Mead & Hunt President and COO Amy Squitieri addresses environmental justice training in the private sector in the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) magazine’s Fall issue, “Tech Stewards Expand the Scope of Responsible Engineering.” Amy discusses her sponsorship of Mead & Hunt’s Project Confluence Development Program and its importance for AEC professionals when addressing equity in environmental justice.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
“Real progress in delivering projects with a positive community impact requires moving beyond regulatory check-box exercises,” said Amy Squitieri, Mead & Hunt’s president and chief operating officer.
Mead & Hunt put the program through its paces. The firm assembled a team of 14 self-appointed change agents to learn the history of environmental justice and new practices required to achieve it.
The company hosted two, two-day, in-person gatherings in the form of a professional development course at the beginning and the end of the project. Seven weeks, including homework and instructor check-ins, separated the two gatherings. The course ended with a “capstone” of each team presenting its demonstration project to Mead & Hunt’s board of directors.
“Such a course fills a gap, since no tools or standardized approaches exist,” Squitieri said. “At the same time, it’s an opportunity to let engineers and related professionals get creative and inventive.”
Read the full article in SWE: “Tech Stewards Expand the Scope of Responsible Engineering”
