Appointment of Director and Associate Director of Capital Projects

UO #2, 2011-2012

February 10, 2012

To: PDAD&C
Professional & Managerial Staff

From: Scott Mabury, Vice-President University Operations

Re: Appointment of Director and Associate Director of Capital Projects

I am hugely pleased to announce the appointments of Adrienne De Francesco as Director of Capital Projects and Brian Szuberwood as Associate Director, effective March 1, 2012.

Adrienne De Francesco (PEng, MBA) is currently the Assistant Dean and Director Infrastructure Planning, Health & Safety and IT in the Faculty of Arts & Science, having taken up the position in 2008. Adrienne first came to UofT in 1994 as Administrative Manager in Chemistry, subsequently serving as a Project Co-ordinator, before moving on to York in 2005 as the Executive Officer in the Faculty of Engineering and Science. Prior to her university experience, she held a number of positions in the health care and private sectors. Adrienne, through a value added and client-focused approach to service, has had considerable success at optimizing physical spaces to best support teaching and research. As Director, Adrienne will provide the overall direction and goals for the Capital Projects unit while managing its financial and human resources.

Brian Szuberwood (B. Arch) has been at the University since 2001, serving as a superb Senior Project Manager and more recently as Development Manager in the Capital Projects group. Prior to joining the University Brian held positions as property manager and architect. His position as Associate Director will involve departmental supervision through our Development Managers, while continuing to manage major construction projects and ensuring broad continuity within the capital projects portfolio. Brian remains the Project Manager for the Rotman Expansion project that is nearing completion.
I have tremendous confidence in these two individuals and believe they will enhance the collaborative relationship with our academic divisional colleagues so necessary to realizing successful capital and renovation projects. It is recognized that we have significant challenges to address and I expect this team to array the considerable talent in the capital projects group to best support the further building of this great University.


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