DuBois & King (D&K) is excited to announce that Alan S. Gould, PE, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the firm. The departing Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Tucker, PE, has stepped down following 16 years in the leadership position but will remain on the firm’s Board of Directors.

Alan has more than 35 years of experience that includes designing and implementing electrical systems for governmental, commercial, industrial, and institutional clients. Alan earned his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont in 1989. Early in his career, he served as president and operations manager of the Gould Corporation, a mid-sized electrical contracting company in Stowe. He then spent several years at Dynapower in South Burlington designing and supervising the construction of high-voltage transformers, and he is a co-patent-holder of ultrahigh-efficiency transformer technology. 

Alan joined Pearson & Associates as a senior electrical engineer in 1999 and eventually became the president and majority shareholder. In 2018, D&K acquired Pearson, and Alan was promoted to lead D&K’s Building Services Division shortly thereafter. He has served as the firm’s executive vice president since December 2023. Alan remains excited and bullish about D&K’s future and is committed to the success of the employees-owners of D&K. His leadership and mentoring abilities have flourished since he joined the firm and his responsibilities at D&K have been steadily expanding. Alan is a hard worker and has earned the respect of people throughout the firm.

As CEO of D&K, Alan will lead the firm’s strategic growth and oversee D&K’s executive team responsible for the overall management and direction of the employee-owned professional services firm. 

Andrew Hoak, PE, PG, has been promoted to Director of DuBois & King’s Environmental Services Division. Andy is a hydrogeologist and civil engineer working on dam rehabilitation and removal, stormwater, water quality enhancement, hazardous material remediation, and civil engineering, including water sourcing, slope protection, and on-site wastewater disposal systems. He also enjoys agricultural water quality projects and is a Natural Resources Conservation Service Technical Service Provider in New York and Vermont. He is currently supporting projects in New York, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, and West Virginia. 

Andy’s objectives include growing the division and expanding the range of environmental services DuBois & King offers. For decades, DuBois & King’s Environmental Services division has provided local, state, and federal permitting support and all phases of NEPA documentation assistance and wetlands services. Under Andy’s direction, the firm has expanded staffing in the areas of botany and wildlife, including bat habitat evaluation. 

Charles (Chuck) Goodling, PE, has been promoted to President of DuBois & King. With the unanimous support of D&K’s Board of Directors and leadership around the company, Chuck began his duties as D&K’s President on November 21, 2020.

Chuck’s leadership and firm responsibilities have steadily grown, and in 2004, he was appointed Director of the Public Works Division. Over his years of service, Chuck has provided invaluable mentorship and guidance to many throughout D&K and has worked hard to provide professional growth opportunities to others. As his mentees grew into leadership positions, Chuck moved seamlessly into the firm’s only Senior Vice President position, overseeing several operating divisions in multiple offices and states.

Chuck and his wife, Kim, are longtime residents of central Vermont. They homeschooled their three children on their 150-year-old hillside farm, called Grand View Farm, in Washington, VT. Chuck and Kim provided their family with the opportunity to participate in Vermont’s rich agricultural life and, with kids now grown, they continue to operate a sustainable sheep farm and farm-stay B&B. They have been instrumental in establishing Vermont’s first flock of Gotland sheep, which originate from Sweden, and have led two tour groups to Gotland Island. They also raise pigs in the summer and produce maple syrup.

Chuck is a well-respected company leader and is highly regarded by his staff and peers, and we are very fortunate to have him leading the D&K team!