Welcome to the team, Vance Mitchell! Vance Mitchell joins Solid Ground Consulting Engineers as the Business Development Director. He graduated from Kentucky College of Business and also attended the American Institute of Management and Business Administration and US Army Logistics Management College. Before joining our team he worked at Branscum Construction and spent 14 years at the Commonwealth of Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts managing their Facilities Department and overseeing $500 million dollars of capital construction. Vance has been married to his wife Kendra Mitchell since 1996. They have one son, Teron (21) who is a junior at Western Kentucky University. Vance currently resides in Stanford, Kentucky and enjoys working out, sports, and anything outdoors.
Welcome to the team, Jared Gray! Jared joins Solid Ground Consulting Engineers as the Vice President of our new West Virginia office. Jared is a graduate of West Virginia University Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in West Virginia and Ohio as well as a West Virginia Certified Home Inspector. Since 2003, Jared has developed an extensive and diverse background by completing structural/geotechnical foundation engineering assessments, forensic/cause and origin inspections, full home inspections, and sales and project management of foundation structural systems. During this time Jared has gained a wealth of knowledge to efficiently identify problems and development of cost-effective solutions through engineering innovation to meet challenges. Jared has been married to his wife Crystal since 2003. They have one daughter Addy, one dog Frankie, and one cat DB. Jared and his family are active members at Perrow Church. Jared lives in Charleston, WV and enjoys spending his free time shooting, hunting, fishing, riding ATV’s and going to the beach with his family.
