Rippke To Retire From Bolton & Menk

Jon Rippke

MANKATO, MINN. – Jon Rippke, P.E., Chairman of the Board of the engineering firm Bolton & Menk, Inc., headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota, will be retiring at the end of 2013 after 40 years of service with the company. Rippke previously stepped down as President on December 31, 2012. Bradley DeWolf now serves as President/CEO, Kreg Schmidt is Vice President Metro Operations, Bruce Firkins is Vice President Specialty Services, and Robert Brown is Vice President Environmental Operations.

Rippke has been a member of the Engineering CEOs of Minnesota since its inception, and received the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE) “Engineer of the Year Award” in 2002.

Rippke has been involved with the advisory boards of Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) and South Dakota State University, Civil Engineering, and has served on the boards of directors of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (ACEC/MN) and American Public Works Association of Minnesota (APWA/MN).

In 2000, Rippke was instrumental in assisting MSU Dean John Frey establish the Civil Engineering Program at MSU. In 2010, he led the effort with MSU to establish outreach to the Latino communities in southern Minnesota to encourage high school students to prepare themselves for post-secondary STEM education.

Rippke has served on the boards of the Valley Industrial Development Corporation, Mankato Area Chamber of Commerce, Greater Mankato Economic Development and Greater Mankato Growth, and was the city engineer for City of North Mankato for more than 25 years.

Bolton & Menk, Inc., ranked in the Top 500 Engineering Firms by Engineering News Record (ENR), provides engineering services in the areas of aviation, transportation and traffic, civil and municipal, water and wastewater, and water resources, as well as landscape architecture, land surveying and GIS mapping, and environmental and cultural resource studies.

Bolton & Menk has a staff of 265 employees including more than 100 engineers, planners and licensed surveyors.

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