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Leadership

CHRISTOPHER P. LEICHTWEIS, CIH, MBA

President/CEO

Christopher (Chris) P. Leichtweis is the President and CEO of North Wind Group. Since joining in 2013, Leichtweis and his team, have grown North Wind Group to a thriving company of more than 2,100 employees with revenues approaching $600M.

In 1991, Chris founded Safety and Ecology Holding Corporation (SEC), serving as President for more than 20 years. He grew the domestic and international operations to more than 530 employees in eight offices with revenues exceeding $98M. From 2008 to 2011, he served as President and Director of SEC’s parent (public) company Homeland Security Capital Corporation, growing the parent’s portfolio of three companies by 43% and expanding operations into many new commercial and federal markets.

SUBSIDIARY LEADERSHIP

John Bukowski, PG, PMP, MBA

North Wind Solutions and North Wind Technical Solutions

Jace Fahnestock, PHD, PMP

North Wind Resource Consulting; North Wind Environmental Consulting Services; North Wind Archaeological Research & Historical Preservation

James (Jim) Furr, PG, PMP

North Wind Services and North Wind Technologies

Kimberley Kearney, PMP

North Wind Site Services

Brent Brooks, PMP

North Wind Construction Services; North Wind General Contractors

Kevin S. Brown, PE, SE, LEED AP

LBYD Federal

Jeff Scott, PMP, MBA

North Wind Portage, Inc.

Tom Selmer

Weldin Construction; Silver Mountain Construction

Brad Christopher, PE

LBYD, Inc.

Brent Clark, PMP, MBA

North Wind Dynamics; North Wind Operations Management

Jeff Clark

North Wind Federal Services

regional leadership

James Stelling, PMP

Alaska Regional Director

Jeff Clark

Alaska & Indo-Pac Regional Business Development Manager

Jim Floyd, PMP, MBA, CCM

Indo-Pac Regional Director

Jeff Clark

Alaska & Indo-Pac Regional Business Development Manager

Thad Alsup, PMP, PE

North Central Regional Director

Bob Driscoll, PE

Central Regions Business Development Manager

Shayne Naugle

Northeast Regional Director and Business Development Manager

Grant Smith

South Central Regional Director

Bob Driscoll, PE

Central Regions Business Development Manager

Allison Walker

Southeast Regional Director

Mark Swantko

Southeast Regional Business Development Manager

Rob Szozda

Western Regional Director

Jason Winkler

Western Regional Business Development Manager

Functional Leadership

John Bukowski

Group Executive Officer, Interim Chief Operating Officer

Carsen (Jade) Dye, PMP, MBA

Chief Financial Officer - Accounting and Finance

James (Jim) Furr, PG, PMP

Chief Information Officer

Dean P. Vanek, JD

Vice President and General Counsel

Brady Bigelow, PMP, CHMM

Chief Business Development Officer

Joseph Bonner, CISSP

Chief Information Security Officer

Anne Smith, MBA

Community/Public Affairs Director

Debbie Morgan, MBA

Chief of Staff

Eric Anderson

Director of Contracts

Andy Henderson, SPHR

Chief Human Resources Officer

Raymond Peters, ESQ, CIH, CSP, PE

Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H); Chief Risk Officer

Jill Doran, MSN, RN, COHN-S

Occupational Medicine & Health Director

Shenean Fisher, PMP

Director of Project Controls

Laurene Rowell, PMP

Director of Quality Assurance

Andrew Kallam

Director of Estimating

J. Darin Craig, PMP

Project & Intergration Manager

Trina Cesnik

Performance Assurance Manager