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Passero News
Passero Associates Welcomes Senior Structural Engineer

Passero welcomes Patrick Williams, PE, regions such as high-seismic, high-wind
SE, who joins the associates structural velocity, floodplain, and coastal surge
department as department manager and environments. In addition to design service
senior structural engineer. experience, Patrick also brings structural
consulting experience in providing building
Patrick comes to the firm from AECOM condition assessments, seismic evaluations
where he was responsible for the design of and failure/forensic investigations. He holds
low to mid-rise structures for Federal and a BS degree in civil engineering from Old
local government, healthcare, and higher Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, and is
education facilities within the United States professionally licensed in New York, Virginia,
and abroad. In his position prior to working at and Nevada.
AECOM, he was responsible for the design Patrick Williams, PE
of senior living facilities, multi-family housing, Patrick brings this experience to Passero as
and facilities in all other previously mentioned he joins his team members, Senior Structural
markets Engineer Jayce Grefrath, PE, and Structural Engineer
Chase LeBrun, in providing clients with outstanding
He has been involved in new construction, renovations structural engineering services. q
and the retrofit of existing structures within multi-hazard
MRB News
Connor Hartnett Joins MRB Group's SmarterLocalGov Team
Connor Hartnett, economic decisions, Colvin said.
research analyst, has joined MRB
Groups SmarterLocalGov municipal Connor s master of science degree from the University
services team. President Ryan of Leeds, England, will prove useful in bringing in both
Colvin, PE, recently announced a micro- and macro-level understanding of economics
that Hartnett will be based in the to our work, said Michael Ndolo, chief economic
firm’s Saratoga Springs, NY, office, development expert. Its also great to know that
but will be working extensively Connor, as a native of Utica, has a firm foundation in the
with teams across the State and reality of the economic framework in Upstate New York,
in Central Texas, to support local Ndolo stated.
government leaders in strategic
Connor Hartnett planning for community growth A graduate of Siena College in Albany, Connor earned
and economic development. his bachelor of arts in economics, with a minor in
business and a certificate in Pre-Law. He then attended
Hartnett will provide economic research for a variety the University of Leeds, receiving a master of science
of projects, including real estate and industry market in economics. He has earned distinctions in the fields
analysis, development feasibility studies, economic and of macroeconomics, microeconomics, global economic
fiscal impact analysis, and economic and workforce coordination and governance.
development strategies. He will also participate in
implementation work such as grant writing, program “We’re confident that he will be a strong contributor to
administration, and assisting in SmarterLocalGov the firm's team of economic development specialists.
roundtables and educational forums. The initiative also They support our client communities, providing
fosters professional development opportunities for much-needed resources in todays challenging and
municipal leaders and professionals. competitive municipal climate, Colvin continued.

According to Colvin, Hartnetts focus will be to analyze Local governments must do everything they can to
and interpret economic and financial data in the context compete for business and development that will help
of community growth and development. Connor s their communities thrive, he concluded. q
expertise will provide the firm’s municipal leaders
with robust and reliable information to make sound
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