Pat Coleman has joined Alberici as vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. It will support the company's commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and engaging with and supporting disadvantaged businesses. Based at the company's headquarters in St. Louis, she will also advise on community engagement efforts and work with other senior executives to increase the company's visibility as an employer of choice for all. It will impact recruitment, improve metrics for success, and strengthen relationships with historically underrepresented colleges and universities. Coleman will also oversee the company's mentoring program for minority-owned business owners and Alberici University, a training program for small, disadvantaged businesses.
Mike Zorich has been appointed head of operational services for IMEG. As the company's CEO and most recently vice president of healthcare, he has more than 21 years of experience, all with IMEG. Zorich was instrumental in establishing the company's market sector development structure and contributes to the company's thought leadership strategy. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering and was a healthcare client executive for IMEG's Quad Cities office before becoming director of healthcare in 2019 and vice president in 2022. He takes over from IMEG's previous COO, Jeff Prattwho has retired from the company.
McGough Constructiona construction company, developer and facility manager, he said Adam Douglas on the Des Moines team as a project executive. During 16 years in the industry, Douglas has focused primarily on healthcare manufacturing in Iowa. In his new role, Douglas will help ensure collaboration between project teams, subcontractors and consultants. His participation will extend to both the pre-construction phase and the construction phase, where he will take overall responsibility for the successful outcome of each project. Based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, McGough opened its Des Moines office in 2013.
Carl Dennin has been named a healthcare market leader for Messer Construction Co. Dennin has been with Messer for 21 years. In 2007, he helped establish the company's regional office in Indianapolis, where he serves as vice president of operations. He will continue in that role as he assumes leadership of the healthcare market segment across Messer's 11 regions in the Midwest and Southeast.
Moody Nolan, the nation's largest African-American architectural firm, announced Jodi van der Wiel as principal and senior project designer. Van der Wiel will lead teams in project areas that include student life, higher education, recreation, wellness, K-12 education, housing, athletics and workplace planning. He will also be one of the many leaders of Moody Nolan's design studio, Studio 9. With designers across the country, Studio 9 is an interdisciplinary think tank that supports iterative, consensus-based design that responds to the client's vision and values . Founded in 1982 with two employees in Columbus, Ohio, Moody Nolan has grown to 360 employees in 12 offices.
Wolverine Building Group, a construction company based in Grand Rapids, Mich., promoted Kurtis Fritz to the construction manager, with a focus on the apartment building market. After graduating from Michigan State University, Fritz began his career in project management working in concrete, later branching out into residential renovation and historic restoration. He also worked for the retailer Meijer Inc. in construction management, overseeing multiple parallel projects.
Brett Coleman recently became a full-time political planner in the Hanson Professional Services Inc. office. in Kansas City, Missouri. Joined Hanson in 2022 as an intern. As a civil designer, he will mainly provide design and construction observation for railway and shipyard projects.
