Metropolitan Region: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Bronx and Westchester Counties

The largest ACEC New York region works hard to promote the interests of local consulting engineers. The region has a dedicated municipal affairs counsel; assisted (with over 50 members) in rewriting New York City's Building Code; achieved Qualifications Based Selection through changes in the city's administrative code; and in March 2005, established a new political action committee enabling the region to collect and make contributions to candidates.

  The Metropolitan Region has four membership meetings a year, in October, December, March and May. The specific dates are set by June of each year. Following is the most up-to-date meeting schedule:
2009-2010  
March 4, 2010 Membership Meeting
Union League Club, 8:00am - 9:30am
38 East 37th Street
May 25, 2010 Annual Membership Meeting
Union League Club, 11:30am - 2:00pm
38 East 37th Street
 

President
Charles J. Gozdziewski
Hardesty & Hanover, LLP

President-Elect
Gregory A. Kelly*
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Vice President
Paul Bello
AKF Group LLC

Vice President
Neal J. Forshner
AECOM

Vice President
Nick Ivanoff
Ammann & Whitney

Secretary/Treasurer
James Fagan
Hazen and Sawyer, P.C.

Regional Directors
Vicki Arbitrio
Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP

Serge Budzyn
Lilker Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C.

Cyrus Izzo
Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.

Maher Labib
STV Group

Robert Medina
Medina Consultants, P.C.

Joseph Tortorella
Robert Silman Associates Structural Engineers

Susan Walter
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

Joel Weinstein
Thornton Tomasetti

*Also a State Board Director.