The Quarterly Wrap-up: Fall 2025
Posted on Dec. 5, 2025 / Quarterly Wrap-up / Subscribe 0
As the SMPS Boston crew zips up into our winter coats, let's look back on warmer times with a celebration of new members, event recaps, and anniversaries!
Welcome to our Newest Members!
Lila Hughes, Senior Marketing Coordinator, CambridgeSeven
Erin Lucy, Marketing & Graphics Coordinator, Weston & Sampson
Edyn Winter, Marketing & Graphics Coordinator, Weston & Sampson
Julie Santos, Marketing Manager, VHB
Emily Hooper, Senior Brand and Communications Manager, Shepley Bulfinch
Grace Filloramo, Marketing Assistant, South Coast Improvement Company
Kristina Hathaway, Marketing Operations Manager, Radiation Safety & Control Services, Inc
Maria Tatarczuk, Business Development-Architectural, HGA
Event Recap
Battling Burnout: A Blueprint for Beyond-Busy A/E/C Marketing Teams - 9/25
SMPS Boston invited Tim Aismos, CPSM to deliver a seminar on managing workloads in the relentlessly busy day-to-day of the AEC industry. He shared proven workload management techniques to prioritize high-value tasks, identified key ways to reignite creativity, and promoted establishing a healthy and sustainable working environment. The event was organized by Kristen Fogarty (Vantage Builders), Tyler Charpentier (Tighe & Bond), and Katherine Lesko (Chapman Construction/Design)
New and Prospective Member Orientation - 10/2
One of SMPS Boston's most popular recurring events returned again in June, where new and prospective members learned everything there is to know about SMPS Boston! Event organized by Lucy March (GEI Consultants), Kelly Stinnett (Tighe & Bond), and Kara McLellan (Annum Architects).
Canstruction Boston 2025 - 10/4
Boston's 2025 Canstruction Competition's theme this year was... Games! Thanks to the generous participation of 13 teams, we were able to raise 34,693 cans of food. The event benefits the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. Read more about it on the SMPS blog! The event was organized by Anna Luciano (Nitsch Engineering) and Alexa Prenovitz (Tighe & Bond).
Fear Not, Public Speaking! - 10/9
SMPS Boston invited Robin Schell, APR, Fellow PRSA, Senior Counsel and Partner at Jackson Jackson & Wagner to lead an interactive two-hour workshop designed for AEC marketers looking to build confidence and master presentation skills. The event was organized by Jen Clark (Page/Stantec) and Katherine Lesko (Chapman Construction/Design).
Community Harvest - 10/14
The SMPS Boston Outreach Committee joined the Community Harvest Project at their 15-acre Grafton location to help cultivate and harvest produce. The majority of the produce grown is donated to the Worcester County Food Bank. The event was organized by Alexa Prenovitz (Tighe & Bond).
CPSM Study Group Domain 2: Planning - 10/22
The ongoing CPSM study group continued with its section meeting, covering Domain 2: Planning. If you are interested in joining this year’s study group or learning more about CPSM certification please reach out to Phil Learmonth, Director of CPSM Certification at [email protected]. Learn more about the CPSM Certification here.
Building for Tomorrow: Navigating the A/E/C Economic Forecast with FMI - 10/23
FMI Consulting led an economic forecasting seminar for SMPS Boston, highlighting opportunities and risks over the coming five years. The event was organized by Jen Clark (Page/Stantec), Catherine Babbidge (Visnick & Caulfield), and Katherine Lesko (Chapman Construction/Design)
Brew & Build Series: Networking on Tap - 11/6
The SMPS Boston team raised a glass to new connections at Brew & Build, SMPS Boston’s Networking Series for marketers and business development professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry! The event was organized by Molly Romano (Windover Construction), Dacota Griffin (GEI Consultants), Britt Bursell (Tighe & Bond), Annie Langlois (Sasaki), Lauren Hickey (Finegold Alexander Architects), and Emily Jenkins (Bala Consulting Engineers).
Proving the ROI of Your Team (and Yourself) - 11/6
Members of SMPS Boston came together to lead a panel on demonstrating measurable ROI for marketers to promote self-advocacy during budgeting season. Panelists were Andrew Beaton (CDM Smith), Kristie Norris, CPSM (Nobis Group), Maria Salvatierra, CPSM (Wilson Butler Architects), Anna Luciano, CPSM (Nitsch Engineering), and Carolyn Campot, CPSM (BOND Building Construction). The event was organized by Amy Russes (Geosyntec Consultants), Kristen Fogarty (Vantage Builders), Lauren Tilley (Langan Engineering), and Katherine Lesko (Chapman Construction/Design).
