Staff
As a sole purpose entity, the Construction Authority is a lean agency with less than a dozen permanent staff members. To augment the permanent staff for planning and program management activities, the agency contracts with a program management consultant. Hill International is the current program manager.
Below is a list of staff and consultants. For a list of staff job classifications and compensation, click here. To contact staff whose contact information is not listed below, please email publicaffairs@foothillgoldline.org or call (626) 471-9050.
Executive Team
| Habib F. Balian Chief Executive Officer |
Chris Burner Chief Project and Planning Officer |
Crandal Jue Chief Financial Officer |
| Mitchell S. Purcell, Esq. Chief Contracting Officer & In-House Counsel |
Lisa Levy Buch Chief Communications and Strategic Development Officer |
John Skoury Hill International Program Manager |
Engineering and Systems
| Denis Cournoyer Director of Engineering |
John Sarah Deputy Director of Engineering |
Phil Dinets Director of Systems |
| Tanya Patsaouras Station & Architecture Design Manager |
Construction and Project Management
| Reky Hiramoto Deputy Chief Project Officer |
Bill Reagan Director of Construction |
Joohyun Ahn Project Controls Manager |
| Margaux Vogel Submittals Manager |
Dain Pankratz Safety Manager |
Dan Goods Contract Manager |
| Lesley Elwood Art Manager |
Habib Charbel Construction Manager |
Public Affairs Department
| Lisa Levy Buch Chief Communications and Strategic Development Officer LLevyBuch@foothillgoldline.org (626) 305-7004 |
Albert Ho Director of Media Relations AHo@foothillgoldline.org (626) 305-7038 |
Maria Yanez-Forgash Director of Community Relations Myanez-forgash@foothillgoldline.org (626) 305-7012 |
Administration
| Natasha Peterson Clerk of the Board npeterson@foothillgoldline.org (626) 305-7002 |
