Every year a new board of directors is voted in to lead the chapter.  Our board consists of experienced individuals who are dedicated to leading a growing organization. The 2011/2012 SMPS Research Triangle Chapter Board of Directors are as follows

President

Beth Stout, CPSM

Froehling & Robertson, Inc.
919.719.1965

Beth Stout is the Environmental Services Business Development Manager of Froehling & Robertson, Inc. (F&R). F&R is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that provides clients a full range of environmental and geotechnical engineering services and full-service materials testing and special inspections. Beth has previously served the Chapter on the Programming Committee in 2008-2009, as Director at Large in 2009-2010, and Programs Chair and Interim President-+Elect in 2010-2011. Beth was also Co-Chair of the On-Site Logistics Committee for the SMPS Southeastern Regional Conference in 2009 when it was held in Raleigh. Beth earned her CPSM certification in April 2010.

Vice President / President Elect

Meg Barham

Thorburn Associates, Inc.
919.463.9995 ext. 207

Meg Barham is the Marketing Manager for the Raleigh-Durham office of Thorburn Associates. Thorburn Associates provides integrated acoustical, audiovisual, security, structured cabling, and performance lighting systems design. Meg holds a Bachelors Degree of Communications Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been actively involved with SMPS since entering the industry, serving on the Social Planning Committee for the SMPS Southeast Regional Conference in 2009. She served on the board as treasurer from 2009 – 2011 as Treasurer.

Secretary

Pat Perkins
O’Brien Atkins Associates, PA
919.941.9000

Pat Perkins is the Marketing Coordinator for O’Brien Atkins Associates, one of North Carolina’s premier architectural and engineering design service firms.  Pat is responsible for all the firm’s marketing activities including proposals, presentations, marketing communications and collateral as well as providing business development support.  In 1998, Pat was named an Associate of the firm.  She has been a member of SMPS for 17 years, serving at various times as Chapter Director at Large, Program Committee Member, Program Moderator and Panelist, and several terms as Chapter Secretary, most recently from 2010 – 2012.

Treasurer

Lauren Smith, CPSM
Lappas+Havener, PA
919.419.1199

Lauren Smith is the Marketing Coordinator for Lappas + Havener, a landscape architectural firm committed to design, stewardship and craft. She has previously served on the Programming Committee, SMPS Southeast Regional Conference Social Planning Committee, as Director of Programming for the 2009 – 2010 year, and as Director at Large for the 2010-2011 year. Lauren has been a member of SMPS for five years and earned her CPSM designation in April 2010.

Past President

Alma Montemayor, CPSM,
Falcon Engineering

919.871.0800

Alma Montemayor is employed at Falcon Engineering and has been in the A/E/C industry for over 10 years. She has been a member of SMPS for six years and previously served on the Board for two years as Director of Education and Outreach, and as President-Elect in 2009-2010. Alma received her CPSM designation in 2007. In 2009, she served as Social Co-Chair for the SMPS Southeast Regional Conference.

Director of Outreach

Brandon Ives
Brasco Design+Marketing
919.818.9114
Brandon Ives is a managing partner with Brasco Design+Marketing, a Raleigh based web marketing agency. Brasco works with companies on creative services, branding design, web development, SEO/online marketing, and strategic marketing planning.  The firm is focused on helping its clients achieve business growth goals through creative marketing & sales strategies. He is an active member of SMPS Triangle and has experience working in business development and marketing in the A/E/C industry. He previously held the position of Director of Communications.

Director of Communications

Kim Fowler
SmithGroupJJR
919.294.0902

Kim Fowler is the Marketing Coordinator for SmithGroupJJR’s Durham Office. Since joining the firm in 2007, she has been responsible for all marketing and public relations activity for the office. Kim joined SMPS in 2007 and has been a regular attendee of events and meetings. She served on the Communications Committee in 2010, assisting with the design and production of mailers, updating the contact list, and helping with other tasks when needed.

Director of Membership

Brigette Welton, CPSM
Dewberry
919.424.3761

Brigette Welton is the Marketing Manager in Dewberry’s Raleigh, North Carolina, office. Dewberry is a leading professional services firm with a proven history of providing architecture, engineering, and management and consulting services to public- and private-sector clients. Brigette manages pursuit and proposal efforts, provides guidance in strategic planning alongside the leadership team, and engages in partnership development. With more than 15 years of experience, Welton has extensive marketing knowledge within the engineering industry. She has served on the Membership Committee since 2008 and as the Co-Chair of On-Site Logistics for the SMPS Southeastern Regional Conference in 2009.

Director of Programs

Tracy Russell
Moffat & Nichol

919.781.4626

Tracy Russell is Marketing Project Manager for Moffatt & Nichol. Moffatt & Nichol is a leading global infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning and design of facilities that shape our coastlines, harbors and rivers as well as an innovator in the transportation complexities associated with the movement of freight. Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from North Carolina State University. She has worked in the A/E/C field since 2008 and has been an active member of SMPS, serving on the Communications Committee for one year and the Programs Committee for three years. Tracy is currently serving on the Board as the Director of Programs.

Director at Large

Brynn Dutton
Roughton Nickelson DeLuca (RND)

919.490.1266

Brynn Dutton is the Marketing Director for Roughton Nickelson De Luca (RND) Architects in Durham, NC. She is responsible for RND’s corporate marketing and business development activities in the healthcare, municipal, higher education, and commercial markets. Brynn has previously served on the SMPS Triangle Board as President, President-Elect, Past-President, Director of Education and Outreach, and Director at Large. In 2009, she served as Social Co-Chair for the SMPS Southeast Regional Conference.

Director at Large

Glenda Owens Bastress
Brasfield & Gorrie
919.877.8502

Glenda Owens Bastress began her A/E/C industry career in Raleigh for Brasfield & Gorrie more than nine years ago and currently is the Raleigh office Marketing Manager.  She also brings more than 25 years of marketing experience in the form of Television Broadcast Promotion as a producer and Advertising Agency work as a media buyer and creative director to SMPS.  Glenda served as the co-chair of the SMPS Southeast Regional conference in 2009 and worked on the sponsorship committee three years prior.  She has been a member of SMPS for nine years.