Boston, MA – March 6, 2006

Upcoming Speakers
National Women Owned Construction Management Firm Ms. Christine Keville

President, Keville Enterprises, Inc., Marshfield, Massachusetts Friday, March 31, 2006

Established Construction Management Firm Mr. Ed Bond, CCM, WIT Trustee President & CEO, Bond Brothers, Inc., Everett, Massachusetts Friday, April 7, 2006

Christine Keville is President and CEO of Keville Enterprises, Inc., a national construction management firm she founded fifteen years ago. Over the past decade, KEI has expanded operations and currently has ten offices in eight states throughout the country. KEI has provided CM services on projects totaling over 16 billion dollars in value and has worked on a wide array of pipeline, power, airport, bridge, tunnel, utility, roadway, transit & rail and building projects. Local clients of Keville Enterprises, Inc. include the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MassHighway, Massport, Division of Capital Asset Management, LOWE’S and NSTAR.

Ms. Keville received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from North Adams State College and her Masters Degree in Construction Management from Northeastern University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Jordan Hospital and is a Trustee of the Francis Keville Trust Fund. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Construction Industries of Massachusetts, Move Massachusetts and Women’s Transportation Seminar-Boston.

She was honored in 1998 by the South Shore Women’s Business Network as the recipient of the Women Mean Business Award; she was honored by Women’s Transportation Seminar - Boston as their Woman of the Year in 2000; in 2004 she was selected as the recipient of Virginia Tech’s Outstanding Woman in Construction Award; and most recently, Christine was honored by the Girl Scouts Patriots Trail Council as a recipient of the 2005 Leading Women Award. Christine firmly believes in active involvement in professional associations and in 2003 she became the first woman to serve as national president of the largest and leading North American construction management professional association, the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and is a co-founder of the CMAA- New England Chapter.

Ms. Keville has continuously supported Wentworth’s Construction Management Program especially through the annual scholarships to Women in the Construction Management Program at Wentworth and for the past twelve years.

Entreprenuership Lecture Series
Dr. Mark Hasso is incorporating a real-world aspect in his construction business and finance class at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He has invited five distinguished leaders in construction management each with a unique perspective, to give interactive lectures to students during the semester.

The Construction Management Entrepreneurship Lecture Series begins Feb. 17, and is open to everyone at Wentworth. Dr. Hasso’s students, working in groups, are required to develop viable construction business proposals. The lectures will enhance this entrepreneurial aspect of the course by offering each student the opportunity to work directly with a leader in their prospective field.

“As they work towards their own proposals they will be able to get feedback from the speakers," Dr. Hasso said. Given the prominence of the speakers, which include four presidents of leading companies, that interaction is likely to be invaluable to the students.

This class is an example of how Wentworth achieves its goals of academic excellence, community involvement, and economic impact. These lectures will give students the chance to turn academic theory into practical real-life application by bridging the gap between the classroom and the professional world.

John Fuller, president of Fuller Associates, Inc. and Wentworth Corporator, is the first presenter in the series. He will present at the Beatty Hall faculty dining area, on Feb. 17 from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

For more information contact: Professor Mark Hasso at x4176.