UCA of SME Executive Committee

Moonin Associates
8405 Starstruck Ave
Las Vegas NV 89143-1393
(702) 822-3342 (home)
erikamoonin@gmail.com

Resume of Erika Moonin
Ms. Erika P. Moonin, P.E., D.WRE, is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Nevada and California. She graduated from the University of Nevada – Las Vegas in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. After graduating, Erika started her career working for an engineering consulting firm has gained more than 20 years of experience for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) /Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).

Ms. Moonin served as the Engineering Project Manager for the SNWA’s Lake Mead Intake No. 3 program totaling $1.4 Billion. The new intake system will ensure a safe and reliable water supply for the greater Las Vegas community under severe drought conditions. She was responsible for leading an integrated team of professionals and for managing the planning, procurement, design, and construction of the Lake Mead Intake No. 3 contracts. The contracts involved complex underground construction, heavy civil construction, alternative delivery methods, and custom high capacity deep set submersible pumps. Currently she is the owner/principal for Moonin Associates.

12 Lt. Crawford Wheeler Ct.
Blauvelt, NY 10913-1244
(914) 738-0280
ljacobs@FrontierKemper.com

Resume of Leon Jacobs, P. E.
Leon Jacobs has over 30 years of New York metropolitan area heavy civil and underground construction experience. Leon began his underground career working for Joint Venture of McLean-Grove, Grow Tunneling and Kiewit in 1982 as a co-op student and then after graduation in several engineering positions on the New York City Third Water Tunnel. In 1988, Leon went to work for Perini as a project engineer on numerous transit and waste water projects in the New York City region until joining Frontier-Kemper in 1995.

Some of the projects Leon has constructed with Frontier-Kemper over the past 19 years include the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Water Tunnel Shaft 26B, the 26 Ward Water Pollution Control Plant Pilot Program, the New Croton Aqueduct Rehabilitation Project, the TBTA Queens Midtown Tunnel Rehabilitation Project’ and the NJ Transit Hudson Bergen Light Rail Weehawken Tunnel/Bergenline Avenue Station Project.

Leon’s professional responsibilities at Frontier-Kemper have covered all facets of heavy construction from project management to engineering and includes experience in design, schedule, cash flow, insurance, safety, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, estimating, budget production, risk management, quality control, change order negotiation, customization of equipment, design of specialized equipment, value engineering, human resources and strategic planning.

In addition to his work experience, Leon has served several industry associations and presented at numerous conferences. Highlights include serving on the George Fox Conference committee since 2007 including serving as its chairman in 2008 and 2009. He is currently beginning a second two-year term as George Fox Conference chairman. He is a member of the UCA North American Tunnel Conference planning committee and has participating in organizing NAT’s 2012 and 2014 conferences. Leon will be the 2016 UCA North American Tunnel conference vice chairman when it is held in conjunction with the World Tunneling Conference.

Leon earned a Bachelor of Science cum laude in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston in 1985, and a Masters of Science in Construction Management from Brooklyn Polytechnic University in 1988. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the States of New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. He is also a member of the Civil Engineering Honor Society, Chi Epsilon, The Moles, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Underground Construction Association, New York State Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

8389 Pointe Dr.
Park City, UT 84098-4633
(385) 234-1474
mike.rispin@dynonobel.com

Resume of Mike Rispin
Mike Rispin has been involved in the tunneling industry for 33 years. He is an experienced senior executive, a great manager of people, an industry diplomat with a bias for action and decision making, and a wonderful advocate of safety for all involved in our industry. He currently serves as Senior Vice President, Market Operations for the Normet Group where he has had held several senior positions since 2009. Some of his previous positions include serving as the Head of Mining for UGC International in Zurich, Switzerland; Divisional Manager, Canadian Division, Admixtures; and as a Mining Manager for master Builders, Inc. He has a Bachelor of Engineering, Mining from the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has recently completed two terms as a member of the UCA Executive Committee and was very active during the planning and execution of WTC 2016 in San Francisco. Besides the UCA of SME, he is a member of PEO, ASA, CIM, ASCE and ISEE.

12999 E Adam Aircraft Cir
Englewood, CO 80112-4167
(303) 948-4210
kanagy@smenet.org

Resume of Dave Kanagy
Since joining SME in 2004, Kanagy has been largely responsible for the Society’s success. Focusing on growth, innovation and opportunity, SME has become the world’s largest mining related organization. He is the recipient of two prestigious awards including the Colorado Society of Association Executives’ Professional of the Year award and the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America’s Gold Medal award. He has a B.S. degree in industrial education from the University of Maryland, a M.S. degree in technology education from Eastern Illinois University and is a certified association executive by the American Society of Association Executives.

