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Dewberry Promotes Tracy Coker and Michael McTavish

Interior design and electrical engineering professionals promoted in firm’s Midwest offices.

Tracy Coker

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced the promotion of Tracy Coker, RID, LEED AP, to principal and Michael McTavish, PE, LEED AP, to associate vice president.

Coker, who is based in the firm’s Peoria, Illinois,
office, has more than 35 years of experience and joined Dewberry in 1988. She
is national director of the firm’s interior design practice, which provides
services to clients in the education, health and wellness, justice, community
facilities, real estate and commercial development, and industrial markets. Her
background includes specialization in commercial/corporate, K-12, higher
education, justice, and fitness and recreation projects. She earned a
bachelor’s degree in design from the University of Florida (1988) and is on the
board of trustees for the Children’s Home Association of Illinois, a member of the
Peoria Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Council, East Peoria Chamber of Commerce,
Illinois Association of School Boards, and the National Intramural-Recreational
Sports Association.

McTavish is an assistant business unit manager for
Dewberry’s Midwest engineering practice and is based out of its Elmhurst
office. He has nearly 20 years of experience and oversees building engineering
staff, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, structural, and
building technology professionals. McTavish earned a bachelor’s degree in
architectural engineering with an electrical emphasis from the Milwaukee School
of Engineering (2004).

Michael McTavish
Michael McTavish

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