| Nominee Biographies
John A. Rhodes, PE
Mr. Rhodes is currently Vice President of NJSPE
and has been a member of the Executive Committee for the past five
years. He has been active in NJSPE and NSPE strategic planning, participating
in the NSPE strategic planning summit in 2005 and on the Metrics
Oversight Task Force charged with the responsibility of gauging the
performance of NSPE in its new mission. Mr. Rhodes is also a member
of the NSPE Mentoring and Leadership Development Task Forces. As
a member of the North Central Chapter, Mr. Rhodes has served in various
Chapter positions including President and Trustee, and is currently
the North Central Chapter's Mathcounts Coordinator. He has been a
member of the committees for the Institute of Professional Leadership
(IPL), Membership, Professional Conduct Committee, Engineering Surveying
Task Force and ZOOM into Engineering for NJSPE and NJPEPP. In the
past year he launched the NJSPE Homeland Security Task Force, and
has implemented the first NJSPE sponsored seminars accepted for NYS
continuing education credit.
Mr. Rhodes is a Senior Vice President and Principal
for Haley & Aldrich
in their Parsippany, New Jersey office. He has expertise in environmental
engineering for remediation, development and engineering economic
analysis. He holds the graduate degree of Civil Engineer from MIT.
Ms. Kevin Becica, P.E., P.P.
Kevin Becica (nee Kevin Moore Clark) currently
serves as Treasurer of the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
(NJSPE) and is past President of the Professional Engineers Society
of South Jersey (PESSNJ). She has served as the South Jersey Region’s MATHCOUNTS
Coordinator since 2001. In addition, she is currently the Chair
of the NJSPE Blue Ribbon Committee, a key committee to recommend policy
regarding future chapter organization and chapter status.
A partner with the firm of Environmental Resolutions, Inc. of Mount
Laurel, Becica is currently a consulting engineer for the municipalities
of Montgomery, Voorhees, Lindenwold and Old Bridge Township. Ms.
Becica has prepared municipal stormwater management plans and ordinances
for eleven municipalities in conformance with Tier A and Tier B NJDPES
General Permit requirements. Ms. Becica is a speaker for NJPO
and is committed to improving water quality and open spaces in New
Jersey.
Ms. Becica is married to another civil engineer,
Ivan. The Becica’s
reside in Cherry Hill Township with the three children away at college. Kevin
is currently on the Board of Directors for Robin’s Nest of
Glassboro, New Jersey, a social service organization serving families
of Southern New Jersey.
Robert J. Thiel, PE
Robert Thiel has been a member
of the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers (NJSPE) since
1999. He currently serves on the Executive
Board of the Professional Engineers in Construction as the Immediate
Past Chairman, on the NJSPE Educational Foundation as Secretary and
on the Engineering Career Day committee as the Chairman.
Robert is currently Senior Project Manager at
the Louis Berger Group, Inc., where he is the Manager of Civil
Design. He joined the Louis Berger Group in 1999 as a Senior Engineer,
and currently directly oversees the CADD group, as well as serving
as Project Manager, Deputy Project Manager, and Task Leader on
a variety of projects throughout the State of New Jersey. He
graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology, and holds a Masters
Degree in Construction Management also from Stevens Institute of
Technology.
Robert is active outside of the profession as
well. He
has designed and built sets for two off-Broadway plays, as well as
been involved in a variety of charity events. Robert recently
co-taught a junior level design class at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Robert lives in the City of Hoboken with his
wife, Kara. He
enjoys reading, photography, and cheering on his two favorite sports
teams, the New York Yankees and the New York Rangers.
John J. Cantwell, PE, PP, CME
John James Cantwell, has been a practicing
Professional Engineer since 1973. He received his degree from Rutgers University. John
is currently licensed in New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. He
is also a Professional Planner and a Certified Municipal Engineer.
John has been employed at Remington & Vernick Engineers since 1988. Prior
to that, he worked as an Engineer in Baltimore and for Anne
Arundel County, Maryland. He is past president of the New Jersey Society
of Municipal Engineers and a current member of the Legislative Committee of
both that association and the New Jersey Society of Professional
Engineers where he is currently the Secretary.
John and his wife, Patricia, are residents of
Voorhees Township in Camden County. They have two children,
a daughter who lives locally, a son who resides in Massachusetts,
and one grandson.
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