CHARLOTTE, NC – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that Claire Brinkley has joined the firm as vice president and strategic growth director for the firm’s transportation South/Central group. Based in Charlotte, Brinkley will work closely with clients in the Carolinas while spearheading the firm’s strategic business expansion into the growing highway and transit market.

“Claire is a transportation planning and engineering expert who brings an abundance of value to our team and clients,” said Brad Winkler, senior vice president of transportation South/Central at STV. “We’re excited about how her experience with project operations and client relationships will contribute to shaping the future of transportation.”

Brinkley is a certified planner and professional engineer with more than 18 years of experience in the transportation industry. Before joining STV, Brinkley led the Charlotte office for a national architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firm and held various leadership roles on a range of projects and programs.

Serving on various industry organizations and associations, Brinkley is a member of the board of directors for the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of North Carolina; director-at-large on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Charlotte Metro Chapter; Mentor Protégé Committee member for NC Section Institute of Transportation Engineers; and a member of the American Planning Association. 

Brinkley earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University.

STV has a long-standing track record providing a wide range of engineering design, program management and project management services on transformative transportation infrastructure programs in North and South Carolina. Marquee projects include the CATS Blue Line Light Rail Extension in Charlotte, North Carolina; the $120 million US 17 Bypass at SC 707/Farrow Parkway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and award-winning work on the Fort Mill Southern Bypass in York County, South Carolina.