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A new leadership team has been introduced for The Durrant Group, Phoenix. Gordon Mills, FAIA, will serve as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Joining Mills on the management team will be Charles Marsden, P.E., as president and chief operating officer, and Joseph Trannel as secretary, treasurer and vice president, director of finance …Syska Hennessy Group, New York, has named Samuel A. Brunetto, P.E., CIPE, a vice president … Power and energy specialist Angel Alvarez, P.E., CEM, has joined Ft. Worth, Texas-based Carter & Burgess, Inc. as manager of power systems and a senior project manager with the firm's Los Angeles Transportation Programs Unit …Ewing Cole Cherry Brott, Philadelphia, has expanded the engineering team in its Washington, D.C., office, with the addition of W. Alan McCarthy, P.E., as lead mechanical engineer; R. Scott Pegler, P.E., as senior mechanical engineer; and Donald D. LaQuay as plumbing engineer …Bruce Coleman, P.E., has been promoted to chief operating officer for the Illinois Division of St. Louis-based Ross & Baruzzini… Detroit-based A/E SmithGroup, Inc., has promoted Bart Stasa, P.E., Esq., to vice president, general counsel …James M. Shannon has taken over as president and chief executive officer of the Quincy, Mass.-based National Fire Protection Association. Also, the NFPA has promoted Robert Solomon, P.E., to assistant vice president, building and life safety codes …David Mead, P.E., has been chosen as the new vice president of business development for A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc., Chicago.