Our Board of Directors has announced that Ronald G. “Ron” Helton, PE was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and Gregory H. “Greg” Hurst, PE has been elected President.
Ron Helton, who served as the firm’s President for over 21 years, was also named Senior Vice-President at the firm’s Board of Directors meeting on June 12, 2018. He succeeds James C. “Jim” Thompson as Chairman. Ron joined Thompson & Litton in 1979 and is a 1982 Civil Engineering graduate of Virginia Tech.
Greg Hurst, formerly the company’s Executive Vice President, was elected President at the same meeting. Greg will be responsible for the firm’s engineering, architectural and land surveying practices to ensure successful operations, considering the interests of our clients and employees. Greg is based in our Radford office and joined T&L in 1995. He is a 1991 Civil Engineering graduate of Virginia Military Institute and received a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1994.
Jim Thompson will remain with T&L as a Board member and continues as our Director of Strategic Initiatives. Jim has been with T&L since 1984 serving in several capacities including Project Manager, Vice President of Project Management, and Vice President of Marketing. He was the Chairman of the Board from 2005 until now. Since it’s opening in 1984, he has managed our Tazewell office.
“Having planned for this transition for over a decade, I have the upmost confidence in Greg, and in all of the leadership around him at T&L, and in all of the employees of T&L. I am proud of our great group of employees and their client and project focus”, said Ron Hel-ton.
Greg Hurst, new President of T&L, stated that “I humbly step into the role of President, and I am honored with the opportunity to serve the Board of Directors and the employees – our greatest asset. I look forward to the growth and successes that are in our future and will strive to maintain the excellent client service that we have provided for the past 62 years”.
Our firm is an award winning engineering, architectural, and land surveying firm founded in Wise, VA in 1956 where our headquarters remains. We are a 100% ESOP Company and have been listed on the 2017 Virginia Business Magazine List of Leaders as the 18th largest architectural and engineering firm in the Commonwealth. We provided comprehensive civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering; surveying; architectural and Design Build services through offices located in Wise, Radford, Tazewell, and Chilhowie, Virginia; and Bristol and Mosheim, Tennessee. We currently have a staff of 92 employees.