Patti Whelen has been promoted to Director of the Planning Department at Cannon. Ms. Whelen has been with Cannon for five years.
Ms. Whelen specializes in environmental regulation and strategic project design. She originally joined Cannon to work on projects with environmental issues requiring technical and regulatory solutions. During her five years at Cannon, she has sharpened these skills while working with design engineers and technical specialists. Ms. Whelen's ongoing objective is to employ her knowledge of the regulatory system to ensure that projects are designed and managed successful without delays and liabilities.
As Director, she will lead the planning group in their quest to provide creative solutions for land use and development projects. Her understanding of environmental and regulatory issues will provide a firm platform from which to provide technical solutions.
Ms. Whelen is a native to San Luis Obispo County. She received her undergraduate degree from UCSB and went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Northwestern School of Law (Lewis & Clark College) in Portland, Oregon.
Cannon, with offices in both San Luis Obispo and Bakersfield, specializes in a variety of areas that include development, energy, environmental, food processing/wineries, public works, water supply and sanitation and schools and institutions.
Engineers from Cannon are fanning out to San Luis Obispo County elementary schools this week and next to promote their discipline and entice the next generation to consider careers in engineering.
Their efforts, which include teaching fifth-graders how to make bridges out of toothpicks, are part of National Engineers Week celebrations around the country. For five years the San Luis Obispo civil engineering firm has sent engineers into county classrooms for the annual promotion, each time focusing on a different part of the county. This year, they are visiting classrooms in Arroyo Grande and Paso Robles. For more information about engineering careers or E-Week events, visit Web sites: www.eweek.org or www.nspe.org.
