C.E. "Ed" Vick Jr., PE, AICP
Ed Vick is one of the founders of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., a Raleigh-based engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm. As president and chairman, Mr. Vick has directed the expansion of Kimley-Horn's services, which today include transportation planning, freeway management and intelligent transportation systems design, roadway and bridge design, transit system planning and design, parking planning and design, site development, structural engineering, environmental engineering, and airport planning and design. The firm, founded in 1967, currently employs more than 790 people and has offices in 12 states. According to Engineering News-Record, Kimley-Horn was ranked among the top 100 pure design firms in the nation in 1997.
During his 40-year career, Ed Vick has developed transportation plans for central city areas in Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, and Asheville, North Carolina; Charlottesville and Roanoke, Virginia; Knoxville and Memphis, Tennessee; and Greenville, South Carolina. He has directed master and functional planning for parking facilities in Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Tampa, Miami, and dozens of other cities. Mr. Vick also has provided traffic engineering consultation, conducted safety and operation studies, and contributed to the design of signal systems for cities throughout the Southeast.
Employment
Chairman, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 1992-Present
President, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 1972-1992
Transportation Planning Engineer, Harland Bartholomew & Associates, Memphis, TN, 1960-1967
Office and Project Manager, Harland Bartholomew & Associates, Memphis, TN, 1960-1967
Professional Associations/Affiliations
American Consulting Engineers Council
American Planning Association
Institute of Transportation Engineers (fellow)
American Society of Civil Engineers (fellow)
National Society of Professional Engineers
Professional Services Management Association
Urban Land Institute
Registered professional engineer in 15 states
American Institute of Certified Planners, member
Board of Directors, NCSU Engineering Foundation
Board of Trustees, NCSU Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science
Education
North Carolina State University, BS and MS, Civil Engineering
Awards and Honors
Named Distinguished Engineering Alumnus by the engineering faculty of North Carolina State University
Listed in Who's Who in Engineering & Who's Who in America
Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Southern Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Recipient of the R.V. Moss Lifetime Services Award from the North Carolina Section of the ITE
1997 Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Business Services category
Community
Mr. Vick serves as a Deacon at First Baptist Church in Raleigh.
He was elected as Second Vice President of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention for two terms.
Serves on the Board of Directors of the Associated Baptist Press.
Member of the Coordinating Council for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship & Chairman of the Finance Committee.
Chairman of the Development Board for the International Baptist Theological Seminary at Prague.
He serves with his wife on the Development Council at Baylor University.
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