Gregory Janey
Gregory Janey is the President & CEO of Janey Construction Management. As a professional he has been actively working in the industry for over 30 years overseeing a variety of complex construction and institutional programs. His mission has stayed consistent throughout his career—to use his education, advocacy, and deep professional industry experience to provide opportunities for residents in and around the neighborhoods where he grew up.
His professional activities include: Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Wentworth Institute of Technology, Industrial Advisory Boards for Northeastern University College of Engineering, and Madison Park High School. Board of Directors; Boston Chamber of Commerce, Year Up Greater Boston, Trustee Boys & Girls Club of Boston, National Vice-Chairman Construction Management Association of America, and founding officer of the Massachusetts Minority Contractors Association. Greg is also a program evaluator for ABET, which accredits college and university programs in STEM.
Mr. Janey holds a B.S in Construction Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology, an M.S in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University, and an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Gary Davis
JANEY’s legal expert, Gary has a lengthy career in commercial and legal law behind him, specializing in areas including contract negotiation and real estate law. A graduate from the University of Lowell with both a bachelor and master’s degrees in business administration, he also holds a law degree from Northeastern University. As the head of legal, he ensures that every project falls within the local, state, and national parameters to help every project move along smoothly.
Robert White
As Executive Vice President, Robert combines perceptive management and communication skills with over thirty years of experience in the construction industry to enable JANEY to establish a broad network of business associations and vendors who serve as resources for many of its projects. With a background that includes a degree in Construction Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology and thirty years as a Project Manager and Estimator, he provides the team with a unique pragmatic approach towards value engineering and cost benefit. Responsible for overseeing daily operations of the firm, he also oversees and manages the Owner’s Project Management portion of JANEY’s portfolio.
Eurick Dorsett
As the Director of Preconstruction and Project Executive for JANEY, Eurick Dorsett capitalizes on over three decades of experience in the construction field to bring customers unmatchable accuracy in scheduling and budgetary concerns. Tackling hospitality, commercial, and residential projects, including specialized high-rise construction and marine construction projects, he has directed projects ranging from $10M to $550M. Eurick leverages his domestic and international experience to optimize projects, and has taken on a role in passing his knowledge and experience onto our future preconstruction experts.
Leah Janey
Leah Janey has been in business management for over 20 years and brings over 15 years of human resource experience supporting both established nonprofit organizations and corporate startups providing best practices in human resources management in their different stages of growth. She has an unwavering passion for people and makes it her goal to provide a platform for staff to be heard, respected and treated fairly in all matters. She truly enjoys mentoring young professionals to help them see their own potential and realize their career goals. If you were to summarize her in a headline, it would be that she aims to build strong relationships, systems and programs and link people strategies to business strategies.
Joseph Magandazi
Joseph has over 30 years experience in the construction industry. His Preconstruction work includes estimating, document analysis and review of detailed construction drawings. This experience presented a natural transition to construction, and the phase where Joseph worked as a resident engineer contributing to an increase in quality control and assurance on the project. Joseph’s contributions during the plan review and as-built periods adds a valuable feature to any construction program.
As a Chief Resident Engineer for JANEY, Joseph’s professional capabilities include overseeing all resident engineers, contract compliance, updating the planned activities against actual events and reporting on discrepancies within the project schedule, construction documents, and percent of work competed. His duties also include field reports, document control and assistance with performance tracking quality control.
David Lopes
David has over 40 years experience in the Construction Industry. He learned his craft from his father who was a carpenter and contractor in the 1960’s and David is carrying on that legacy of hard work and quality building. David founded Wellington Design & Construction Company to create an economic engine and be a symbol and standard of success within communities of color in Greater Boston.
As Superintendent for JANEY, Mr. Lopes professional capabilities include control during construction operations. David has a thorough knowledge of heavy construction methods and construction technology which enables the project to progress efficiently and be successfully completed on time and within budget. For this project David will supervise and control construction and operations to ensure that the project is built on schedule and within budget. He will work with the senior management team to perform quality control inspection and prepare required records and reports in compliance with contract documents.