Califone International Inc., a manufacturer of quality audio technology and sound presentation solutions for schools, industry, institutions and professional use, has announced the appointment of Charles Rosenbach as the firm’s general manager. Rosenbach has also served as chief financial officer and controller since joining Califone in 1995.
Marilyn Taylor, renowned architect and dean of the Penn School of Design, will extend her tenure at the university through June 2016. Taylor accepted her position in 2008, and has since seen the department’s study body grow by 13 percent. Taylor is a former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, where she served in the Urban Design and Planning practice.
C.W. Driver announced that Ryan Stichler will join its San Diego office as director of project development. Prior to joining C.W. Driver, Stichler worked at Kitchell as the business development manager, where he expanded business opportunities and maintained relationships with a variety of clients including architects, engineers and subcontractors.
Jeffrey L. Ray recently began his tenure as dean of the Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology at Western Carolina University. Ray was previously the dean of Southern Polytechnic State University’s School of Engineering Technology and Management, where he had also served as a professor since 2007.
Kelleann Foster, a Penn State landscape architecture faculty member since 1989, has been appointed director of the Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and associate dean of the College of Arts and Architecture at the University for a two-year term. Foster, a Penn State alumna with a Bachelor of Science in landscape architecture, has served as interim director of the school since fall 2013.
Stalco Construction has promoted Amber M. Gillen to project manager. Gillen joined Stalco as an assistant project manager in 2012 and has since managed several significant health care projects in the New York area. Gillen’s responsibilities include complete project management in pre-construction, delivery and close-out phases.
Andrew Gamper has been named the new director of facilities, security and transportation for New Jersey’s Waldwick School District. Gamper was confirmed at the Waldwick Board of Education’s July meeting, and will begin his duties in mid August. In his new role, Gamper will develop plans for both big and small projects at several elementary, middle and high schools throughout the district.
Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, a company that produces a full range of crawler excavators for construction, is pleased to announce the appointment of Randy Hall as vice president of operations. Hall has more than 35 years of experience in the equipment industry and a proven track record in building and managing key relationships with equipment dealerships, national accounts and finance partners.
St. Louis-based Tarlton Corp., a general contracting and construction management firm, has hired Jeffery Clark as project manager for the firm’s Concrete Group. Prior to joining Tarlton, Clark worked as superintendent on multiple large-scale projects and as concrete superintendent on several projects at Washington University in St. Louis, including the university’s Danforth Center, Engineering Building and Central Underground Garage.
J.K. Yates has become the first woman to head a college or university construction management department in the U.S., working at Western Carolina University. Yates has been named the Joe W. Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Construction Management at Western Carolina University, prior to which she served as chair and professor in the department of construction management and engineering at North Dakota State University.
