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Johnston Voted to Lead Engineers' Foundation

June 19, 2008

James K. "Jim" Johnston, P.E., R.B.P. has been elected president of the Engineers' Leadership Foundation, a not-for-profit educational organization that develops programs, services, and materials to help professional engineers become leaders of their profession and of society itself.

Johnston is president of PMK Group, a Birdsall Services Group business unit that provides consulting and environmental engineering. He joined PMK in 1986, soon after receiving bachelor of science and master of science degrees from Rutgers University. Since then he has designed and managed numerous projects involving the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, as well as brownfields and landfill redevelopment. He often serves as an expert witness and frequently consults with planning and zoning boards throughout New Jersey.