The American Institute of Architectsgranted honorary membership toDr. Gail Thomas, president and CEO of The Trinity Trust Foundation in Dallas. It is one of the highest honors the AIA bestows on a person outside the profession of architecture. Thomas’ efforts to improve cities and her support of the arts and architecture were keys to her election.

LEO A DALYin Dallas namedJohn Kraskiewiczits new COO. He is also a vice president of the firm. Kraskiewicz holds a bachelor’s of architecture, a master’s of architecture and a master’s of business administration with a specialization in real estate and finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

KAI Texasin Dallas announced its president and COODarren Jamesis 2010 chair for the Dallas County Big Brothers Big Sisters board of directors. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Architecture. The firm also announced thatNestor Infanzon, FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP, will run the Education and Health Care Studio in Dallas. He received a bachelor’s degree in environmental design and a master’s degree in architecture from Texas A&M University.

HDRin Austin namedShay Ralls Roalson, PE, North Central Texas water lead as senior project manager for the Austin water and wastewater design group. Roalson received a bachelor’s of engineering degree in civil and environmental engineering from Vanderbilt University and a master’s of science degree in environmental and water resources engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

PageSoutherlandPagenamed associate principalsRobert E. Burke, Arturo ChavezandThomas C. McCarthyto principal. Burke joined the Austin office in 1987. He earned a bachelor’s of science in architectural engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Chavez joined the Houston office in 1995. He is a graduate of the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. McCarthy joined the Houston office in 1997. He earned a bachelor’s of business administration from the UT-Austin and a master’s of architecture with honors from the University of Houston College of Architecture.

Andrews Myers Coulter & Hayes PCin Houston established a labor and employment practice led by attorneyAnthony “Tony” G. Stergio, who joins the firm as senior counsel. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut.

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Austin, addedAndrew Martinas general counsel. He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. He will be responsible for legal matters such as policy review, public records compliance, procurement and contracting, property acquisition and legislation review.

EDI架构公司。in Houston announced thatDennis Thompson, principal in charge of international commercial projects, will join another firm.Andre Landon校长,将接管的日常角色project leadership.

Gov. Rick Perryhas reappointedJeff Austin, III, of Tyler to the Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2012. Austin received a bachelor’s degree and master’s of business administration from the University of Texas at Tyler. He is a graduate of the Southern Methodist University Southwestern Graduate School of Banking and Intermediate School of Banking and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Parsons Brinckerhoffin Dallas namedPrentiss Revesto construction manager and supervisor for maintenance of traffic for the DFW Connector. He holds a bachelor’s of science in physics and a bachelor’s of science in mathematics from Texas A&M University.