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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