20+ year veteran of the industry, Kasie Mathena is a Chicago-based Vice President of Construction Operations at AECOM Hunt Construction overseeing projects in the Chicago area and beyond. She has grown through the construction ranks developing a strong skillset necessary to ensure the successful outcome of a wide range of product types and sizes including healthcare, high / mid-rise, higher education, multifamily, hospitality, federal / local government, sports, and science labs. Kasie is adept in P3, Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, CM at Risk, and Owner Representative deliveries as well as the nuances of ground-up, renovation, horizontal / vertical expansion construction. Some of her favorite projects include Trienens Performance Center at Northwestern University, Fermi IARC, McCormick Place (ACF) Alternate Care Facility, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan, Joint Public Safety Training Campus with the City of Chicago, and Mudd Hall Library and Physics Lab at Northwestern University. A degreed engineer with an MBA, Kasie is a founding board member of PWC (Professional Women in Construction) – Chicago Chapter.

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