a community 

of champions.” 

- JERRY LORDAN, PHD 

DAVID HETRICK 


Executive 

Construction Inc. 

RICK JOHNSON 

Executive Director, retired 

California Polytechnic 

State University San 

Luis Obispo - Associated 

Students, Inc. 

GERALD LORDAN 

Director of 

Development Operations 

Fenwick High School 

TONY LOBELLO 

Senior Associate 

Gensler Architects 

TRIVIA 

ANSWERS IN BACK 

Where was the 

first out-of-state 

satellite project 

office opened? 

1995-1996 

Alliance Francais 

de Chicago 

Mike Tracy opens 

Town of Fort Sheridan 

project office, 

Highland Park, IL 

CalPoly 

Sports Complex, 

San Luis Obispo, CA 

First Private K-12 School Project 

Fenwick High School 

New Field House 

and Renovations, 

Oak Park, IL 

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The People Behind the Projects: 1997 

MARSHALL LEES 

Former Executive Vice President 

HCP, Inc. 

JIM CURTIN 

Design Principal 


MIKE SCHULTZ 

Director of University 

Housing 

Southern Illinois 

University Edwardsville 

SUSAN GAONA 

1997 | Project Administrator 

Current Staff 

MIKE LOUGH 

Former Architect 



University Edwardsville, 

Prairie Hall Student Residence 

1997 

First Project for Slough Estates 

USA Inc., 

Torrey Pines Science Center, 

La Jolla, CA 

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“...What stands out in my mind 

more than anything is the warm 

feeling of camaraderie that I felt 

working with PMA over nearly 

20 years, and the admiration 

that I have for the group of 

individuals who comprise this 

exceptional company.” 

“…Without 

question, our 

company could not 

have functioned 

without the strong 

partnership that 

we developed with 

PMA’s team, and 

equally important 

is that we had a 

lot of fun in the 

process.” 

- RANDY ROHNER 

RANDALL ROHNER 

Principal 

Life Science Development Group 

CHUCK HOPE 

President 

Hope Engineering 

JAY LEOPOLD 

Regional Manager 

DPR Construction Inc. 

BRAD WHITE 


Alumni Staff 


University Edwardsville, 

Cougar Village Apartments 

Torrey Pines Science Center, 

Lots 9, 10 & 11, La Jolla, CA 

TRIVIA 


First PMA project 

to be broadcast 

hours after 

substantial 

completion? 

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PHILIP PAPE 


Ferguson Pape 

Baldwin Architects 

JIM SCHNUR 

President and Managing Broker 

Integrated Real Estate Solutions 

PAUL GIBSON 

Executive Vice President 

exp U.S. Services, Inc. 

KEN RICHTER 

1999 | Principal 

Current Staff 

KEN KORNBERG 

President/Owner 

Kornberg Associates 

Architects 

1998-1999 

MATTHEW G. NEUMANN 


Alumni Staff 

Torrey Pines 

Science Center, 

Agouron/Pfizer Campus, 

La Jolla, CA 

Slough Business Park, 

Elgin, IL 

Torrey Pines 

Science Center 

Lots 18 & 20, 

La Jolla, CA 

New office 

location opens 

in San Diego 

(La Jolla) 

Hewlett Packard St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 

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WHAT YOU SAID...

The People Behind the Projects: What You Said 

“Simply put, PMA rescued me. We were building a 

softball stadium and it was way behind schedule and quickly heading 

south. The issues were related to the people side of the project, not the 

budget or timeline. We had factions between the faculty and the athletic 

department, and my job was to maintain morale and give employees and 

faculty confidence that we’ll get through it all. I appreciated that same 

approach with the PMA team. PMA’s ability to work with people was as 

important as their technical skills.” 

- DR. BENJAMIN QUILLIAN 

“You sense something about someone 

from the first impression. Mike made direct eye contact, 

which really struck me. He knew more about the project than anyone 

else working on Fort Sheridan, and it was a massive undertaking. We 

had a lot of challenges working with the government agencies and 

municipalities and park districts – not to mention trying to manage all of 

the partners. Mike got us all to play together. He has a way of 

getting people to move forward and get over 

the petty stuff, and that’s what made it an 

enduring relationship.” 

