Company & Leadership

As STV Group’s chief financial officer Thomas Butcher, CPA, oversees the firm’s corporate financial management. His career spans more than 30 years of experience in corporate finance, including project accounting, in the architectural, engineering, and construction management industries.

A member of STV’s operating committee, he serves on its Investment Committee and is a member of its Strategic Planning Group, helping to chart the firm’s future growth and expansion.

Earlier in his career, he held several different finance roles, including chief financial officer for various firms. He began his career with the global accounting firm Ernst & Young, LLP. Mr. Butcher earned his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New Hampshire and bachelor’s degrees in accounting and history from Marietta College. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

As STV’s chief operating officer, Chuck Kohler, P.E., S.E., oversees the daily operations of the firm. He is an accomplished engineering and construction professional who, over the course of his more than 30-year career, has demonstrated strong business, operations and project delivery skills.

Mr. Kohler has amassed industry experience in almost every engineering and construction professional service role, including design engineer, site engineer, division manager, project/program manager, operations director and corporate executive. Prior to joining STV, he served as the global director of project operations for a major design/construction consultancy firm, where he was responsible for supporting the company’s program management, capability development and risk management efforts worldwide. 

Mr. Kohler holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign, and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance and international business from Northwestern University. He is a registered professional engineer and a licensed structural engineer.

Gerald Donnelly, P.E., P.Eng., has led STV Energy Services, a division of STV, since its inception. The division comprises STV’s petroleum, gas and electrical transmission business, and its associated environmental practice.

Mr. Donnelly has more than 30 years of design management and operations and business development experience, and developed the firm’s energy practice in 1990, with projects along the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and in the Midwest.

In 2004, Mr. Donnelly received the Engineering Manager of the Year award from the Philadelphia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). A registered professional engineer in more than 30 states and Canada, Mr. Donnelly earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Paisley College of Technology, Scotland. He is a member of the ASCE and the Society of American Military Engineers and is based in STV’s Douglassville, PA, office.

Martin F. Boyle is executive vice president of the firm’s Transportation & Infrastructure Division, a nationwide practice that combines the firm’s rail, highway/bridge and aviation infrastructure capabilities. The division is engaged in all aspects of transportation and infrastructure planning, design and construction/program management services, including design-build projects.

Mr. Boyle has more than 40 years of design and management experience in the transportation industry. He joined STV in 2000 and most recently served as the deputy division manager for the Transportation & Infrastructure Division, where he played a critical role in building the firm’s rail and bus transportation practices, including the vehicles, systems, transportation planning, transit operations, and vehicle maintenance facilities practices.

Mr. Boyle is a member of the American Public Transportation Association. 

Jon Miller, AIA, LEED® AP, is executive vice president of the firm’s national Buildings & Facilities Division, which provides multi-disciplined architectural and engineering design and consulting services to public, private, and institutional clients.

Mr. Miller has more than 30 years of design and management experience in the architectural and engineering industry. His diverse portfolio includes federal and defense work, as well as transportation, education, justice and health care projects.

A registered architect, Mr. Miller is a member of the American Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), the American Council of Engineering Companies, New York Building Congress, Society of American Military Engineering and the U.S. Green Building Council. He received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan.

Edward Pogreba is the executive vice president of STV’s Construction Management Division. In this role he directs the division’s nationwide activities in construction, construction management, program management, design-build, construction supervision and inspection, and project controls.

Mr. Pogreba has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, with an expertise in building construction, and program and construction management. His diverse portfolio includes federal, health care and education projects. 

Mr. Pogreba is a member of the Design-Build Institute of America, the Construction Management Association of America, and the American Arbitration Association. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Washington State University.

Thomas F. Prendergast is an executive vice president and chief strategy officer of STV. In this role, Mr. Prendergast is responsible for strategic projects throughout STV, as well as forging and maintaining relationships with transit agencies across the country and in Canada. He also serves as principal on major transportation projects undertaken by the firm.

