LAUREL, MD – September 24, 2008 – Engineering consulting firm, Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) announced the hiring of Charles E. "Cody" Smith, P.E., as the Engineering Department Head in its Chantilly-based Fairfax County, Virginia office. Mr. Smith will oversee G&O's engineering operations in Northern Virginia, and his responsibilities will include inter-market coordination, financial budgets, and marketing and sales.

Mr. Smith has worked on numerous public infrastructure, residential, and mixed-use development projects in the Washington, D.C. metro area including National Harbor and Central Parke at Victoria Falls in Maryland, and South Riding and the Prince William Parkway in Virginia. Throughout his career, Mr. Smith has directly overseen the design, permitting, budgeting, scheduling, bidding, and construction on a broad range of projects, as well as meeting with and providing project information to interested citizen groups.

Branch Manager Michael J. DeRosier, CLA, AICP, commented, "With Cody's extensive experience with mixed-use development projects in the region, we will be able to offer our clients more options on these diverse projects. His well-rounded background brings the leadership and management experience to G&O that will allow us to accelerate our growth in the Northern Virginia area."

Mr. Smith is a Registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and Nevada, and earned his Master of Science degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering and his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) is a full-service engineering consulting firm that provides solutions in the areas of general civil, transportation, environmental, water resources, and hazard mitigation and security services to clients in the public and private sectors. G&O's 18 offices support projects located throughout the United States and overseas. Founded in 1950, G&O is an employee-owned firm that is consistently ranked by Engineering News Record among the top architectural/engineering design firms in the United States in its annual Top 500 Design Firms survey.