“From the start, the partners were all workaholics. 

It was a standing joke that on 4 o’clock on a Friday, they would walk around the 

office saying to each of us ‘see you tomorrow?’ And I’d say ‘sure, if you’re going 

to show up and help me pull weeds in my garden.’ Back then it was just standard 

practice that everyone came in on the weekend. But they couldn’t break me. 

And they respected me for that.” 

- RICK NASSAU 

- EWA WEIR 

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“Our company recently 

celebrated our 

one-hundred year 

anniversary, and the 

characteristics inherent in 

our organization, which 

have taken us through 

three generations, are 

integrity and trust. 

We look at projects as a 

form of partnership. 

We don’t do one and done 

work. We always want 

to be asked back and we 

have found that operating 

with a high degree of 

professionalism and 

integrity to be essential, 

which underscores how 

PMA works. They 

don’t take short 

cuts. It is not a 

firm that says 

one thing and 

does another. That 

behavior fosters a level 

of trust and accounts for 

the success we have had 

working together.” 

- FRED BERGLUND 

2000 

FRED BERGLUND 

President 

Berglund Construction 

TOM SICINSKI 

Senior Vice President 


The Dominicans, 

St. Pius Priory Master Plan 

Development & Renovations, 

Chicago, IL 

Beth Emet Synagogue, 

Evanston, IL 

JIM DYER 



TESSA DESHARNAIS 

2000 | Project 

Administrator 

Alumni Staff 

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JEFF PETERSON 

Principal 

Wilsey Ham 

DAVID BOWDEN 

Sr. Vice President, 

Chief Strategic Officer 

Hathaway Dinwiddie 

SARA CARMODY 

Project Executive 

Hathaway Dinwiddie 

BRUCE HEIMBACH 

2000 | Vice President 

Current Staff 

TOM GILMAN 

Principal 

DES Architects + 

Engineers 

TRACY SCARLETT 

2000 | Marketing 

Assistant 

Current Staff 

Britannia Oyster Point I 

Campus Development, 

So. San Francisco, CA 

First annual PMA 

company meeting, 

Chicago, IL 

Britannia East Grand Campus Development, 


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“Ours has been a circular-type 

relationship. The way they 

treat me as a client has made 

me treat others in an identical 

fashion - both personally and 

professionally. Just because 

they are a service provider 

doesn’t mean we can’t learn 

from them and how they do their 

business. As they have grown 

and evolved, so have we. They 

are our partner. They are not 

behind me; they are sitting next 

to me.” “The answer 

‘no’ is never the first 

answer; it is the last 

answer you come 

to after you explore 

all of the options. 

…The more times I 

can say yes to my 

client, the stronger 

our relationship 

is going to be. 

I see that same 

philosophy in PMA. 

- JON BERGSCHNEIDER 

JON BERGSCHNEIDER 

Executive Vice President 

HCP, Inc. 

JEFF SOBCZYK 


Current Staff 

ANDY PASHBY 

Partner 

Landmark Builders 

2nd California office opens in South San Francisco 

at the construction trailer on site 

at Britannia Oyster Point site 

PAUL PASHBY 

Partner 

Landmark Builders 

JILL TARBY 


Marketing 

Current Staff 

2001 

Maine Plastics Office 

Addition and Renovation, 

North Chicago, IL 

Tularik Tenant 

Improvements at 

Britannia Oyster Point I, 


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CLINT PEPPER 

Former Associate 

Director of Engineering 

+Operations 

SkyePharma 

JOHANNA LACAMBRA 

Director of WorkPlace 

Services for the Region: 

Asia Pacific 

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 

“You can throw 

anything at 

PMA, they 

are just able 

to quickly 

understand 

what you need 

and deliver. I like 

bouncing things off them, 

because they don’t just 

give you the answer you 

want to hear, they stop 

you from doing the wrong 

thing. They push you 

forward with their hand 

on your back and guide 

you down the path.” 

