F. Greg Lucado, Jr.
Program Director and Associate Professor, Construction Management
Email: lucadog@philau.edu
Office Phone: 215-951-2914

MBA Temple University
MS Engineering Management, University of Missouri
BS Civil Engineering, Virginia Military Institute

Greg Lucado came to Philadelphia University following a successful career in the construction industry which included management positions with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Virginia Department of Transportation, and private sector positions in institutional facilities management, design and engineering, and several general contracting firms in the Philadelphia area. His career culminated as Senior Vice President and ownership partner with Clemens Construction, one of Philadelphia’s premier mid-size construction management firms.

Lucado’s specialized experience is in the construction of facilities for health care, securities trading, and internet/telecom switching. His academic interests include construction finance, cost control and the economic environment of the construction industry.

Mrs. Saramari León 
Adjunct Professor,
leons@philau.edu
BS Environmental Design, University of Puerto Rico 
MArch Washington University in St. Louis

Ms. León has more than 15 years experience in the construction industry performing different aspects of project management. She began her career in architecture in St. Louis, MO, working in the retail planning and design department for May Company's store facilities located across the Midwest. She also collaborated in the design and construction administration of residential and historic reuse projects including the historic $50 million rehabilitation of Cupples Station in St. Louis, MO, with Trivers Associates. Subsequently she moved to the Philadelphia area where she worked at BLTa in the design documentation and construction administration of a variety of commercial, educational and historic-mixed use residential projects throughout PA, NJ, and DC; most notably Penn State's Smeal College of Business, The Union League of Philadelphia, The Phoenix condos in Center City and DC USA retail development in Washington DC. Sara's specialized experience includes developing planning studies, computer aided drafting of construction documents, compiling bid and construction documentation for a large variety of building project types. 

Ann M. Tomalavage, P.E., PMP, LEED AP
Adjunct Faculty, Construction Risk Management
tomalavagea@philau.edu 
Office Phone:  610-326-0205
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Delaware
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Delaware

Ann Tomalavage has more than 30 years of professional experience and has been a practicing project manager since 1984. Ann’s engineering expertise is primarily in the design, start-up, and operator training for industrial wastewater treatment and hazardous waste management facilities. Good design is the foundation for constructability and operability. Ann was Principal Project Manager at Roy F. Weston, Inc. (now Weston Solutions), an international environmental management firm. She was responsible for leading proposal efforts for small to large projects and programs and then managing them to the proposed profit margins and schedule. Ann was also responsible for training and mentoring project managers, assisting them in making the transition from strictly technical responsibilities to business and communications responsibilities as well. Ann has also worked for DuPont, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Koch Membranes (Abcor), and Pennwalt (now Arkema). Ann has been a key provider of project management training for American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) nationally since 1999 and has been consistently been rated among the top four of all ASCE trainers (i.e., including those who instruct in technical areas). Ann has trained more than 3,000 project managers since 1992. In addition to her private clients, Ann has also taught project management at nine regional universities.

Mark D. Steele
Adjunct Professor
steelem@philau.edu Mark D. Steele is an experienced engineer and consultant with more than 24 years of experience in engineering, construction, and management across a range of industries including power and utilities, water/ wastewater, public sector, infrastructure, healthcare, life sciences, commercial and industrial. He has evaluated project status and risk, assessed contract and process compliance, developed recovery plans, negotiated contracts, and created effective project management processes and organizations. Mark also has extensive litigation experience related to the analysis and preparation of and defense against construction claims related to schedule delays, cost overruns, productivity losses, and design errors and omissions for both public and private sector projects.

Mark is a licensed professional engineer (Pennsylvania) and a certified cost engineer (AACEI). He has a Bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a MS in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from Villanova University. Mark is the author of a number of papers on topics related to project management and has considerable university teaching experience. He is a combat veteran of the United States Army. 

Carter M. Young
Adjunct Professor
youngc@philau.edu Carter Young has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Drexel University. Professional affiliations include Life Member Status in the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of Chi Epsilon, Honorary Civil Engineering Society, Associate Member of American Institute of Architects, General Building Contractors Association of Philadelphia and the Associated Builders’ Contract Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Carter has managed, coordinated and supervised construction projects with a total value of more than $550,000,000 for many of the Philadelphia area’s leading corporations, financial institutions, utility companies, private schools and universities, and non-profit institutions. In addition to his teaching at Philadelphia University, Mr. Young continues working as an independent construction consultant/owner’s representative throughout the USA.