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18013 Cleveland Pkwy Dr Ste 200
Cleveland, OH 44135-3235
(216) 406-3053 (mobile)
(216) 535-3652 (WORK)
michael.vitale@mottmac.com

Resume of Michael Vitale
As Senior Vice President and North American Tunnel Practice Leader for Mott MacDonald, Mr. Vitale has extensive, diversified experience in underground design and construction for water/wastewater and transportation projects. His areas of expertise encompass geotechnical engineering, rock engineering, conventional tunnels and lining systems, EPBM tunnels, segmental linings, microtunnels, and underground structures, shafts, and braced excavations. He has served as Design Manager for some of the largest CSO projects in the United States and Overseas, several of which have won national and international awards. Mr. Vitale has designed tunnels in all types of soil and rock around the world from extremely soft, sensitive clays to the hardest basalts. He is active nationally on many boards, technical committees, and organizations and was one of the primary authors of the ASCE Standard Guideline for Microtunneling and the History of Tunneling in the United States.

100 Stickle Ave
rockaway, NJ 07866
973.627.2100 x 269
pschmall@moretrench.com

Resume of Paul C. Schmall
Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer for Moretrench, a nationally renowned specialty geotechnical contractor. Responsible for the technical oversight of the company’s soil stabilization, grouting, ground freezing, groundwater control and environmental remediation for underground construction, tunneling, and CCR stabilization. Expertise include dewatering, ground stabilization with jet, permeation, compaction and compensation grouting; and ground freezing for excavation support/groundwater control. Extensive experience with emergency response for geotechnical “failures” such as major ground loss events and forensic investigation of deep excavation and tunneling ground loss events. Co-author of the third edition of Construction Dewatering and Groundwater Control, published in 2007.

2253 130th Ave. NE Ste. 200
Bellevue, WA 98005-1759
(425) 283-7825
michael.bruen@stantec.com

Resume of Mike Bruen
Mike Bruen is a Vice President with MWH, now a part of Stantec, and has served in various roles including Senior Project Manager, Senior Tunnel Specialist, and Engineering Geologist specializing in tunnels and underground engineering and construction for wet infrastructure, hydropower, and dam projects. Mike has more than thirty-five years of experience working in North America, Central and South America, Asia, and the Middle East. He has been involved in over 50 tunnel projects, totaling more than 100 miles of tunnels and up to 33 ft in diameter, more than 60 shafts, and caverns worldwide. Recently he was the lead author for the chapter on Water Tunnels for the UCA of SME book, the “History of Tunneling in the United States”. He has a bachelor of science degree from the University of New Hampshire and a master of arts degree at SUNY Buffalo in geology. He is a member of AEG, UCA of SME, ITA, PMI, USSD, and the DRB Foundation.

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500 7th Avenue, 17th Floor
646.253.8559
516.807.2249
Mark.johnson1@jacobs.com

Resume of Mark Johnson
Mark has more than 25 years of specialized experience in tunnel and underground engineering. He is currently Jacobs Engineering’s Global Director for Tunneling & Ground Engineering, leading a group of nearly 900 tunnel and geotechnical engineers located around the world. Mark’s experience covers tunnel projects in the U.S., UK, Canada, Malaysia and Singapore, including a significant number of design-build projects. He recently served as the Project Director for the design team that delivered the Blue Plains Tunnel in Washington D.C., winner of ENR Magazine’s 2016 “Best of the Best” Project Award.

9 Commercial St
Hudson, NH 03051-3907
(603) 889-4163
lworden@csigroup.com

Resume of Jon Klug
Jonathan Klug is the Vice-President of David R. Klug and Associates, Inc., the company provides international and national manufacturer representative services to the underground heavy civil and mine construction industries. The company specializes in the coordination of products and specialty services for precast segmental, NATM, soft ground and conventional tunnel construction inclusive of initial support systems, final lining reinforcement products, connectors and gasket sealing systems for one pass tunnel linings. Mr. Klug has over 14 years of industry involvement in many of the major tunnel programs constructed in the United States and Canada over this timeframe. In conjunction with his European clients he conducts industry outreach seminars to Europe to study their methods of tunnel construction and contract delivery methods on a regular basis. He has been involved in many UCA roles and activities, including committees for the WTC 2016 and NAT conferences and contributions to the History of Tunneling in the United States book. Mr. Klug also compiles and prepares the Tunnel Demand Forecast as published in the Tunnel and Underground Construction Magazine.

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Resume of Shane Yanagisawa
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5021 Seminary Rd
Alexandria, VA 22311-1930
(202) 787-4729
moussa.wone@dcwater.com

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