About Us
Mission & Vision
The Maryland Society of Professional Engineers
Our Objectives:
- Advance and promote the public health, safety and welfare.
- Advance the professional, social and economic interests of the professional engineer.
- Strive throughout the profession to make licensure more meaningful in terms of acknowledgment of individual achievement in engineering as reflected by education and practice, and encourage all qualified engineers to seek legal status through licensure.
- Unite all qualified engineers of the state in one organization.
- Stimulate and develop professional concepts among all engineers.
- Advance self-education and self-improvement, motivating practicing engineers to upgrade and expand their competence by continuing study, and conduct continuing education and professional development programs.
- Develop the civic consciousness of members of the engineering profession, and serve the public good by support of, and cooperation with public officials.
- Represent the engineering profession in legislative matters in the interests of the state and the profession.
- Promote high standards of engineering education.
- Establish and preserve high standards of ethical conduct and practice by members of the profession.
- Cultivate public appreciation for the work of the engineer through improved public relations, and provide a forum for effective exchange and advancement of knowledge of matters of concern to the profession.
- Assist young people in obtaining reliable information concerning the profession of engineering.
- Mentor young engineers and assist them in their career track toward licensure.
History
Our Foundation
In 1937, NSPE was petitioned by members who lived in Maryland for a charter to establish the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers. The society was established on March 23, 1938 when Charter # 21 signed by the NSPE President was received.
The Society files list 110 Charter Members. Fred W. Gast served for three years as the first president and was succeeded by Russell B. Allen, PE for the next two years. Allen later became Treasurer of N.S.P.E. for many years. This dedicated group aided in the adoption of the Maryland registration law that was signed by Governor O’Conner on May 27, 1939. The Society was incorporated on April 19, 1947. Charles A. Mohr, PE was the last president before incorporation.
During the period of 1938 to 1955 there were no local chapters of the MSPE. Prior to 1947, members of the MSPE were thinly scattered throughout the state, except for member concentrations in the Baltimore metropolitan area and in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties. In 1956 the first chapter, Baltimore, was chartered. Since then the number has expanded until today, there are three local chapters and a total membership of about 400.
Founding Members
- Russell B. Allen
- G. Milton Benson
- Willard S. Conlon
- Fred W. Gast
- Abbot L. Penniman, Jr.
- James E. Pratt
- Walter L. Simpson
- Charles M. Upham
- De Witt Clinton Webb
- Abel Wolman
Past Presidents Since Incorporation
1946-47
Col. James A. Pratt, P.E.
1947-48
Harry L. Katz, P.E.
1948-49
Owen W. Turpin, P.E.
1949-50
Paul W. Backus, P.E.
1950-51
Arthur M. Gompf, P.E.
1951-53
James J. O’Donnell, P.E.
1953-55
Louis G. Smith, P.E.
1955-56
Ernest H. Hanhart, P.E.
1956-57
Frank E. Winslow, P.E.
1957-59
Benjamin E. Bevin, Sr., P.E.
1959-60
Victor J. Richter, P.E.
1960-62
G. Philip Stout, P.E.
1962-63
Albert P. Backus, P.E.
1963-64
Robert G. Deitrich, P.E.
1964-66
H. Bruce Baty, P.E.
1966-67
Frederick Jeffers, P.E.
1967-68
John C. Handy, P.E.
1968-69
Theodore Yaffe, P.E.
1969-71
David Kamoroff, P.E.
1971-72
Harry O. Huss, P.E.
1972-73
James C. Johnson, P.E.
1973-74
Horace Lehneis, P.E.
1974-75
Lawrence E. Jones, P.E.
1975-76
James F. Lawrence, P.E.
1976-77
James S. Spamer, P.E.
1977-78
James F. Mills, P.E.
1978-79
Carl D. Walbeck, P.E.
1979-80
James F. Shook, P.E.
1980-81
Eric S. Walbeck, P.E.
1981-82
George A. Simpson, P.E.
1982-83
John C. Dale, P.E.
1983-84
Ronald P. Lenert, P.E.
1984-85
Elmer J. Leister, P.E.
1985-86
William J. Teach, P.E.
1986-87
J. Jay Pecora, P.E.
1987-88
Jerry A. Valcik, P.E.
1988-89
Werner Kloetzli
1989-90
Francis W. Kuchta, P.E.
1990-91
Wallace S. North, Jr. P.E.
1991-92
Romeo Freer, P.E.
1992-93
Charles B. Pittinger Jr., PE-LS
1993-94
Randolph A. Peterson, P.E.
1994-95
Eduardo Acevedo, P.E.
1995-96
Wayne B. Ericksen, P.E.
1996-97
John Erdman, P.E.
1997-98
William R. Gluck, P.E.
1998-99
Robert M. Gagnon, P.E.
1999-00
David Herring, P.E.
2000-01
Marc Hurwitz, P.E.
2001-02
Michael Clar, P.E.
2002-03
Robert G. Sebastian, P.E.
2003-04
James D. Lesikar, II PhD, P.E.
2004-05
Jonathan Blasco, P.E.
2005-06
John A. Rutt, P.E.
2006-07
Manoj Jha, PhD, P.E.
2007-08
David Thaler, P.E., LS, F.ASCE, F.NSPE
2008-09
William Mehaffey, P.E.
2009-11
William Ryan, MS, P.E.
2011-12
Ed Hubner, P.E.
2012-13
Brian Olson, P.E.
2013-14
Michael Zuhowski, P.E.
2014-16
Patrick Mudd, P.E.
2016-19
Torrence Pierce, P.E.
2019-20
James Mirabile, P.E.
2020-21
Victoria Ballestero, P.E., MBA
2022-23
Victoria Ballestero, P.E., MBA
2023-24
Andrew Brown, P.E.
Leadership
2023-2024 Executive Committee
President
Andrew Brown, PE
Balt County Department of Public Works
President-Elect | VP Membership
Bryan Tansky, PE
BGE
Treasurer
John Motsco, PE
D.S. Thaler & Associates, LLC
Secretary
Madisyn Vinyard, EIT
ATCS
VP Legislation
Tory Pierce, PE, F.MDSPE
Frederick Ward Associates, Inc.
Past President
Victoria Ballestero, PE, MBA
ATCS
Delegate
James Mirabile, PE
BGE
2023-2024 Directors At Large
Baltimore Gas and Electric
Walus Engineering, LLC
KCI Technologies
RK&K
Siemens
RK&K
Gorove Slade
MSPE
Chair, Joel Oppenheimer, PE
STV, Inc.
Treasurer, Edward Hubner, PE
EBL Engineers, LLC
Secretary, Kelly Misner, PE
STV, Inc.
About Us
Committees
Chapter Leadership
Potomac Chapter
Girija Subramaniam, P.E.
Forcing Function
Robert Lanza
Baltimore Chapter
Erik Anderson, P.E.
Jensen Hughes
David Sitter
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.