FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — IMPACT Strategies has promoted Teresa Whittaker to chief financial officer and Scott Manning to director of construction operations.
Whittaker will execute IMPACT’s financial strategic initiatives, develop long-term financial goals and play an integral role in driving the success of IMPACT by monitoring financial performance. In this role, Whittaker will continue to lead IMPACT’s accounting team and human resources operations, identify critical trends and develop new company best practices, projections and solutions.
Whittaker received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Robert Morris College and worked in the public accounting sector for 10 years. Whittaker has been with IMPACT since the company’s inception, hired as an accounting manager in 2002, promoted to controller, and is currently an active member of IMPACT’s Executive Committee.
Manning brings more than 10 years of construction management to the position. In addition to managing IMPACT’s team of project managers, project engineers and superintendents, his role will also supervise the safety and quality control efforts on IMPACT job sites. He will oversee the execution of field construction activities.
While in college, Manning served as an intern for IMPACT. In 2009, he graduated from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with a degree in construction management and a minor in business. Post-graduation, Manning worked for the Corps of Engineers at Scott AFB before rejoining IMPACT after 18 months.
During his tenure, Manning started as a project engineer and progressed from project manager to senior project manager. He managed an array of projects including retail, commercial, large-scale senior living and multifamily housing developments.
Based in Fairview Heights, IMPACT Strategies provides construction management, design/build and general contracting services in the healthcare, senior living, multifamily, office, retail and warehouse/distribution markets.