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Dewberry Promotes Emily McKeown, Jesus Echevarria-Hernandez, and Bryan Focht

Firm announces promotions in Gainesville, Virginia, and Lanham, Maryland, offices.

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced the promotion of more than 70 employees nationwide, including three in the firm’s Gainesville, Virginia, and Lanham, Maryland, offices.

These promotions include:

  • Emily McKeown, PE, has been promoted to senior associate. She is an assistant department manager in the Gainesville office and has 16 years of experience in site plan design and development for commercial, residential, and infrastructure projects. McKeown earned her bachelor’s degree in civil and infrastructure engineering from George Mason University (2006).
  • Jesus Echevarria-Hernandez, LS, and Bryan Focht, PE, have been promoted to associate. Echevarria-Hernandez is a senior project manager in the Gainesville office and has 16 years of experience as a land surveyor for municipal, land development and commercial, infrastructure, and residential projects. He earned a bachelor’s degree in surveying and topography from the University of Puerto Rico (2004) and is a member of the Virginia Association of Surveyors. Focht is a project manager in Lanham with nearly 10 years of site/civil engineering experience, primarily on residential and mixed-use developments. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Penn State University (2012).

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