Midwest People: March 2026 | Columbus Ohio Dump Trucks
Aaron Retherford has been promoted to president of St.
Burns & McDonnell has made several promotions in its Kansas City, Mo., office. Chris Freeman was elevated to director and food and beverage leader for the global facilities group; Julee Koncak is now director of dump trucks columbus oh community relations and foundation; Mike Lombardo is managing director, transmission and distribution group; Andy Mashek is Dept. of Defense projects director in the aviation and federal group; Brad Schilhab is director of field operations in the construction group; Jim Swanski is chief information officer for corporate services; Shalis Winder is project director for the oil, gas and chemical group; and Andy Wozniak os operations director for the Great Lakes region, based in the Chicago office.
Columbus, Ohio-based VanTrust Real Estate has promoted Anna Brown from development manager to director of development. In this role, she will focus on identifying, evaluating and executing both build-to-suit and speculative development opportunities. In addition, Alex Lord has been named director of development services. Prior to joining VanTrust, Lord spent more than a decade with The Opus Group in the Minneapolis and Phoenix offices.
Construction Charlotte NC dump trucks company PARIC, which has offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, has promoted Michael Picker to the new position of vice president of strategic growth. In his new role, Picker, who has more than 25 years of construction experience, will be responsible for growth strategy and development to maintain and enhance the company’s recent and current growth.
Nexus, an engineering, procurement and construction management firm headquartered in Cleveland, has promoted Jason Didion to senior engineering director and Steve Wilson and Gary Ventimiglia to engineering directors. The appointments reflect Nexus’ continued investment in leadership development and technical capabilities to support growth across its offices in Cleveland, Maumee and Midland, Ohio, and Oak Brook, Illinois.
Ellen Zimmer has joined Tarlton, a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, as chief financial officer and vice president to oversee the company’s financial strategy, accounting, treasury and long-term planning initiatives. Tarlton also has promoted Michael Trettel to senior vice president. Trettel will provide executive oversight and drive growth in the energy, industrial, water/wastewater and civil markets as well as in Tarlton’s self-perform and special projects groups. Trettel joined Tarlton in 2022 as director of strategic markets.
Messer Construction, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted seven employees: Brian Campbell to operations vice president in the Cincinnati office, Jason Brett to operations vice president in the Columbus office and Jim Glasener to operations vice president in the Indianapolis office. In addition, Matt Barney has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer, Jason Aspinwall has been named craftforce development vice president, and Kyle Kingery and Bruce Tumlin have been named senior project executives.