JOHN R. GARSKE, P.S.

President

John R. Garske, P.S., President, has been with Coleman Engineering Company since 1975. He purchased the Company in 1984 with two other partners, who have since retired.

Mr. Garske has over thirty years experience in Land Surveying, and is licensed in both Michigan and Wisconsin. He graduated from Ferris State University with an A.S. in Surveying and Topographical Drafting in 1973 and a B.S. in Land Surveying in 1975.

Mr. Garske is a member of The Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors: U.P. Chapter, The Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors, The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the National Society of Professional Surveyors.

Mr. Garske has extensive experience working with federal, state and local projects, including the Army Corps of Engineers, the Ottawa, Nicolet and Chequamegon National Forests, the Michigan and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation and the Iron, Dickinson and Gogebic County Remonumentation Programs. He has also worked on various projects for utility companies including the American Transmission Company, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company, Excel Energy and Enbridge Pipeline Company. Other notable projects include the Champion Paper Mill construction in Quinnessec, MI, the M-64 Bridge relocation project in Ontonagon, MI, the Michigan and Minnesota Height Modernization Projects, Great Lakes Gas R/W Surveys across Wisconsin and Michigan, the Victoria Dam Reconstruction Project in Rockland, MI and the Bad River Dam Project in Odanah, WI.

Mr. Garske serves on many community boards including the Ironwood Industrial Development Corporation (IIDC) where he has served as President since November of 2001. He was selected as Citizen of the Year in the City of Ironwood in 2003 by the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce. He has served as a member on the Faculty Advisory Board for the Survey Department at Michigan Technological University since 1992 and was recently named Chairman.

John is an avid runner, having competed in the last 11 Garry Bjorkland Half Marathons in Duluth, MN, along with various other road races over the last 25 years.

He resides in Ironwood, Michigan with his wife, Lee-Ann. They have three children, Kacy Rainaldo, Christin Garske, and John Ryan Garske who all reside in Minneapolis.

A portfolio of project experience, including references, is available upon request.