Highlights from Member Spotlights
Catherine Babbidge, Senior Marketing Coordinator, Visnick & Caulfield
What is one way you decompress from work?
I am a huge proponent of work life balance. I don’t keep Teams or Outlook notifications on my phone so once I leave the office I’m completely unplugged. I like to stay active and get outside as much as I can, so going for a run or walk always helps me clear my head. Even better if I walk and call a friend or family member to catch up.
Julia Teeter, Marketing Coordinator II, Pare Corporation
What is your favorite part about your work?
I really love the combination of different skills it takes to produce proposals. The organizational skills to read an RFP and put a proposal together, writing skills to produce them, and creativity to design them – it can really be both technically and creatively interesting work. It’s really rewarding to have a final product to show, too. More generally, especially from working on the civil engineering side, I love to understand more about the infrastructure surrounding me every day. It’s fun to see it in the wild, too, like driving by a bridge or dam or water tower and going, “oh, that’s ___! I know all about that!” It’s really cool to connect with so many of the places I’ve grown up in in a new way.
Happy Anniversary to the Following Members
September Anniversaries
6 years:
Michelle Finneran, Director of Global Marketing, Arcadis
Allison Flood, Marketing Team Leader, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
7 years:
Allison Price, Director of Marketing and Communications, Utile
8 years:
Megan Riley, CPSM, Director of Marketing, Black River Design Architects
15 years:
Kourtenay Hanrahan, CPSM, Associate Principal/Director of Marketing, Lam Partners
24 years:
Wayne Cobleigh, CPSM, MBA, Vice President – Client Services, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
36 years:
Kimberly Plourde, Marketing Director, Weston & Sampson
October Anniversaries
1 year:
Sophia Kempf, Marketing Coordinator, Geoengineers USA
4 years:
Dacota Griffin, National Water Sector Marketing Manager, GEI Consultants
6 years:
Maria Salvatierra, CPSM, Associate/Director of Marketing & Business Development, Wilson Butler Architects
7 years:
Elisabeth Neville Ambler, Marketing/Graphic Design Coordinator, Neville Associates, LLC
8 years:
Stephanie Salsman, Manager of Marketing & Communications, Bruner/Cott & Associates Inc
10 years:
Greta Coan, Marketing Manager, BSC Group
11 years:
Laura Player, CPSM, Chief Marketing Officer, Wise Construction Corp
12 years:
Christina Cuevas, Communications Manager, BSC Group
16 years:
Caroline Fitzgerald, LEED AP, Director of Business Development, RMF Engineering, Inc.
21 years:
Keri Drake, CPSM, Chief Marketing Officer, Senior Vice President
23 years:
Shelly Peckham, Marketing & Communications Strategist, SP Strategic Marketing
28 years:
Kirsten Papagni, CPSM, Director of Marketing, Columbia
38 years:
Kate Brannelly, FSMPS, Director of Marketing, Gale Associates, Inc.
43 years:
Judith Nitsch, FSMPS, PE, LEED AP
October Anniversaries
1 year:
Ksenia Pryme, Marketing & Communications Specialist, Tighe & Bond Inc.
Lisa Saccone, Marketing Director, John Turner Consulting, Inc.
2 years:
Kristen Parry, Marketing Coordinator, The Architectural Team
4 years:
Alyssa Lajoie, Senior Marketing Coordinator, Corporation for Independent Living
5 years:
Stephanie Coombs, Proposal Writer, Weston & Sampson
6 years:
Phillip Learmonth, CPSM, Marketing Coordinator, HNTB Corporation
11 years:
Kristin Armitage-Chobot, Marketing Specialist, Arcadis
18 years:
Leann Gebhardt, MBA, Corporate Marketing Manager, GEI Consultants
21 years:
Kara McLellan, Director of Marketing & Communications, Annum Architects
22 years:
Jennifer Hegarty, Director of Marketing, Payette
Member anniversary information is obtained from SMPS National. If any information is incorrect, please log into your national account to update it.
Photo Corner
Battling Burnout 2025
Building for Tomorrow
Build & Brew (photos by Arielly Photography)
Canstruction! See more here.
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