ECL-USA is organized and led by a dynamic group of engineering leaders with diverse backgrounds in the public and private sectors, universities, and associations.
President / Executive Director
Mike McMeekin, PE, ENV-SP, co-founder of Engineering Change Lab-USA (ECL-USA), was selected as the first President / Executive Director of ECL-USA in the Fall of 2019. Mike has over 45 years of engineering experience. He spent most of his career in leadership roles at Omaha-based Lamp Rynearson. During his career at Lamp Rynearson, he played a leadership role in numerous signature projects in the Omaha area. Mike is a graduate of the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Senior Executives Institute, an advanced management, leadership, and public policy training program for current and emerging leaders of engineering and architectural firms (learn more about Mike here).
Creative Director & Lead Facilitator
Kyle Davy, President of Kyle V. Davy Consulting, is another of ECL-USA’s founders and serves as ECL-USA’s Creative Director and Lead Facilitator. Kyle established his consulting practice in 1992 to help engineering and design firms develop the leadership and management capacities they need to thrive. He has facilitated vision, strategic planning, and scenario planning processes and delivered leadership, project management, and coaching training programs for firms across the country. He designed and for over 20 years was the principal faculty member of ACEC’s Senior Executive Institute (SEI). He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Board of Directors
- Mike McMeekin – President / Executive Director
- Stacy Bartoletti, Degenkolb Engineers
- Kyle Davy, Kyle V. Davy Consulting
- Lauren Evans, Pinyon Environmental
- Edwin Friedrichs, Walter P. Moore
- Tricia Hatley, Freese & Nichols
- Libby Jones, University of Nebraska College of Engineering
- Jim Laurita, Cribstone Advisors
- Charlie O’Donnell, GMB
- Amy Squitieri, Mead & Hunt
- Alison Wood, Olin College of Engineering
Body of Knowledge Committee
- Kyle Davy – Chair
- Libby Jones, University of Nebraska College of Engineering – Co-chair
- Ademola Adejokun, Lockheed Martin
- Josh Elliott, Talbot County
- Joel Flanagan, Ulteig
- Dave Soukup, ASME
Communications & Outreach Committee
- Tricia Hatley, Freese & Nichols – Chair
- Rosalyn Berne, University of Virgina Department of Engineering & Society
- Cindy Cooper, The Lemelson Foundation
- Laurie Dreyer, Taylor-Design
- Edwin Friedrichs, Walter P. Moore
- Lance Kinney, Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
- Michael Milligan, ABET
- Pat Natale, United Engineering Foundation
- Karlene Thomas, Pinyon Environmental
Development & Fundraising Committee
- Mike McMeekin, ECL-USA
- Stacy Bartoletti, Degenkolb Engineers
- Jim Laurita, Cribstone Advisors
- Amy Squitieri, Mead & Hunt
Programming Committee
- Alison Wood, Olin College of Engineering – Chair
- Jerry Buckwalter
- Beth Cady, National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine
- Natalie Celmo, Engineers Without Borders – USA
- Kyle Davy, Kyle V. Davy Consulting
- Lauren Evans, Pinyon Environmental
- Charlotte Gilpin, K Friese & Associates
- Elena Good, Degenkolb Engineers
- Brant Lahnert, KL&A
- Michael Milligan, ABET
- Charlie O’Donnell, George, Miles & Buhr
- Clint Robinson, Black & Veatch