- JOHANNA LAHAMBRA 

RON KLEMENIC 

Chairman and CEO 

Magnusson Klemencic Associates 

VALERIE FREIER 

2002 | Assistant Project Manager 

Current Staff 

2001-2002 

SkyePharma Bldg. 6 

Manufacturing Facility, 

San Diego, CA 

Agilent Technologies Office, 

Data and Lab Improvements, 

Roseville, CA 

First Bay Area Project Completion 

One Embarcadero South Apartments, 

San Francisco, CA 

One Rincon Hill 

Phase I High Rise 

Residential Tower, 


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KEN MILLER 

Consultant 

MICHAEL THOMAS 

Director of Public Works 

The City of Lake Forest, IL 

VINCE ROQUEBERT 

Design Manager 

Carollo Engineers, Inc. 

GREG PORT 

2002 | Senior Project 

Manager 

Current Staff 

ALLAN BULLEY III 

President 

Bulley & Andrews 

2002 

City of Lake Forest Illinois 

New Transmission Main & Water 

Treatment Plant Rehabilitation, 

Lake Forest, IL 

First United Methodist Church 

of Evanston Renovation, Evanston, IL 

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Milwaukee Intermodal Station 

Transit/Mixed-Use Redevelopment, 

Milwaukee, WI


JEFF JOZWIAK 

Principal 

Norcon Inc. 

BRANDON ROGALSKI 

Former Project Executive 

Norcon, Inc. 

LARRY WILEY 

Senior Project Manager 


CHAD MATESI 


Manager 

Current Staff 

DAMIAN JONES 

Assistant Principal 

Francis W. Parker School 

MIKE BARBERA 


Current Staff 

GREG N. GEHLEN 


Alumni Staff 

2003-2005 

1875 N. Orchard 

Luxury Single 

Family Residence, 

Chicago IL 


Science Wing Renovation & Addition, 

Chicago, IL 


Auditorium & Fine Arts Renovations 

Chicago, IL 

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“I got to know Ken long 

before PMA when he was 

the facility director at 

Scripps. One of the things 

DOUG HOERR 

Owner 

Hoerr Schaudt 

Landscape Architects 

KEN BALDWIN 

Principal 

Ferguson Pape 

Baldwin Architects 

ANNE VOSHEL 

Principal 

AVA Consultants 

we liked was he was 

very rigorous 

and clear, and he 

did a good job interfacing 

with research scientists 

at Scripps. When he 

announced he was going 

to PMA, it was an instant 

validation of the company 

(PMA) in our market. Ken 

has been the primary 

face of PMA locally and 

has done a great job of 

building a team of some 

of the best folks in town.” 

NORA ARMENTA 

WPS Site Manager, 

US Southwest Region 

Sites - Workplace Services 


- KEN BALDWIN 

BERNIE BAKER 


Current Staff 

DANIELLE BERRY 

2005 | Project Administrator 

Current Staff 

2005 

Fourth Presbyterian Church 

of Chicago Sanctuary Improvements, 

Chicago, IL 

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Bressi Ranch Master 

Planning & Entitlements, 

Carlsbad, CA 


Project ARK Relocation, 

Santa Clara, CA


DOUG LYONS 

Managing Director 

Pearlmark Real Estate 

Partners 

CECILIA MOWATT 

Attorney 

Strategies in Site, Inc. 

CHARLIE NORWESH 

Principal 

Norcon, Inc. 

SARAH ROXWORTHY 


Norcon, Inc. 

MATTHEW A. HINKLIN 


Alumni Staff 

PAUL MONTGOMERY 


Alumni Staff 

Episcopal Diocese of Chicago 

St. James Cathedral Renovations, 

Chicago, IL 

JEFF ZOGBY 


Manager 

Alumni Staff 

ERIC MOORE & VICTOR MOORE 

Principals 

Linden Tree Venture Corporation 

Episcopal Diocese 

of Chicago Office Improvements, 

Chicago, IL 

2005-2006 

Linden Tree Lane 

Residential Development, 

Glenview, IL 

San Diego office 

relocates from 

La Jolla to Solana Beach 

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WHAT YOU SAID...


“When you do work and you fail at it, that’s the test. It is what you 

do after that happens that makes a difference. There was a part of the project 

I thought was not done right – it was fairly minor related to the location of a duct in the plant. It was too 

low, and the team should have caught it. They had to raise it and it cost more money. They fixed it and 

paid for it – no questions asked. When I reflect on why I feel such confidence in PMA, they way they treat 

me when things go wrong is probably as important as the success stories.” 

