CONCORD, Calif. — Lisa V. Larrabee will become president and chief executive officer of Harris & Associates effective October 18, 2010, announced Guy Erickson, board director, President, CEO and chair of the succession team, and Carl Harris, founder and Chairman of the Board. Ms. Larrabee will succeed Mr. Erickson, who will retire after 30 years of service at Harris and eight years as president. Both Mr. Erickson and Mr. Harris will continue on the Board of Directors to facilitate the leadership transition.
Ms. Larrabee, selected through an intensive search, has proven her leadership through 21 years of increasing responsibility at Jones & Stokes where she led the multi-office company through cohesive growth to $80 million and 500 employees, serving as vice president and chief operating officer for eight of those years. She has served as Senior Vice President, Environment and Planning Division Leader since the company’s acquisition by ICF International in 2008.
“Lisa Larrabee brings the motivation, passion and experience to excel as our next executive leader,” said Guy Erickson. “We are confident that her past successes in advancing core values and operating principles into integrated strategic and business operations make her the perfect fit to continue implementing our Harris & Associates vision to be the excellence and integrity leader among management and consulting companies.”
Harris & Associates, established in California in 1974, has offices throughout the western United States, and serves public and institutional clients in the transportation, civil infrastructure, healthcare and education sectors. “The tradition of Harris is our people-friendly, collaborative culture and the high-value service we provide to our clients. Lisa will steward these values into the next generation of our company leadership,” said Carl Harris.
About Harris
Ranked 31st in ENR’s 2009 Top 100 CM-for-Fee Firms, Harris & Associates is a professional services company with a staff of nearly 300 employee-owners dedicated to helping clients, employees and communities succeed through industry-leading technical and professional construction consulting services. Since our inception in 1974, our program managers, construction managers, architects, and engineers have served the specialized planning, design, and construction management needs of our public and institutional clients on over $14 billion of completed projects. For more information, contact Carolyn Colson at (925) 827-4900, ext. 1269 or email ccolson@harris-assoc.com.