An experienced leader in the transportation industry, Mr. Prendergast recently served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City where he was responsible for establishing the strategic direction and policy of the agency. Earlier, he served as the chief executive officer of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority.
 
Active in a number of transit industry associations, he is a strong advocate for safety-related causes in the industry.
 
Mr. Prendergast received his Bachelor of Science in Socio-Technological Systems Engineering, Urban Transportation Systems from the University of Illinois, and graduated from the Harvard Program for State and Local Government Executives.

Judith E. Held, J.D., STV senior vice president, is the firm’s general counsel. In this position, she manages STV’s legal matters, advising senior management and professional and administrative staff on contracts, insurance, risk management, compliance, employment, claims and industry related issues, as well as other general legal matters. Ms. Held is based in STV’s New York office.

With STV since 2005, she has more than 30 years of experience as a lawyer. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Held handled all phases of complex commercial litigation for several New York law firms. STV was among the clients that she represented during those years.

Ms. Held received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and earned her Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law.

Ms. Rosenberg manages the marketing, communications, creative services, and research functions of STV, and serves on its operating committee. She has over 35 years’ experience in the engineering and construction industry.

She is a member of the scholarship committees for the Society of American Military Engineers New York City Post, American Consulting Engineers Council of New York, and the ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York, and is a member of the Women’s Transportation Seminar Greater New York Chapter. She also serves on the board of Those Amazing Professions, a non-profit organization founded to help kids become aware of careers in various professions, including those in the construction industry.

Ms. Rosenberg has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Ecology from Connecticut College and an MBA in Finance from the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.

Tibor D. Menyhert, vice president, is STV’s chief information officer. With more than 25 years’ experience, he is an expert in IT governance and planning and has extensive experience in global information technology management.

He is a member of the company’s operating committee, and is involved with many of the firm’s projects and corporate strategic planning.  He has implemented new initiatives that have focused the organizations Information Technology services towards providing efficient and cost effective solutions to meet the evolving needs of STV and its clients in today’s highly digitized global market.

Mr. Menyhert received his master’s degree in technology management from the Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, NJ, and his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering technology from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.  He is a member of the Construction Management Association of America, American Council of Engineering Consultants, Society for Information Management and has served on various industry related advisory boards and committees.

Sonja Glatzhofer is vice president and chief human resources officer of STV, responsible for talent acquisition, talent management and organizational development, benefits and compensation and succession planning.  She brings to the firm nearly 30 years of human resources experience representing a wide range of industry sectors. 

Before joining STV, Ms. Glatzhofer was with a large multi-national engineering and construction firm with offices in 25 countries, serving as the vice president of human resources for its $8 billion construction services division. In that role, she spearheaded all human resources initiatives, including strategies for employee engagement, workforce planning, retention and recruitment, as well as succession planning, performance and compensation. Prior to that, Ms. Glatzhofer was with a leading construction and project management firm, where she led the integration and transformation of human resources services for a new construction services business line.  

Ms. Glatzhofer holds a Master of Science in Human Resources Management from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Connecticut. 
 

David Kliwinski, CSP, is vice president and chief health & safety officer, responsible for directing and maintaining STV’s commitment to developing a culture of health and safety throughout all levels of the firm. A leader in construction safety, he brings to STV more than 29 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Kliwinski has led safety programs for multi-billion-dollar projects and developed safety, health and environmental initiatives for a major engineering and construction firm’s North American business unit. There, he supported the deployment of an industry-leading safety certification program for transportation professionals as a pilot program, which has since been developed by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).

Mr. Kliwinski received the Distinguished Service to Safety Award from the National Safety Council in 2014 and went on to serve as the chairman of the Council’s Construction Division through 2016. He is also a member of The National Construction Safety Executive Committee, American Society of Safety Professionals, the Utility and Transportation Contractors Association, and ARTBA. Mr. Kliwinski has contributed professional presentations and articles to these organizations.

He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from West Virginia University and is a certified safety professional (CSP).