- BOB RENDER 

President 

Maine Plastics 

“I worked with Jeff and Roger back in the early 90s when Cal Poly San Luis Obispo built the first 

recreation center in the entire state system. The fitness craze in this country was just beginning 

and at that point, either you were an “athlete” or you weren’t. There weren’t intramural teams 

or club sports, and the idea of a rec center was unheard of at the time. Nobody in the entire 

California state system had developed this type of facility - there was no model out there. There 

was no blueprint. You couldn’t go to a conference or get a set of best practices. So we knew we 

needed some help getting the program designed and scoped. 

I can clearly remember our first meeting. We are on the coast and this is an agriculture school. 

We’ve got cows and pigs running around, and hay trucks driving by and you can smell the dairy 

farm. I’m sitting across the table from two guys with heavy 

Midwestern accents wearing suits. I’m thinking to myself, 

‘What are they doing here?’ They seemed like nice people, 

but I could never figure out why we brought in these guys 

from Chicago. What soon became clear was what they 

brought to the table, and what they created. We found 

ourselves looking into the future and we knew it could be 

special if we put our heads together. The rec center has been open for 20 

years now, and we’ve grown from a facility that averaged 1,800 people a day to one that draws 

4,700. This rec center has literally changed lives, and it all began with PMA.” 

- RICK JOHNSON 

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“We were at the end of 

the project, building a 

major research facility. The 

contractors had started 

taking down the barriers 

near the edge of the 

roof that would prevent 

someone from falling over. 

I did something I knew I 

wasn’t supposed to do. 

I leaned over the edge to 

take some photos, and Mike 

Barbera called me out. He 

actually reported me to 

the super and I had to take 

an 8-hour safety class or 

they wouldn’t let me back 

working on the job site. 

I can’t say 

enough 

about the 

professionalism 

and quality of 

PMA and Ken 

and Mike - even 

when it means 

challenging 

the client.” 

- BILL ZONDLER 

2006-2007 

CHIP VON WEISE 

Principal 

von Weise Associates 

DARYL DELLERA 


Current Staff 

BILL ZONDLER 

former Vice President 

Burnham Institute for 

Medical Research 

Phase 1 Britannia East Grand 

R&D Campus completed 

and occupied in 2006, 


APRIL HEINZE 

Director 

Dept. of General Services 

County of San Diego 

JEFF REDLITZ 

Project Manager 

Dept. of General Services 


TED GIESING 


Manager 

Current Staff 

San Diego County Operations 

Center Redevelopment Master Plan, 

San Diego, CA 

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Sanford-Burnham Medical Research 

Institute at Lake Nona, Orlando, FL


MIKE MCNERNEY 


Lowe Enterprises 

DR. GLENN WAGNER 

Chief Medical Examiner 


CHRIS KNELL 

Managing Principal 

Harley Ellis Devereaux 

JAY FLAHERTY 

Chairman + CEO 

HCP, Inc. 

TIM SCHOEN 

Executive Vice President + CFO 

HCP, Inc. 

MIKE SWOFFORD 

Manager 

HCP, Inc. 

DOROTHEE RING 


Administrator 

Current Staff 

ANDY ROSCOE 

2006 | Senior Project Manager 

Current Staff 

JENNIFER UCZEN 

2006 | Summer Intern 

Alumni Staff 

San Diego County 

Medical Examiner 

and Forensic Center, 

San Diego, CA 

The Old Globe 

Conrad Prebys 

Theatre Center, 

San Diego, CA 

The Argenta High Rise 

Condominiums, 


Slough Estates USA Inc. 

acquired by HCP in 2007. 

PMA remains as PM service 

provider on a portfolio of 

buildings and developable 

land in excess of $7 Mil sq.ft. 

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DAN STEWART 

Senior Associate 

RJC Architects 

MIKE BERRYHILL 

Vice President of Operations 

Suffolk-Roel 

RABBI LEONARD A. MATANKY, PH.D. 

