HRG Names Cory Salmon Assistant Vice President
HRG has promoted Cory Salmon to assistant vice president. Cory previously served as a group manager overseeing the water and wastewater division in southeastern Pennsylvania. He will now oversee all operations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, managing the firm’s King of Prussia office, its financial resources, and the supervision of local staff. He will also support key client management activities in the region.
Cory first joined HRG in 2014 as an intern and has steadily progressed through increasing levels of responsibility in the firm. He has been instrumental in establishing and growing HRG’s presence in Southeastern Pennsylvania, relocating to the area in 2019 shortly after the King of Prussia office opened. He has been a key team member or project manager on several noteworthy projects in the area, including the design of wastewater treatment plant improvements for Norristown Municipal Waste Authority, ultraviolet upgrades at Pottstown Borough Authority’s water treatment plant, and the interceptor rehabilitation program for West Goshen Sewer Authority. Cory is also actively involved in the local community as a member of the Nether Providence Township Planning Commission and Environmental Advisory Committee as well as a board member for the Central Delaware County Sewer Authority.
Ed Ellinger, HRG’s chief operations officer, says, “Southeastern Pennsylvania has been a key growth market for HRG, and Cory is responsible for a lot of that success. He is a dedicated engineer who cares deeply about his clients, his colleagues, and his community, and he always gives his best to every project. I know he has the skill and the determination to lead this team to even greater growth in the years ahead.”
Roger Sandak has joined HRG as a team leader assisting water and wastewater utilities with process control and automation. Sandak previously served as manager of automation and controls at a large private utility and operated his own consulting firm serving small municipalities that could not afford to have full-time process control and automations staff. He has more than 30 years of experience.
Cory Salmon is featured in the latest issue of Wastewater Digest as one of the industry’s “Top Young Pros.” (
Hyon Duk Shin has joined HRG as a senior quality engineer in their water and wastewater group. In addition to his role as a client manager, he will manage technical design standards and staff training related to wastewater treatment, collection and conveyance facilities, and combined sewer modeling and optimization. He will also enhance the firm’s expertise in water facilities planning as well as PFOS/PFOA treatment and distribution facilities.
HRG’s water and wastewater practice area leader, Josh Fox, authored an article in the April issue of The Authority with Carlisle Borough’s director of public works, Mark Malarich. They talk about the success the borough has had using infiltration/inflow data to prioritize capital improvement needs and eliminate aging infrastructure. Over the past eight years, the borough has re-lined more than 46,000 linear feet of pipe and repaired, replaced or rehabilitated more than 200 manholes. Josh and Mark also talk about the importance of building flexibility into a capital improvement plan, and the ways they’ve been able to adjust their plans to respond to changing needs.
Ben Burns has been promoted to senior quality engineer in the water and wastewater group at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) He will manage technical design standards with a specific focus on innovative wastewater process solutions, biosolids management, and energy production from wastewater.
Garrett Stoy has joined Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a group manager in their State College office. Stoy will oversee a team of 11 professionals who design water and wastewater systems for public and privately owned utilities. He will also assist with sales and business development.
Congratulations to Liz Lackey, who has been named one of the Top Young Professionals in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Engineering News-Record magazine (ENR)! She is one of just 20 professionals selected in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.