Rob Slimp, chairman, president and CEO of HNTB, Kansas City, MO, with one of the firm's projects, the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, Warren County, OH
KANSAS CITY, MO—Responding to ongoing growth and a robust US transportation market, HNTB Corporation, which provides infrastructure-related services, including planning, design, and program and construction management, added a new region, a new operating division and named these presidents to its leadership structure:
- Michael Inabinet, PE, Central Region, United States, a newly created region
- John Friel, PE, Western Region, United States
- James Thomson, PE, Northwest Division, a newly created division
- Keith Hinkebein, PE, Design Build, providing alternative delivery services nationally
“To respond to rapid growth and expanding market opportunities, we have prepared organizationally for an exciting future,” says Rob Slimp, PE, HNTB chairman and CEO. “These leadership moves help us open new opportunities to better serve our clients, grow office locations and increase opportunities for our existing employees while continuing to add many new employees,” “It also allows us to better leverage our leadership capacity to focus on the most critical geographies and opportunities.”
HTNB works as an engineering consultant to departments of transportation, transit agencies, airports and tolling authorities, and other public- and private-sector owners.
Slimp credits HNTB's continued growth to its focus on clients and strong market conditions.
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Steve Lubetkin
Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].
