UCA Committees

To learn more information on any of the Underground Construction Association committees, please select from the list below.

UCA Executive Committee

Name Position Start End
Colin A. Lawrence   07/01/2021 06/30/2022
Mark C. Johnson Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2022
Michael P. Bruen Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2022
Mr. Robert A. Robinson Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2022
John Huh Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mr. Shane H. Yanagisawa Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Charles Hanskat Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
  SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Davis, Tara Liaison 03/01/2018 02/28/2025
Name Position Start End
Kanagy, David SME Staff 07/01/2010 06/30/2025
Goodfellow, Robert Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Roach, Michael Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Rispin, Michael Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Name Position Start End
Kanagy, David SME Staff 03/01/2017 02/28/2025
Clarke, Erin Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Field, David Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Goff, Shannon Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Hauser, Gregory Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Moran, Pamela Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
O'Donnell, Tony Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Vitale, Michael Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2021
Rispin, Michael Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Name Position Start End
Goodfellow, Robert Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Vitale, Michael Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Johnson, Mark Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Roach, Michael Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Fulcher, Brian Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Schmall, Paul Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Moonin, Erika Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Essex, Randall Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Elioff, Amanda Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Russell, Henry Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Sokol, Nik Member 07/01/2019 07/01/2022
Jacobs, Leon Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Grasmick, Jacob Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Name Position Start End
Dr. Mike A. Mooney Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Dr. William H. Hansmire Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Luis Augusto Avila Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jon Hurt Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Name Position Start End
William W. Edgerton Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mr. Anthony C Bauer Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Randall Essex Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Everett Litton Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Sarah H. Wilson Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Robert Labbe Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Michael Ceglio Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Justin Costello Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Shawn P. Coughlin, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Daniel Tomczak Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Kwaku Danso Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Al Hockaday Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
John Huh Substitute Lead 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Kushwant S Chohan Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Larry DeGraff Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mr. Henry A. Russell Jr., PE, PG Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Conrad W. Felice, PE, PHD Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jes Barron Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Youssef Hashash Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Yang Jiang Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Geoffrey R. Martin Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Antonio Bobet Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Carlos A. Jaramillo, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Angel Del Amo Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Bijan Khaleghi Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jesse Richins Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Mr. Christian Ingerslev Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ruben Manuelyan Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Bob Valenti Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Grover Vargas Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Rachel Boothby Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Charles Hanskat Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Kristian Loevlie Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Axel G. Nitschke, PhD PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Brian Fulcher Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Elisa Comis Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Sean McDonald Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Sotirios Vardakos Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jeff Wallace Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Kamran Jahan Bakhsh Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Eric C. Wang, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Erin A. McCullough Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jesse Harder Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Bernd Hagenah Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Brad Grothen Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mr Reza Gharavi, M.Sc Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Lok Home Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dominic Reda Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Nasri A. Munfah Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Demetrio Criscuolo Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Eric C. Wang, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Sanja Zlatanic Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mr. Anthony C Bauer Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Gordon T. Clark Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Amanda Elioff, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Rajat Gangrade Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Brian Gettinger Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Thomas Grassi Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Brandon Kluzniak Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Priscilla P. Nelson, PhD Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Raymond L. Sterling Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Kamaiton Wongkaew Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Kancheepuram (guna) Gunalan Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
James J. Brady Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Aswathy Sivaram, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Vojtech Ernst Gall Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mr. Anthony C Bauer Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jacob Grasmick Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ivan Hee Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Mark C. Johnson Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jay Mezher Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Foteini Vasilikou Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Vojtech Ernst Gall Young Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Verya Nasri, PE Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Navid Allahverdi Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Sean McDonald Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jeff Wallace Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Dr. Kamaiton Wongkaew Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Tamir Epel Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Davis, Tara SME Staff - ex officio 04/13/2017 02/28/2025
Barron, Jes Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Sivaram, Aswathy Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Gall, Vojtech Ernst Member 11/20/2019 06/30/2023
McDonald, Sean Member 07/01/2020 06/30/2022
Gangrade, Rajat Member 07/01/2020 06/30/2022
Ms Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Vojtech Ernst Gall Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Jes Barron Past Chair 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Vojtech Ernst Gall Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Aswathy Sivaram, PE Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Sean McDonald Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Rajat Gangrade Member 07/01/2021 06/30/2023
Tara K. Davis SME Staff 07/01/2021 06/30/2030
Name Position Start End
Davis, Tara SME Staff 04/13/2017 06/30/2030
Knasinski, Cori SME Staff 04/13/2017 06/30/2030
Crow, Matthew Member 07/01/2016 06/30/2022
Klug, Jonathan Member 07/01/2016 06/30/2022
Preedy, Matthew Member 07/01/2016 06/30/2022
Madsen, Paul Member 07/01/2016 06/30/2022
Murtagh, Kathleen Member 07/01/2018 06/28/2024
Morgan, Amanda Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2024
Ray, Carlton Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Dobson, Dawn Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2024
Jacobs, Leon Past Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Penrice, Derek Vice Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2024
Hurt, Jon Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2022
Name Position Start End
Davis, Tara SME Staff 12/31/2016 12/31/2025
O'Donnell, Tony Member 03/01/2018 12/30/2022
Gilbert, Lizan Member 03/01/2018 12/30/2022
Goodfellow, Robert Chair 01/01/2020 12/30/2020
Roach, Michael Vice Chair 01/01/2020 12/30/2020
Colzani, Gregory Past Chair 01/01/2020 12/30/2020
Harvey, Sean Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Moonin, Erika Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Foley, Amanda Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
O'Carroll, Joe Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Morgan, Amanda Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Comis, Elisa Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Nuttbrock, Nancy Member 01/01/2020 12/28/2022
McDonald, Sean Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Mueller, Christopher Member 01/01/2020 12/30/2022
Name Position Start End
Davis, Tara SME Staff 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Knasinski, Cori SME Staff 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Jacobs, Leon Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Corkum, David Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Schmall, Paul Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Russell, Henry Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Klug, David Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Dowey, Edward Member 07/01/2017 06/30/2025
Arland, Francis Past Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Roach, Michael UCASME  Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Goodfellow, Robert UCASME  Vice Chair 07/01/2019 06/30/2021
Field, David Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2025
Gilbert, Lizan Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2025
Zlatanic, Sanja Member 07/01/2019 06/30/2025
Dorfman, David Member 07/01/2020 06/30/2025
Gallo, Anthony Member 07/01/2020 06/30/2025
Rush, Jim Member 07/01/2020 06/30/2025
Madsen, Paul Past Chair 07/01/2020 06/30/2022
Palermo, Robert Chair 07/01/2020 06/30/2022
Paterno, Victor Vice Chair 07/01/2020 06/30/2022

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