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Dewberry Promotes Cathy Barnette, Jonathan Gibson, and Russell Strayer to Associate

Firm announces promotions across Alabama and Florida.

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm,
has announced the promotion of more than 70 employees nationwide, including
three in the firm’s Daphne, Alabama, and Panama City and Sarasota, Florida,
offices.

These promotions include:

  • Cathy Barnette, CPESC, has been promoted to associate in Daphne, Alabama. She has more than 25 years of experience and is a senior environmental scientist supporting commercial, municipal, and residential clients along the Gulf Coast.
    Barnette’s background includes experience with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System stormwater permitting and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetland permitting. She earned a master’s in environmental education from Lesley
    University (1994) and a bachelor’s in environmental science from the University of Alabama (1992).
  • Jonathan Gibson, PSM, has been promoted to associate in Panama City, Florida. He is a survey department manager with 15 years of experience. Gibson earned his bachelor’s in geomatics from Troy University (2006) and is a member
    of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society (FSMS).
  • Russell Strayer, PSM, has been promoted to associate in Sarasota, Florida. He is a senior project manager with 13 years of experience completing as-built, coastal, topographic, American Land Title Association (ALTA), Americans with
    Disabilities Act (ADA), hydrographic, quantity, and route and boundary surveys, and construction control and stakeout. Strayer earned his bachelor’s in geomatics from the University of Florida (2008) and is a member of FSMS.

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