Dean 

Ida Crown Jewish Academy 

KERRY LEONARD 

Former Principal 

Cannon Design 

REBECCA GALLEGOS 

2007 | Assistant Project 

Manager 

Current Staff 

OMAR RIHANI 


Current Staff 

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2007 

Company 

LEED initiative: 

All project staff 

to earn LEED 

accreditation 

Oakbrook Square Mall Redevelopment 

Due Diligence & Feasibility, 

Oakbrook Terrace, IL 

Ida Crown Jewish Academy 

New High School Campus, 

Skokie, IL


2008 

JACK KELLEY 

Director of Design 

McBride Kelley Baurer 

Architects/Planners 

“Thanks for Your Helping Hands 

- Project Management Advisors, 

Inc. has served as an invaluable 

resource to La Rabida Children’s 

Hospital. We are so grateful for 

your support and advice. 

PMA functions as an extra set 

of helping hands for us. 

We especially appreciate the 

expertise you offer and keen 

interest in what makes La 

Rabida unique. We’re glad to 

have the opportunity to thank 

PMA for going beyond the 

role of ‘hired hands.’ Rather 

your helping hands guide us 

to new heights in serving our 

patients and their families.” 

- TEAM LA RABIDA 

TRIVIA 


What was the First PMA 

Project to Become 

LEED Certified? 

La Rabida Children’s Hospital, 

Inpatient Wing Renovation, 

Chicago, IL 


Operations Center 

Redevelopment 

project award, 

the largest public 

works project in the 

history of the County 

BUD HALL 

Senior Vice President of Construction 

Turnberry Associates 

First United Methodist 

Church of Evanston 

North Tower Renovations, 

Evanston, IL 

Turnberry Tower 

High Rise Condominium, 


RICK GUINN 

Senior Project Executive 

Rudolph & Sletten 

JOHN BUNJE 


Rudolph & Sletten 

La Jolla Institute 

for Allergy & Immunology/ 

Kirnin Pharma USA, Inc. at UCSD Science 

Research Park, Lab Buildout, 

La Jolla, CA 

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DAVID NELSON 

Projects Director - Europe 

Merlin Entertainments Group 

DANI CHARLESON-GALLACHER 

Head of Projects - Hotels 

Merlin Entertainments Group 

JEANA TROST 

Vice President - Legal 

HCP, Inc. 

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2008-2009 

JIM FERGUSON 

President, Principal Architect 

Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects 

LEGOLAND California 

Themed Resort Hotel, 

Carlsbad, CA 

Sanford-Burnham 

Medical Research Institute, 

Bldg. 10 Lab Renovations, 

La Jolla, CA 

ZACHARY PANNIER 


DPR Construction Inc. 

Phase 2 Britannia 

East Grand completed 

and occupied, 

So. San Francisco, CA


PAUL EILER 

Director of Facilities 

Takeda California, Inc. 

NANCY ESCANO 


DGA Architects 

LYNNE PARSHALL 

Chief Operating Officer + 

Chief Financial Officer 

Isis Pharmaceuticals 

SUSAN ESCHWEILER 

Principal 


Engineers 

Takeda San Diego 

Research Facility, 

San Diego, CA 

Isis Pharamceuticals 

R&D Headquarters 

Carlsbad, CA 

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 

Tenant Improvement & New Greenhouse, 

Hayward, CA 

2009 

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“Working with Roger 

and his team is always 

intense and never short 

on nuance and detail. For 

the Sara Lee/Hillshire 

headquarters relocation 

in 2012, Leopardo, the 

general contractor, installed 

a remote-controlled flashing 

orange alarm buzzer in the 

field office to be used when 

the group needed a gentle 

reminder to stay focused 

on the big picture. It got 

a good-natured workout 

early in the project, but by 

the end we all forgot it was 

there. I attribute 

that a lot to 

PMA’s first rate 

management of 

a very complex 

and fast-moving 

job that turned 

out to be as 

much about 

managing 

relationships 

as it was about 

construction.” 

