Engineering Firms “Lean In” to Find Leaders

PITTSBURGH - May 8, 2013 - PRLog -- Engineering firms everywhere are starting to “Lean In”. This week, professional women are gathering in Boston for the Women in Design and Environmental Professions Conference, sponsored by Zweig White.  Dr. Diane Beynon Landers, MBA, RPA, CPSM of GAI Consultants, Inc. (GAI) will be presenting, among other speakers, on “Powerful Communication for Women in the Executive Suite.”

“I am very, very interested and passionate about sharing my 25+ year experience in the engineering industry with the female workforce,” said Dr. Landers.

Recognizing the need for experienced staff, many engineering firms, which have traditionally been male-dominated, are tapping into the 50% of their workforce who are female to find the leaders they need. Dr. Landers, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of engineering and environmental consulting firm GAI Consultants, Inc., is the firm’s first female Vice President and Board member in the company’s 55+ year history.

The conference will be held May 9-10 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge, MA and includes roundtable discussions, focus groups, networking sessions, and keynote presentations by industry leaders. For more information, visit the conference sponsor website at www.zweigwhite.com.

About GAI Consultants, Inc. (GAI). Transforming ideas into reality® for over 55 years, GAI is an 850-person, employee-owned, multidisciplined engineering and environmental consulting firm serving our clients worldwide in the energy, transportation, real estate, water, municipal, government, and industrial markets throughout the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeastern United States. For more information about GAI’s history, services, and people, visit www.gaiconsultants.com.

About Diane Landers. Diane Landers, Ph.D., RPA, CPSM, joined GAI as a professional archaeologist in 1987, after teaching at Indiana University as an associate professor. She developed GAI's Cultural Resources Management (CRM) Group into one of the largest, full-service, cultural resources operations in the Mid-Atlantic region. As Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Dr. Landers' current focus is leading GAI's corporate marketing operations. Dr. Landers can be reached via phone at 412.476.2000 or via email at d.landers@gaiconsultants.com.