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Leadership

Our corporate leaders personally oversee the success of the firm and actively engage in mentoring our firm’s future leaders. They are committed to ensuring the firm’s future growth and sustainability through thoughtful planning, avid transparency, and fiscal responsibility.

Our Board of Directors:

Gary DeJidas, PE, MBA, F.GBA – Chairman and CEO
Anthony Morrocco, PE, PLS, MBA – President
Stephen E. Gould, MS, MBA – Chief Administrative Officer
Karl Palvisak, CPA, MBA – Senior Vice President and Senior Staff Consultant
Kevin Leadbetter, PE, MBA – President of Transportation & Infrastructure
Stephen Boylan, PE – Vice President and Business Sector Leader, FL Transportation
David Bevilacqua – Vice President and Business Unit Director, Power
Kathy Leo, PE (Ex-Officio) – Vice President and Business Sector Leader, Community Infrastructure
Robert Pfordresher, CPA, MAcc (Ex-Officio) – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Our Executives:

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Stephen Gould, MS, MBA

Chief Administrative Officer

Board of Directors member Stephen Gould, MS, MBA is GAI’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Over the course of a 30-year tenure, Stephen’s supportive leadership approach and his commitment to serve GAI’s long-term clients and nurture new...
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Nick Mousa, AICP

Assistant Vice President & Director of Civil Engineering, Community Infrastructure

Assistant Vice President Nick Mousa serves as GAI’s Director of Civil Engineering for Community Infrastructure and Jacksonville Office Leader. His career experience includes representing clients in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors....
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Jennifer Broush

Director, Energy and Environmental Services

Jennifer Broush specializes in the management and coordination of environmental regulatory permits and approvals and data management. She is the project manager of several energy and environmental projects where she works with staff from disciplines...
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Peter Sechler, PLA, AICP, MBA

Vice President & Business Sector Leader, Community Solutions

Peter Sechler, PLA, AICP, MBA directs GAI’s Community Solutions Group. He specializes in urban design, campus planning, and landscape design projects in the eastern United States for public, private, and institutional clients. His approach is to...
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Benjamin Allis, PE

Structures Business Sector Leader, Transportation

Benjamin Allis, PE specializes in the design, analysis, construction engineering, and project management of structural transportation projects for both new and rehabilitation structures. Ben has provided services for an array of transportation...
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Gary DeJidas, PE, MBA, F. GBA

Chairman & CEO

Gary M. DeJidas, PE, MBA, F. GBA began his engineering career in 1972 with the Pittsburgh office of GAI Consultants, Inc. (GAI). In 1982, the firm selected him to open its first office outside of western Pennsylvania, in Orlando, FL. Starting with...
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Enrique Bazán-Arias, PE, EMBA

Renewables Client Services Manager

Enrique Bazán-Arias, PE, EMBA specializes in civil engineering including civil and structural design, seismic certification, site characterization, forensic analysis, power generation facilities, transportation systems, foundations and slope...
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Frank Bellomo, PLA

Vice President & Senior Director, Landscape Architecture

For over 40 years, Frank Bellomo, PLA has been creating hundreds of projects that earned national and state awards as well as recognition by his peers. His career centers on projects that positively impact communities including urban planning, park...
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Kathy Leo, PE

Vice President & Business Sector Leader, Community Infrastructure

With more than 25 years of experience, Kathy Leo, PE is well versed in a wide range of traditional, design-build, and integrated project delivery contracting methods. Prior to joining GAI, Kathy led national divisions for commercial, hospitality,...
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George Reese, CE

Vice President & Business Sector Leader, Power Delivery Environmental

George Reese, CE specializes in environmental impact analysis and National Environmental Policy Act documentation, permitting, siting studies, and vertebrate ecology. His ecological specializations are in the areas of population, community, and...
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Scott Hornsby, PE

Vice President & Business Sector Leader, Midwest Infrastructure

Vice President Scott Hornsby, PE has served as designer, project manager, and/or project principal on more than $1 billion of transportation construction projects. An industry advocate with decades of professional experience, Scott is an active...
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Kevin Leadbetter, PE, MBA

President of Transportation & Infrastructure

GAI Board of Directors member Kevin Leadbetter, PE, MBA is President of GAI’s Transportation & Infrastructure business unit. Kevin joined GAI in 2005, and draws on decades of experience in project management/construction engineering, including...
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Andre Sutherland, PE

Business Sector Leader, FL CEI Services

Andre has extensive construction and management experience in the Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) field. He has participated in a broad range of field operations and situations over the course of his career, working on several major...
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Anthony Morrocco, PE, PLS, MBA

President

President Anthony Morrocco, PE, PLS, MBA joined GAI in 1989 as a Project Manager. Tony established GAI’s Land Development and Survey groups and directed their development for several years, winning significant projects that changed...
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Aimee Shields, PE, MBA

Senior Engineering Manager

Aimee Shields, PE, MBA specializes in civil site design for commercial, municipal, residential, and private projects. Recognized in 2019 as a ENR Southeast Top Young Professional, Aimee’s design work includes grading, drainage, storm sewer...
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Gregory Nettuno, PE, MBA

Vice President & Senior Staff Consultant

Vice President Gregory Nettuno, PE, MBA is GAI’s Senior Staff Consultant and serves as the Strategic Transportation Leader. Greg’s position is a key advisor to both clients and GAI leadership for a range of complex transportation industry...
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Abeera Batool, PE, PhD

Senior Project Engineer

Abeera Batool specializes in various aspects of geotechnical engineering including site characterization, developing geotechnical design parameters, design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, and support of excavation. Abeera’s...
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Bob Pfordresher, CPA, MAcc

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Bob Pfordresher oversees GAI’s financial activities, leveraging more than 25 years of success in achieving improved operating results and growth through incisive economic insight and strategic planning. A results-oriented financial leader, Bob has...
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David Bevilacqua

Vice President & Business Unit Director, Power

David Bevilacqua specializes in engineering, program and project management, operations management, and power plant and power systems operations and management. As the former Director of Installation and Modification Services Operations at...
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Leah Tuscan

Assistant Vice President, Corporate Communications

Leah Tuscan is the Senior Director of Corporate Communications at GAI Consultants. With nearly 20 years of experience in integrated marketing communications, she leads the team responsible for developing and executing communication strategies that...
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Kent Cockley, PE

Vice President & Business Sector Leader, Power Generation

Vice President Kent Cockley, PE has served GAI’s energy clients for more than 20 years. He specializes in environmental engineering, coal combustion residual landfill and impoundment siting, design, permitting, closure, post-closure monitoring...
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Arica DiTullio, PE, MS

Senior Engineering Manager/Senior Associate

Arica DiTullio leverages nearly 2 decades of experience to provide GAI clients cost-effective and innovative solutions for a range of civil and environmental engineering initiatives including abandoned mine land reclamation (AML), industrial...
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Donald Bender

Chief Technology Director, Senior Associate

Donald Bender specializes in Information Technology (IT) strategy, planning, and direction for engineering and professional services firms. His background includes leadership, strategic direction, business partnerships, and implementation of Global...
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