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PROFILE: Marisa Somers

NEI General Contracting is pleased to announce that Marisa Somers, LEED AP has been promoted to project executive. Since joining NEI in 2017, Marisa has been an asset to the company and its projects.

PROFILE: Kerrie Julian

Kerrie Julian, RA, LEED AP, CDT has been working in the design and construction industry for over 25 years and brings a wealth of experience in project programming, detailed design, and construction administration. In her role as the director of science strategy at Margulies Perruzzi (MP), she lends her expertise to projects, manages and recruits staff, and develops new client relationships.

Project Executive

In her new role, Marisa will leverage her 18 years of experience to organize and execute projects and trades to achieve maximum construction and cost efficiency. She will be involved with the preconstruction process to assist with the definition of the project scope, document development, and project scheduling and phasing.

NEI General Contracting

Marisa has always seen herself in an executive role and wanted to work for a company that gave her the opportunity to grow and to take on more responsibility and she found that with NEI. “NEI believed in me and gave me the space and support I needed to take my career to the next level,” she said.

Marisa most recently completed Holtzer Park, a 70,000sf development in Jamaica Plain with 62 affordable rental apartments, and Holmes Beverly, a 67,000sf, 6-story, transit-oriented mixeduse development located adjacent to the

Beverly

She is currently working on Dudley Crossing in Roxbury, Mass., a 47-unit preservation project that includes the construction of a new 24-unit Passive House building and a historic renovation of another 9-unit building.

Marisa is a LEED AP and a PHIUS Certified Builder.

Director Of Science Strategy

Margulies Perruzzi

Kerrie has worked on a wide variety of projects in the Greater Boston area including Immunogen, Seurat, Boston Heart Diagnostics, Biogen, Quest Diagnostics, Smith and Nephew, Frequency Therapeutics, Triplet Therapeutics, J&J/DePuy, EQT Exeter, Pfizer, and Moderna.

When young women ask her for advice about a career in the industry, she always tells them to get involved. “Simply being a member of a professional organization isn’t enough – you need to join a committee and be an active participant,” she advises. Kerrie says this is how she built her network, and she has relied on that network throughout her career in a variety of ways.

Kerrie is on the sponsorship committee for the Boston chapter of Women in Bio, an organization of professionals committed to promoting careers, leadership, and entrepreneurship for all women in the life sciences. She is also a member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Boston chapter.

Kerrie earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the Wentworth Institute of Technology and completed a lab safety seminar at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is VP of alumni relations on the Wentworth Institute of Technology Alumni board and co-chair of the Wentworth golf committee.