- PATRICK O’CONNOR 

30 

2009 

SCOTT GOODMAN 

Founding Principal 

Sterling Bay Companies 

FRANK TALBERT 


Proteus Group 

Archdiocese of San Francisco 

Facilities Condition Assesment 

Bay Area, San Francisco 

MARK MATURO 

Director of Design 

Proteus Group 

Burr Ridge Medical Office Building 

Loyola University Health System 

Medical Office Development 

Burr Ridge, IL 

PATRICK O’CONNOR 

Principal 


ROB HOLYOAKE 

2009 | Senior Vice 

President 

Current Staff


TIMOTHY WADDICK 


William A. Randolph, Inc. 

TOM STANTON 

Superintendent 


ANTHONY RICCARDI, JR 



JANA GUNSUL 

Principal 


Engineers 

Village of Tinley Park Convention Center 

Expansion & Renovation, Tinley Park, IL 

2010 

TRIVIA 


What is the largest project 

(in sq.ft.) that PMA has managed 

as of the publication date of this book? 

McAfee Corporate Headquarters 

and Executive Briefing Center 

Santa Clara, CA 

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WHAT YOU SAID...


“We needed a new building opened by August 15. On March 15, it became clear to 

me that it wasn’t going to happen. I called Jeff – he had been a volunteer on our 

school board, and I explained the circumstances and gave PMA the responsibility 

of getting us back on track. Within 10 days, they had us back on track. 

That’s how I define performance. The result was we had 600 kids move into 

their new middle school that summer - on time.” 

- DOUG PARKS 

Former Super Intendant of Schools 

Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 

“I distinctly remember my first meeting with PMA. I was 

thinking, ‘Who are these guys to make these suggestions? 

Why should I listen to them?’ That didn’t last too long. From those 

early conversations, Roger was on my wavelength. He understood his role was to make this thing 

better and easier to manage, but not that I was going to give him the keys and he was going to drive. 

As the client, I wanted a collaborative team approach and not somebody barking orders and telling 

us what to do…It had to be a complementary relationship.” 

- DALE SCHEPERS 

Public Works Director 

Villiage of Tinley Park, IL 

“The sense of partnership starts in the first interview. PMA has a very plainspoken 

approach. It is not a sales pitch. They’ve bred a culture of no ego. They are 

incredibly loyal to each other and there’s no internal competition or backbiting, 

which means I don’t have to think about who I’m talking to. PMA as a team gives 

me a base of common support so I don’t have to go to one specific person for 

one expertise. I get the same level of communication, 

involvement, and expertise from whomever I’m 

talking to at PMA. It’s not only more efficient, it 

makes for a higher-quality product.” 

- JEFF REDLITZ 

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“I think what made our 

project work boils down 

to trust. Having that trust 

really helps the conversation 

BOB MOBACH 

Practice Director, 

Data Center 

Logicalis 

especially when it gets 

tough. I’d rather 

somebody tell 

me I’m wrong 

and suggest 

what a better 

approach might 

be, rather than 

letting me 

bang my head 

against the wall 

and learning 

I’m wrong the 

hard way. They 

are an advocate for the 

project, which sometimes 

means having the tough 

conversations with the 

people involved.” 

