Featured, Insights • March 23, 2026
Meet the Leaders Shaping Milhouse’s Next Chapter
The strength of Milhouse has always come from our people. Behind every project is a team making decisions, solving problems, adding value, and carrying forward the high standards that shape the Milhouse legacy. Over the last several months, we have welcomed and promoted leaders whose experience strengthens our work across the enterprise. Their leadership is shaping how Milhouse delivers excellence across industries and how we continue to build on our values of constant quality, fierce integrity, active diversity, and intentional safety.
It is especially important at a time when many of our clients are navigating increasing complexity in their own industries. Infrastructure needs are evolving. Expectations are rising. The work often requires coordination across disciplines, strong judgment, and leaders who understand not only the technical side of the job but also its broader context. Their leadership helps ensure our teams deliver not only technical expertise, but also the business acumen clients need from a trusted partner.
Meet the leaders helping shape Milhouse’s next chapter.
Jamie Schwegmann, PE, PMP, MBA – Vice President of Gas Engineering
For gas clients, success depends on more than sound engineering. It requires a partner who understands the broader pressures surrounding gas infrastructure work, from coordination and constructability to schedule, risk, and accountability. With 15 years of utility infrastructure experience, Jamie brings that perspective to Milhouse, helping clients keep important programs moving forward with confidence.
“Our clients are managing critical infrastructure, and they need partners who can bring both technical strength and disciplined execution to the table. I’m excited to help Milhouse continue delivering quality solutions that support safe, reliable service and long-term value for gas clients.”
Julia Settles – Vice President, Client Success, Utilities
Julia brings more than two decades of experience in the electrical transmission and distribution industry, with insight shaped by work on both the provider and consultant sides of the business. That background helps her understand what utility clients need from a partner: strong relationships, thoughtful communication, and alignment with both immediate priorities and long-term goals. Her leadership supports a client experience that is strategic, responsive, and built for lasting value.
“Client success starts with understanding what our clients are trying to achieve, what challenges they are facing, and how we can create value beyond a single project. I’m excited to help strengthen relationships, anticipate needs, and ensure Milhouse delivers an experience clients can trust over the long term.“
Mark Kilkelly – Vice President, Program Management
Mark’s experience spans capital planning, construction oversight, quality, closeout, and commissioning, giving him a full lifecycle understanding of complex programs. For clients managing major initiatives, that perspective matters. It supports stronger coordination, clearer accountability, and more consistent execution across every phase of work. Mark’s leadership is especially valuable on programs involving multiple stakeholders, tight schedules, and high expectations, helping keep efforts aligned from planning through completion and creating greater confidence in outcomes.
“Great program management is about more than keeping projects moving. It is about creating alignment, accountability, and confidence at every stage. I am excited to help Milhouse continue delivering the kind of disciplined execution that drives better outcomes for clients.”
Michael Melvin, PE, PMP, MBA – Vice President, Power
Utilities today are balancing reliability, modernization, compliance, and customer expectations simultaneously. Michael understands those pressures and brings a perspective shaped by years of work inside utility operations, project leadership, and system improvement efforts. That experience helps Milhouse stay closely aligned with what power clients are trying to achieve, supporting work that is thoughtful, practical, and focused on helping utilities strengthen performance while managing risk and change.
“What excites me about this role is the opportunity to help utilities solve real-world challenges with a combination of engineering quality, operational perspective, and practical problem-solving. Our clients are being asked to improve reliability, modernize systems, manage risk, and plan for what comes next, and I’m proud to help Milhouse bring the kind of partnership that supports those goals.”
Ahmad Anbari, PE, PMP, LEED AP – Vice President, Facilities
Facilities work often comes with layers of complexity, from multidisciplinary coordination to ongoing pressure around budget, schedule, and operational priorities. Ahmad helps Milhouse bring a steady, strategic approach to those challenges, giving clients stronger alignment across teams and a clearer path forward on complex projects. With over 20 years of executive and engineering experience leading multimillion-dollar work in the U.S. and abroad, he helps clients navigate complexity with clarity while keeping both project demands and long-term objectives in view.
“Clients need partners who understand both the technical demands of complex facilities projects and the broader business goals behind them. I am excited to help Milhouse continue delivering thoughtful, high-performing solutions that create long-term value.”
Ellen Bremseth – Vice President, Corporate Brand and Strategy
A strong brand is not just about visibility. It is about clarity, alignment, and making sure the organization stays focused on the priorities that matter most to clients. Ellen helps advance that work by leading Milhouse’s brand strategy while also supporting the firm’s strategic business planning and performance governance framework. Her role helps keep teams aligned around enterprise goals and ensures client needs remain central to how Milhouse plans and moves forward.
“What excites me about this role is the opportunity to connect how Milhouse shows up in the market with how we plan, measure performance, and execute across the business so clients see the strength of our brand reflected in the way we deliver.”
Kevin Bischel, PE – Vice President, Civil/Transportation
Clients advancing transportation and site development projects need a partner who understands both the technical demands of infrastructure work and the practical realities that shape successful outcomes. Kevin’s leadership helps Milhouse provide that balance, bringing experience, clarity, and a dependable approach to complex projects. Backed by nearly 30 years in infrastructure planning, design, and construction, he helps clients deliver meaningful infrastructure that keeps communities moving.
“Infrastructure has a direct impact on how people move, connect, and live. I am excited to help lead teams that deliver sustainable solutions for clients while strengthening the communities those projects serve.”
Rickey Shannon – Vice President, Vegetation Management
Reliable utility service depends in part on strong execution in the field, especially when vegetation-related risks can threaten safety and continuity of service. Rickey’s leadership helps Milhouse bring that focus to vegetation management work, supporting utility clients with the field responsiveness needed to protect critical infrastructure. With 30 years of vegetation management experience and 15 years in leadership, he helps strengthen safety, efficiency, and reliability in work that directly affects the communities that our utility clients serve.
“To me, it starts with safety. When you have teams in the field who are focused on safety and committed to doing the work right, it creates real value for utility clients and helps communities trust the service they depend on every day. That is work I take a lot of pride in.”