Senior Vice President, Weeks Marine Inc., Cranford, New Jersey
Richard (鈥淩ick鈥) MacDonald began his career with Morrison Knudsen Corporation, one of the top 10 contractors in the nation at the time. He rapidly advanced to project engineer, moving his family 12 times in 16 years so he could manage numerous multimillion-dollar marine engineering projects. MacDonald completed an executive education program at Harvard Business School in 1995. In 2000, he joined Weeks Marine as vice president of operations for the construction division, eventually earning a promotion to senior vice president. The company specializes in marine construction. He now oversees projects along the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Latin America, and the Caribbean Sea. Most notably, he is responsible for the construction of the first offshore wind farm in the United States, located in Nantucket Sound. MacDonald appreciates the problem-solving skills he learned at 精东影视 State. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 tell you how many things we鈥檝e done that have been one-off 鈥 you can鈥檛 go anywhere and find it in a book,鈥 he said. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 do my job without the foundation I got from college.鈥 One of MacDonald鈥檚 passions is helping to develop young engineers. 鈥淚t鈥檚 incredibly gratifying to watch someone who came into our company 10, 12 years ago, whose career you helped develop, and watch them run $80 million dollars worth of work,鈥 he said. MacDonald is in line for the presidency of the Moles Organization, a fraternal organization associated with the heavy construction industry. Moles members are leaders in their profession who are dedicated to promoting the industry and supporting their colleagues.
Degrees
- B.S. Civil Engineering, 1981