TIM PUNTILLO 

Vice President, 

Educational and Institutional 

Bulley & Andrews 

SAM GELPI 

Director, 

Construction Engineering 

and Project Management 

Hewlett-Packard 

- FRANK TIEMANN 

Chief Technology Officer 

Ronin Capital, LLC 

BendBroadband 

Vault Collocation 

Data Center, 

LEED Gold Certified, 

Bend, OR 

Hewlett-Packard Palo Alto 

Headquarters Consolidation, 

Palo Alto, CA 

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2010 St. Josaphat 

K-8 School Addition, 

Chicago, IL 

Ronin Capital Trading Firm 

Headquarters Relocation, 

Chicago, IL 

Hewlett-Packard Moffett Towers, 

Sunnyvale, CA 

Hewlett-Packard 

Sunnyvale Palm Campus, 

Sunnyvale, CA


TED HAUG 

Design Principal 

Legat Architects 

MARK SIWIK 

Legat Architects 

STACEY MILLIGAN 

Director, Executive Briefing Programs 

McAfee 

CRAIG BACKHUS 


Current Staff 

First international project awarded, 

McAfee Amsterdam Executive Business Center, 

The Netherlands 

Accretive Health 

Physician Advisory Services, 

Chicago, IL 

Village of Tinley Park 

80th Avenue Metra Station 

and Pedestrian Underpass, 

Tinley Park, IL 

Cibus Global Process Development Lab 

at Soledad Business Park, 

San Diego, CA 

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JASON WINKLER 


Executive 


ALICIA GUERRA 

Partner 

Briscoe Ivester 

& Bazel LLP 

MATT BAUMGARTNER 


Executive 


JOSE LUIS 

DE LA FUENTE 

Principal 

STL Architects 

LUIS COLLADO 

Principal 


TRACY SUSANNE 

SALVIA 

Principal 


JOSE LUIS 

PEREZ-GRIFFO 

Senior Designer 


BETH MURPHY 



2011 

Britannia Cove 

at Oyster Point, 


Lycée Francais de Chicago, 

K-12 School Campus, Chicago, IL 

Ronin Capital Trading Firm Headquarters Move Coordination, 

Chicago, IL 

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MICHAEL PEREIRA 

Global Program Manager, 

Workplace Solutions 

Polycom 

“As architects, we are very 

particular when it comes 

to aesthetics. Program 

managers often ask us 

to bend our thinking; but 

JESSE DODSON 

Associate 

DLA 

we can’t hold ourselves 

back. PMA really 

embraced that 

about us. They 

gave us room 

and a platform 

for us to express 

what we really 

think and then 

they helped 

bring the owner 

along. PMA 

understands it is not about 

REBEL ROBERTS 

President and COO 

VOA Associates Inc. 

PATTY LOOKER 

Principal 

Healthcare Practice Director 


SHERRYL WYNNE 

2011 | Administrative 

Assistant 

Current Staff 

the protocol, it is about 

finding the right solution.” 

- VOA ASSOCIATES INC. 

Polycom Corporate Headquarters 

and Executive Briefing Center, 

San Jose, CA 

2011 

La Rabida Children’s Hospital, 

Ambulatory Care Addition 

and Renovation, Chicago, IL 

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PATRICIA ROTONDO 

Associate Principal 


DOUGLAS KING 

Principal 


BRENDA BUSH-MOLINE 

Associate Principal 


THERESA GORMAN 



JENNA GOEBIG 

2011 | Summer Intern 

Alumni Staff 

TRIVIA 


Which PMA project represented 

the tallest cast-in-place concrete 

structure built on the West Coast 

at the time of completion in 2009? 

2011 

Gelber Group 


Chicago, IL 

Tinley Park Village Hall 

and Building Department, 

Tinley Park, IL 

38


DOUG MACGORMAN 

Director of Engineering, 

Construction and Carbon 

Management 

Celgene Corp. 

DUSTIN FIFE 

Project Architect 


LAUREN ANDRYSIAK 

Associate 


JEFF HANSEN 

Vice President, 

Design & Construction 

Hyatt Hotels Coproration 

ANN WALLIN 

Director of Internal Audit 

Hub Group 

JAY INGRAM 

Project Executive 

BNBuilders, Inc. 

Hub Group Comtrak 

Memphis Expansion, 

Memphis, TN 

Celgene Corporation Relocation 

and Expansion, San Diego, CA 

Hyatt Regency 

Long Beach 

Guestroom Renovation, 

Long Beach, CA 

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MICHAEL ROSENBERG 

Senior Associate, 

Senior Commissioning 

Engineer 

Syska Hennessey Group 

KELLY SCHREIHOFER 


Proteus Group 

CARLOS TAMÉS 


Current Staff 

NICK BASSING 


Manager 

Current Staff 

San Francisco Transbay District Blocks 6/7, 


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2011 

LinkedIn Campus Expansion 

at Britannia Shoreline 

Technology Park, 

Mountain View, CA 

Naperville Fertility Center, 

Naperville, IL


JASON DEAN 


Manager 

Alumni Staff 

ADAM ENRIGHT 


Manager 

Current Staff 

BRIDGET FANTA 

2011 | Marketing 

Coordinator 

Current Staff 

ANTHONY BONIFACIO 


Manager 

Current Staff 

TRIVIA 


Which PMA project obtained tier III 

certification from Uptime Institute, 

recognizing the facility’s capacity to 

protect against possible failures in 

the infrastructure? 


