Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced the promotion of five staff across Virginia, and Maryland, including a vice president and four associate vice presidents.
Jerry Mrykalo, PE, PTOE, DBIA, based out of the firm’s Fairfax, Virginia, office, has been promoted to vice president and leads Dewberry’s mid-Atlantic traffic engineering group. With over 20 years of transportation engineering experience, Mrykalo’s background includes traffic analysis, traffic engineering design, and traffic planning. He is also involved in transportation research and currently serves on the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance’s Engineering Consultant Leadership Committee. Mrykalo earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (2005). He was selected by ENR MidAtlantic as a 2019 Top Young Professional.
Employees named associate vice president include:
- Lisa Betz, PE, is a site/civil project manager in Dewberry’s energy project management office focused on multidiscipline, land-based projects, including energy and power, commercial, and institutional developments. Betz earned her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Duke University (2002) and is a member of Leadership Baltimore County. She served as the coordinating editor for the third edition of Dewberry’s Land Development Handbook, a textbook widely used in college engineering programs.
- Carl Kaczmarek III, PE, DBIA, is a department manager and senior project manager in the firm’s mid-Atlantic transportation group, specializing in roadway infrastructure projects. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2008). Kaczmarek was selected by ENR MidAtlantic as a 2021Top Young Professional.
- Richard Kincheloe, PE, has more than 15 years of experience and leads the firm’s mid-Atlantic utility master planning and hydraulic modeling practice for water and sewer infrastructure. Kincheloe earned his master’s (2014) and bachelor’s (2008) degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a member of the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation (WEF).
- Paul Longo, PE, Assoc. DBIA, is a project manager and serves as the regional infrastructure lead for the firm’s mid-Atlantic water practice. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2010) and is a member of WEF.



