CVL would like to congratulate Colin Hanson on passing his technical registration exams and earning the title of Professional Landscape Architect and his recent promotion to Project Manager. Colin has over a decade of landscape architectural experience in the Southwest region where he has worked on a wide range of projects from commercial, industrial, hospitality, single family residential, multi-family, and master plan communities at all stages of entitlement, design, and construction. With a drive for a quality design experience, Colin places strong emphasis on design, communication, and collaboration with clients and municipalities. For Colin, every project has a story to be told, one that is either innate in the land’s history, or a story that is created with the design. The landscape provides a canvas to bring those stories to life and he focuses on giving those stories inspiring open spaces that engage the community. In his personal time, Colin enjoys hiking, fishing, riding bikes, movies, concerts, reading, traveling, and spending time with his family.

CVL is pleased to announce Justin McCarty’s promotion to Project Manager. Justin’s background includes over 17 years of experience in the field of civil engineering with an emphasis in hydrology and hydraulics, roadway design, transportation, site civil grading/drainage and utility service, coordinating utility conflict identification and relocation, close coordinating with Cities, Counties, and state agencies. His focus is primarily on subdivision and commercial developments as well as working with agencies such as Maricopa County, Pinal County and FEMA to delineate and redefine floodplains through the regulatory processes of CLOMRS and LOMRS. He also brings experience conducting Jurisdictional 404 Delineations as regulated by the Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, Justin served a six-year term as a planning and zoning commissioner.

CVL is pleased to announce Matthew Nahlik’s promotion to Project Manager. With eight years of experience in land development design and sustainable engineering research, Matt’s expertise enables him to lead multi-disciplinary teams to achieve client goals with detail-oriented and cost-effective deliverables. He is skilled at scoping projects, identifying challenges early in the process, proposing solutions, and taking ownership of the engineering design and construction documents through permitting and construction as-builts. Since joining CVL’s land development department, Matt has performed tasks from due diligence to final design and RFI’s of numerous commercial, multi-family residential, and single-family residential projects throughout Arizona and in Denton, Texas. He is familiar with requirements of ADOT, MCDOT, Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa, Cave Creek, Peoria, Surprise, Sun City West, El Mirage, Glendale, Buckeye, Goodyear, Maricopa, Casa Grande, Florence, Sahuarita, and Hebe in addition to coordination with other related utility and regulatory agencies. From 2-acre infill and renovation projects to large-scale master planned communities, Matt has the ability to manage a successful development process. CVL is excited for his leadership, dedication, positive attitude, and continued growth as he guides a land development team.

Kristina Locke, Director of Business Development

Kristina Locke, Director of Business Development