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Sep 2021
51m 22s

Transitioning From Private to Public Sec...

Anthony Fasano, PE and James Taylor
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In this episode, which is part of our Women in Civil Engineering series, I talk with Elia Twigg, PE, who is the local agency manager and Senior Project engineer for CONSOR Engineers about her career work in the private AND public sector, and how she had to manage more than 20 people at the age […]

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