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Dewberry Announces the Promotion of Melissa Whitney

Disaster recovery team project manager promoted to senior associate.

Dewberry announced the promotion of Melissa Whitney, PE, to senior associate in the firm’s Fairfax, Virginia, office.

As a project manager for the firm’s disaster recovery team, Whitney manages contracts and systems development for individual recovery efforts. She is currently supporting both the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations in New York City and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery for New York State as a project manager. Both programs were established post Superstorm Sandy to help residents with unmet housing needs resulting from damage from this and previous storms.

Whitney earned her Master of Business Administration in accounting from Liberty University and her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Campbell University. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in information systems from Liberty University.

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