Staff
As a sole purpose entity, the Construction Authority is a lean agency with approximately one dozen permanent staff members. To augment the permanent staff for planning and program management activities, the agency contracts with a program management consultant. In 2009, Hill International won a multi-year program management contract with the Construction Authority. Today, as the Construction Authority progresses on planning and construction for all the segments from Pasadena to Ontario Airport, additional capabilities are heavily in use. For a list of staff job classifications and compensation click here.
Below is a current list of staff at the Construction Authority (including permanent and contract employees), and their contact information:

from left to right: Chris Burner, John Skoury, Crandal Jue, Mitchell S. Purcell, Habib F. Balian.
Executive Team
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Habib F. Balian Chief Executive Officer HBalian@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7001 |
Chris Burner Chief Project Officer CBurner@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7022 |
Crandal Jue Chief Financial Officer CJue@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7010 |
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Mitchell S. Purcell, Esq. Chief Contracting Officer MPurcell@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7035 |
John Skoury Hill International Program Manager JSkoury@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7023 |
Engineering and Systems
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Denis Cournoyer Director of Engineering DCournoyer@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7007 |
Bill Lucci Director of Systems BLucci@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7029 |
Phil Dinets Systems Manager PDinets@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7016 |
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Tanya Patsaouras Station Coordinator TPatsaouras@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7039 |
Connie Levinson Design Manager CLevinson@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7018 |
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Construction and Project Management
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Gary Baker Director of Construction GBaker@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7015 |
Reky Hiramoto Director of Project Control & Administration RHiramoto@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7006 |
Gregory Gharib Contract Manager GGharib@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7033 |
Richard Espinosa Project Controls Manager REspinosa@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7008 |
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Natasha Craig Project Coordinator NCraig@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7030 |
Jennifer Flores Project Administrator JFlores@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7043 |
Margaux Vogel |
Lesley Elwood Art Manager LElwood@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7118 |
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Laura Langford |
Public Affairs Department
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Lisa Levy Buch Director, Public Affairs LLevyBuch@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7004 |
Sylvia Beltran Community Outreach Coordinator sbeltran@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7012 Español |
Rodrigo Gonzalez Media Coordinator RGonzalez@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7013 Español |
Linda Manning Administrative Assistant LManning@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7026 |
Administration
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Chris Lowe Clerk of the Board CLowe@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7002 |
Jerry Sims Administrative Manager JSims@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7003 |
Marissa Esguerra Accountant MEsguerra@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7005 Tagalog |
Judi Rudd Reception JRudd@foothillextension.org (626) 305-7000 |
