Lynn Good has been elevated to president and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility. Formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer, she succeeds James Rogers, who remains chairman until December, when he is set to retire. Good is one of eight women CEOs of the 200 U.S. investor-owned utilities. She also was group executive and president of Duke Energy's commercial businesses group, responsible for Midwest non-regulated generation, international and renewables work.

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The succession is part of the firm's November 2012 settlement with the state utilities commission over its mishandling of a $32-billion merger with utility Progress Energy last year, says a published report. Rogers became president and CEO in 2012 after the surprise ouster of William D. Johnson, who was linked to a problem-laden repair of the Crystal River, Fla., nuclear plant owned by Progress. Johnson, who was running Progress at the time, had been set to be Duke Energy's CEO as part of the deal. He has since joined utility TVA as CEO. In February, Duke Energy said the plant will be decommissioned. The utility will name a new chair-elect.

Barry Bridger has joined Dillon Consulting Ltd., Toronto, as a partner in St. John's, Newfoundland. The role follows the 750-person engineer-planner's June 18 acquisition of Bridger Design Associates, a St. John's-based structural and marine engineer that he founded and led.

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HR Green, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, engineer, has elevated Steven R. Heyer to interim CEO. He succeeds Michael G. Daniel, who was in the role since 2009. HR Green did not comment on the reason for Daniel's departure but says it is searching for a permanent successor. Heyer, who joined the firm in 1979, is formerly president of its senior-living business line and development unit. HR Green ranks at No. 185 on ENR's list of Top 500 Design Firms, with $56.2 million in 2012 revenue.

Peter H. Anderson has joined Geosyntec Consultants, Atlanta, as a principal. Based in Boston, he will lead the firm's air practice. He is formerly a principal partner at consultant ERM. Anderson is a board member of the Environmental Business Council of New England and vice chairman of its air and climate-change committee.

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Global equipment maker JCB, based in Rocester, England, has elevated Graeme Macdonald to CEO from chief operating officer. He was previously managing director of the firm's backhoe-loader business unit and president of JCB Inc., its North American base in Savannah, Ga. Macdonald succeeds Alan Blake, who retires at year's end after three years in the role. According to JCB, Blake led the biggest production expansion in the firm's history. The privately held firm says it is the world's third-largest construction equipment brand, with 22 plants on four continents and more than 10,000 employees. Blake will be a senior adviser and board member.

CTLGroup, an engineering and materials-science firm in Skokie, Ill., has named Timothy Tonyan as interim president and CEO. He succeeds Jeffrey Garrett, who has resigned to pursue other interests, the firm says. Tonyan was the vice president and group manager of CTLGroup's materials consulting practice and head of its energy-and-resources practice group. Chairman Gregory Scott says the firm is conducting a search for a permanent successor.

John Ruffalo has joined the board of engineer MMM Group Ltd., Thornhill, Ontario, as chairman. He is CEO of OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System, one of Canada's leading pension funds.

SKEEN

Julie Skeen has joined David Evans & Associates in Denver as a vice president and firm-wide director of transit and rail services. She was a senior program manager at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., where she also served as deputy program manager for the $5-billion FasTracks transit program's support contract. FasTracks is a major expansion of rail, light rail and bus rapid transit in an eight-county area of Denver.

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Regional water wholesaler Tampa Bay Water, Clearwater, Fla., has hired Matthew Jordan as general manager. An engineer, he had been CEO of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, a water-wastewater utility in Wilmington, N.C. Jordan replaces Gerald Seeber, who was in the role since 2008. Seeber was at the center of Tampa Bay Water's lengthy legal dispute with HDR Engineering over cracks in a Lithia, Fla., reservoir. A federal jury ruled in the firm's favor last year. On July 1, the agency confirmed that its appeal of the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta is proceeding. Seeber is now city manager of Temple Terrace, Fla. Jordan also is a past president of the American Public Water Association's North Carolina chapter.

Brown & Caldwell, Walnut Creek, Calif., has elevated Senior Vice Presidents Jay Patil and Cindy Paulson to firm-wide roles as director of client services and director of technical services, respectively. Paulson's position is newly created. Marc Damikolas is promoted to senior vice president and business-unit manager for California, replacing Patil. Robert Ash also is a new senior vice president and the firm's enterprise risk manager. Vice President Jeffrey Theerman now leads an expanded group at the design firm.

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Sam Mansour has joined engineer TranSystems in Santa Ana, Calif., as senior vice president and client manager for its passenger and freight-rail practices in the western region. He was regional vice president for Kimley-Horn and Associates in California. Mansour is a board member of the American Council of Engineering Companies and past president of the Railway Association of Southern California.