MEET the TEAM

ISG Employee Owners

It’s important to put faces to names. While this isn’t a complete list of our employee owners, we want to introduce some of our movers, shakers, and difference makers.

Have you met one of our employee owners and want to get in touch with them? Looking to find the best point of contact for your next project or idea? Look no further.

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Bob Nussear, AIA, LEED AP

Architecture Practice Group Leader
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Casey Patton, PE

Water/Wastewater Practice Group Leader
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Sue Peterson

Education Strategy Specialist
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Alec Pfeffer

Chief Financial Officer
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Tanya Pierce

Business Unit Leader, Government + Cultural
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Danyelle Pierquet, PLA

Project Executive
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Ronna Poppens

Development Strategist
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Amanda Prosser, PLA

Vice President, Sports + Recreation
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Tarah Raaum, AIA, NCARB

Business Unit Leader, Healthcare
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Jacob Rischmiller, PE

Surface Water Group Leader
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Dan Stueber, PE, LS

Geospatial Practice Group Leader
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Chad Surprenant, PE

Chief Strategy Officer
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Jesse Turner, PLA

Project Executive
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Jeremy Wiesen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Architecture Practice Group Leader
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Mitchell Workmon, PLA

Landscape Architecture Practice Group Leader
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Lynn Bruns, PE, LEED AP

Chief Executive Officer
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David Doxtad, PE

President
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Chad Surprenant, PE

Chief Strategy Officer
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Samantha Boeck

Vice President, Talent Engagement
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Andy Brandel, PE

Executive Vice President
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Alec Pfeffer

Chief Financial Officer
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Abby Gram

Vice President, Marketing
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Eric Eby

Vice President, Information Technology
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Ryan Anderson

Business Unit Leader, Commercial
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Tanya Pierce

Business Unit Leader, Government + Cultural
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Tarah Raaum, AIA, NCARB

Business Unit Leader, Healthcare
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Leila Hussein

Business Unit Leader, Telecommunications + Utilities
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Will Kratt, PE, PTOE

Business Unit Leader, Transportation
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Julie Blackburn, CFM

Business Unit Leader, Water
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Jake Jordan

Development Strategist
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Brittany Morales

Development Strategist
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Ronna Poppens

Development Strategist
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Jay Lotthammer

Development Strategist
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Michael Hille

Development Strategist
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Sue Peterson

Education Strategy Specialist
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Tom Brown

Food + Industrial Operations + Facilities Strategist
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Chuck Brandel, PE

National Agricultural Drainage Expert
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Michael Novitzki, MBA

Public Works Development Strategist
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Darren Blue

Sports + Recreation Development Strategist
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Kevin Bills, AIA

Vice President, Education
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Brian Gjerde, PE

Vice President, Food + Industrial
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Derek Johnson, PE

Vice President, Public Works
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Neil Gray, AIA, LEED AP

Vice President, Residential + Mixed Use
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Amanda Prosser, PLA

Vice President, Sports + Recreation
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Jeremy Wiesen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Architecture Practice Group Leader
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Bob Nussear, AIA, LEED AP

Architecture Practice Group Leader
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Jerremy Foss, PE, CNU-A

Civil Engineering Practice Group Leader
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Alex Gregor

Electrical Engineering Practice Group Leader
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Paul Marston, CFM

Environmental Practice Group Leader
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Dan Stueber, PE, LS

Geospatial Practice Group Leader
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Jane Miller, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C

Interior Design Practice Group Leader
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Marlene Heymer, ASID, IIDA

Interior Design Practice Group Leader
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Mitchell Workmon, PLA

Landscape Architecture Practice Group Leader
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Tony Effenberger, PE, LEED AP

Mechanical Engineering Practice Group Leader
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Danyelle Pierquet, PLA

Project Executive
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Jesse Turner, PLA

Project Executive
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Tiara Marcus

Project Management Practice Group Leader
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Sam Brockshus, PE

Structural Engineering Practice Group Leader
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Jacob Rischmiller, PE

Surface Water Group Leader
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Matt Cherek

Telecommunications Practice Group Leader
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Mike Nelson, PE

Vice President
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Casey Patton, PE

Water/Wastewater Practice Group Leader
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