Tim Fleming, Past President, 1995—96

Our Third Annual Past President’s Dinner and Tim Fleming Memorial Scholarship Award was another awesome evening of history and celebration for the Sierra Chapter. On February 19th, almost a dozen past presidents were joined by an assortment of members and guests, including ACEC-California’s new Executive Director, Brad Diede.

Brad was our featured speaker and did an outstanding job of facilitating input from Sierra Chapter members on what is and isn’t working at ACEC-CA. Our input will be part of an association wide effort by Brad to gather ideas and suggestions on what to focus his energies on in the near future. Stay tuned for more feedback and information on this topic.

Brad Diede, ACEC-CA Executive Director

Also joining us this evening was the third winner of the annual Tim Fleming Memorial Scholarship, Mark Bretz. Mark is a sophomore civil engineering student at UC Davis focusing on transportation engineering. Mark was joined by his father, Neil, who is a 26 year veteran of Caltrans. Mark is originally from the Fresno area and was very excited to win this year’s scholarship. The scholarship was created in honor of Tim Fleming, who was a Past President of the Sierra Chapter, and a tremendous supporter of our industry.

Past President Marco Palilla awarding Mark Bretz his
$1,500 Tim Fleming Memorial Scholarship

Past Presidents joined us from all era’s including ACEC-CA, CELSOC and WAELS. In addition, everyone was very excited to see Sharon Hill, who was our chapter administrator for over 30 years. Debbie LoCicero took over that job a number of years ago and is carrying on the fine tradition started by Sharon. After dinner, we gathered for the distinguished “Past President’s Photo” posted below. Thanks again to all the Past Presidents, Sharon Hill, Brad Diede, and Mark Bretz for making this a very memorable evening.

Back Row: Steve Greenfield, Carlos España, Ed Henderson, Paul Enneking, Marco Palilla
Front Row: Eddie Kho, Terry Lowell, Ed Gillum, Orin Bennett, Chuck Cunningham, and Tom Blackburn