Administration Center 

Waterfront Park, 

San Diego, CA 

BioMarin Corporate Headquarters, San Rafael, CA 

LBA Realty West Berkeley, 

Due Diligence 

Berkeley, CA 41


REGINA STILP 

Director of Building Operations & Design 


PATRICK AYLWARD 



BRYAN TUNISON 


Proteus Group 

DIANA TOKAT 

Construction Administrator 


CRISTA SWAN 

2012 | Business Development/ 

Assistant Project Manager 

Current Staff 

2012 Hillshire Brands Headquarters, 

Chicago, IL 

Lake and Forest 

Redevelopment Public 

Parking Component, 

Oak Park, IL 

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Park District of Oak Park, 

Ridgeland Common Facility Renovation, Oak Park, IL


MATT CONCANNON 


Current Staff 

CARRIE GENUALDI 

2012 | Assistant Project Manager 

Current Staff 

TONY FLORESCA 

Associate Project Manager 


Engineers 

NICK OCHOA 


Manager 

Current Staff 

DEWANE BRADFORD 


Current Staff 

SONIA COOKE 


Human Resources 

Current Staff 

Takeda Pharmaceuticals 

East Lab Renovation, 

San Diego CA 

Central Florida Research Park 

Office Building, Orlando FL 

Capitol Medical Center Redevelopment, 

Sacramento, CA 

Point Eden Campus 

Hayward, CA 

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LEON CAMARDA 


Current Staff 

CARL PAYNE 


Manager 

Current Staff 

LORI ZIEMBA 


Manager 

Current Staff 

SONIA POPKE 

2013 | Administrative 

Assistant 

Current Staff 

Oak Forest Metra Station 

Commuter Rail Station & Site 

Oak Forest, IL 

DAWN FANARA 

2013 | Office Administrator 

and Marketing Assistant 

Current Staff 

20 Year Anniversary 

New Office Opening 

Orlando, Florida 

Physicians United Plan, Inc. 


Orlando, FL 

2013 

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PG&E Bishop Ranch 

Consolidation, 

San Ramon, CA 

399 Fremont Street 

Residential Apartment Development, 

San Francisco, IL

The People Behind the Projects: What you said / Trivia Key 

“The one thing that has drawn me to PMA 

is their honesty. In many cases when there is a problem, the 

owner’s rep points to the contractor as the responsible party. PMA takes 

responsibility for the problem itself.” 

-TIM PUNTILLO 

“Polycom had three offices moving into one office – it was a massive coordination job. 

PMA’s job was to ensure that all of my people had a place to sit and mine was that they were 

sitting in the right places. Our employees are not used to moving. When people 

were running around and saying ‘the world is coming to 

an end,’ PMA was good at saying, ‘I got it.’ ” 

TRIVIA ANSWER KEY 

-MICHAEL PEREIRA 

Pg 6 

Q: What is the loop office building that appears in the 

background of PMA’s first marketing photo? 

A: 150 S. Wacker Drive, the location of PMA’s Chicago office today. 

Pg 8 

Q: Where was the first out-of-state satellite project 

office opened? 

A: California State University, Fresno for Student Housing 

& Athletics Projects. 

Pg 10 

Q: First PMA project to be broadcast hours 

after substantial completion? 

A: California State University, Fresno new Softball Stadium on ESPN. 

Pg 27 

Q: What was the first PMA project to become LEED certified? 

A: San Diego Community College District, West City Continuing 

Education Campus, LEED Gold Certified, San Diego, CA. 

Pg 31 

Q: What is the largest project (in sq.ft.) that PMA has managed 

as of the publication date of this book? 

A: Hewlett-Packard Company Bay Area Metro Plan - 1.9 Mil sq.ft. 

Pg 38 

Q: Which PMA project represented the tallest cast-in-place 

concrete structure built on the West Coast at the time of 

completion in 2009? 

A: One Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA. 

Pg 41 

Q: Which PMA project obtained Tier III certification from Uptime 

Institute, recognizing the facility’s capacity to protect against 

possible failures in the infrastructure? 

A: BendBroadband Vault Collocation Data Center, Bend, OR. 

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