Florida

Northeast

Contacts

General Information or Sponsorship:
Michelle Tappouni, LEED AP
(p) 904.359.9650, ext.108
Email

ACE Administration:
8657 Baypine Road, Suite 101
Jacksonville, FL 32256
904.731.1506
Email

Lee High School:
Crystal Markley
(p) 904.463.4573
Email

Olivia Frick
Email

Home School Students:
Wayne Petrone, P.E.
(p) 904.647.2327
Email

Middleburg High School:
Brooke Robbins, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
(p) 904.662.9994
Email

Orange Park High School:
Joe DeMarco
(p) 904.579.2602
Email

Creekside High School
Jacob Thurlow
(p) 904.357.4204
Email

Forms

Parent Consent Form

Field Trip Permission Form

Registering and Background Screening

Mentors and Sponsors

Thanks to our many mentors and sponsors who have helped us this past year in making our affiliate such a success.
View our list of sponsors.
View our list of mentors and teachers.

Board of Directors

Our board is comprised of local industry leaders who make a significant contribution to our affiliate. We are grateful for their continuing support.
View our board members.

Founded during the 2006-2007 school year with significant support from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), the ACE Mentor Program of Northeast Florida, helps high school students explore potential careers in architecture, construction and engineering.

Through the program, mentors from local industry professional firms meet with students for two hours once a week for 16 weeks. During these sessions, students work in teams to create practical solutions for “real-world” projects. It’s an effective way for students to experience the reality of what architects, contractors and engineers do during a typical working day.

Now starting our 11th year of the program, we have teams from Orange Park High School, Lee High School, Middleburg High School, Creekside High School and a Homeschool Group. We have two teams that will be competing nationally.

Participate in ACE!

If you’d like to experience ACE’s challenges, opportunities and rewards for yourself, just contact one of the ACE leaders listed in the upper right-hand corner of this page. We are looking for mentors for all schools.

Click here to visit ACE national students page.

Our Outstanding Mentors

Tim Conlan Lead Mentor Auld & White Constructors Read Bio.	Joseph A. De Marco Lead Mentor Fishman & Tobin	Tracey Friley Lead Mentor Haskell Read Bio.	Olivia Frick Lead Mentor Charles Perry Partners, Inc. Read Bio.
Charles Kohler Lead Mentor Retired Civil Engineer Read Bio.	Crystal Markley Lead Mentor/ Board Member U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Read Bio.	Wayne Petrone Lead Mentor Peters and Yaffee, Inc. Read Bio.	Brooke Robbins Lead Mentor/ Board Member Robbins Design Studio
Jacob Thurlow Lead Mentor/ Board Member Haskell Read Bio.	Travis Braasch Stellar Read Bio.	Fred DeWitt New Leaf Construction, Inc. Read Bio.	Bob DeRienzo HDR Inc. Read Bio.
Robert Fernandez Board Member Haskell Read Bio.	Lynn Ladd NAVFAC SE Read Bio.	Janel LeGard Haskell Read Bio.	Bub LeNoir NAVFAC SE Read Bio.
Ken Loefgren, PE Loefgren & Associates, Inc. Read Bio.	Art Mastronic Haskell Read Bio.	David Mathias Michael Baker International Read Bio.	Joe Nagy Trane Read Bio.
Len Pappalardo Keville Enterprises, Inc. Read Bio.	Michael Petrone TLC Engineering for Architecture Read Bio.	Anita Prewitt Dixie Contract Carpet Read Bio.	Tiffany Shaw Haskell Read Bio.
Misty Sieracki Haskell Read Bio.	David Smith CSX Corporation Read Bio.