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Chelsea Connection Team - Professional and Personal Profiles - (continued)
Tom Girard, PE Home: 320 S. Main, Chelsea, MI 48118 Phone: Home: (734) 475-3632 Cell: (734) 260-2087 Email: tgirard@umich.edu
Project Related Professional and Personal Experience:
• 27 years experience in design, design management, estimating, project management and commissioning of residential, commercial, institutional and industrial construction projects.
• Employed by the University of Michigan since 1993, as Mechanical Manager since 2000 for the Architectural, Engineering and Construction Department.
• Editor of the University of Michigan Design Guidelines since 1994.
• Extensive hands-on construction and woodworking experience.
Community Connection and Involvement:
• Downtown Chelsea resident since 1995, with wife Liz Geisler.
• Boy Scout Leader, Merit Badge Counselor. Committee Chair 2004-2009.
• Coach (Soccer and other sports) with Chelsea Recreation and Chelsea Soccer Club 1993 to 2007.
• First Untied Methodist Church of Chelsea: music program, confirmation mentor, mission, Habitat for Humanity.
• Two sons graduated from CHS in 2006, 2009
• Promote local, sustainable harvesting and milling of “gleaned” trees in Western Washtenaw County
Anticipated Roles in the Chelsea Connection (Re)Development
• Co-Leader of Design Group. Design of mechanical systems. Coordination of other engineering. Limited construction oversight. Reduced rate/ deferred/ at-risk compensation.
• Driving force in team organization, consensus building, proposal development.
• Organizer of prospective tenant Chelsea Artisans Cooperative.
• PC-CCT pro-bono; TCC venture capital, in-kind services partner, President.
Motivation for Involvement in this Project (in priority order):
• Maintain and enhance viability of downtown Chelsea
• Interest in sustainable design, adaptive reuse, preservation
• Maintain fiscal health of the City of