At Fehr & Peers, our mission focuses on empowering our employees by supporting them in the pursuit of their passions and quests to achieve maximum potential. Over 130 team members earned promotions this year, and the individuals featured below achieved step-level promotions effective July 1, 2021. Congratulations to all, and thank you for your dedication!
Principal
Miguel Nunez
Los Angeles Office
Maria Vyas
Salt Lake City Office
Bill Burton
Walnut Creek Office
Senior Associate
Kwasi Donkor
DC Office
Chelsea Richer
Los Angeles Office
Netai Basu
Los Angeles Office
Fatemeh Ranaiefar
Long Beach Office
Spencer Reed
Orange County Office
Hallet Modi
Oakland Office
David Stanek
Sacramento Office
Claude Strayer
San Diego Office
Sarah Chan
Walnut Creek Office
Associate
Patrick McDonough
Corporate Office
Jeremiah LaRose
Los Angeles Office
Jennifer Ziebarth
Oakland Office
Kendra Rowley
San Diego Office
Sai Sirandas
San Francisco Office
Mike Hawkins
San Francisco Office
Ashley Weiss
San Jose Office
Allen Wang
San Jose Office
Senior Engineer/Planner
Rachel Om
Los Angeles Office
Nico Boyd
Los Angeles Office
Melody Wu
Los Angeles Office
Seth Contreras
Long Beach Office
Ethan Sun
Orange County Office
Saima Musharrat
Orange County Office
Mae Tamayo
Orange County Office
Karina Schneider
Oakland Office
Kyle Baumgartner
Sacramento Office
Shangyou Zeng
Sacramento Office
Adrita Islam
Roseville Office
KySeishi Yamagata
Salt Lake City Office
Drew Levitt
San Francisco Office
Taylor Whitaker
San Jose Office
Mark Howard
Walnut Creek Office
Senior Technician
William Edmonson
Roseville Office
Michelle Chung
San Jose Office
Senior Business Services
Rhonda Parham
Corporate Office
Melanie Gill
Sacramento Office
Melanie Conrad
Corporate Office
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2026 Staff Promotions
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