MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 17, 2026--
Consor North America, Inc. (“Consor”), a leading engineering firm at the forefront of advancing intelligent, future-ready infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Mindy Shimanek as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).
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Shimanek brings more than 30 years of experience building and leading engineering and consulting businesses. She spent nearly 20 years as co-founder of Structural Grace, an Arizona-based structural engineering firm that joined Consor in 2019. Most recently, she served as Chief Development Officer, where she played a key role in setting and executing every aspect of Consor’s strategy including defining its business mix and end market objectives, accelerating growth, both organically and through M&A, and streamlining its functional groups to better support the business.
“I have had the great pleasure of working closely with Mindy over the last couple of years. She exemplifies and embodies all of the great attributes that we expect of our leaders in Consor’s employee-owned, partner-led operating model. This appointment also highlights how founders and partners joining Consor play a key role in the Company’s future after a merger,” said Dr. Hisham Mahmoud, Executive Chairman of Consor. “This is an exciting, transformative time for Consor. The Board and I have great confidence in Mindy and the leadership team as we continue to build on Consor’s strong momentum.”
"Having been part of Consor's journey for the past seven years, I'm incredibly proud of what we've built and even more excited about what's ahead," said Shimanek. "We have an exceptional team, deep expertise, trusted client relationships, and a strong foundation for growth. I'm honored to lead Consor forward alongside our leadership team as we build on those strengths, expand into new markets, provide more opportunities for our people, and continue advancing how we use technology and innovation to deliver future-ready infrastructure and greater value for our clients and communities."
About Consor
Consor is a leading engineering firm at the forefront of intelligent, future-ready infrastructure. With a legacy of over 50 years, Consor has a team of more than 1,800 professionals across the United States and Canada providing advisory, planning, digital solutions, engineering design, structural assessment, construction management, and program delivery services. Consor’s integrated offerings across the project lifecycle modernize and strengthen critical systems. With a focus on innovation, Consor’s offerings include integrated technology deployment for smart roads through its Cavnue division, and AI-enabled solutions for inspection and flood management. Consor is employee-owned and private equity-backed, with a partner-led operating model that empowers its employee-owners to drive the business and share in the value they help create.
For more information on Consor, please visit www.consoreng.com.
Mindy Shimanek, President and CEO of Consor
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles and drones injured at least 19 people overnight in Ukraine's capital and the surrounding region, authorities said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had also carried out overnight strikes against targets in Russia, including an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in the Rostov region.
Kyiv’s military administration said the overnight attacks struck more than 10 locations in the capital, while 33 sites were damaged in the wider region. A 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy were among the injured, the administration said in a statement on Telegram.
Peace efforts to end Russia’s 4 1/2-year full-scale invasion have stalled, with the issue of territorial concessions in eastern Ukraine among the central sticking points. Successive rounds of U.S.-brokered talks have failed to produce a breakthrough. Ukraine is also seeking security guarantees from partners for a deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a social media post on Monday that Russia and Ukraine had mutually agreed to cease attacking each other's energy facilities. Such strikes have led to significant supply issues in both countries.
In an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, Zelenskyy pushed back on Trump's claim, saying that while an energy truce was discussed during a recent meeting in Kyiv with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, he would agree only if Russia ceases its attacks on Ukrainian energy sites.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv is ready to agree to a truce covering attacks on energy infrastructure and the Black Sea. But speaking on Thursday at a joint press briefing with his Slovenian counterpart, Tone Kajzer, Sybiha said he has yet to see any indication that Moscow is prepared to do the same.
He welcomed U.S. efforts to broker such an agreement and said active U.S. involvement could make a truce possible. Sybiha also said Ukraine was preparing for a meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this month.
“I believe that achieving a truce could be one of the key outcomes of this meeting. It could be a truce covering both the energy sector and the Black Sea — specifically in that combination,” he said.
A drone hit a petrol station near Ukraine’s border with Poland on Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a press conference in Warsaw.
A spokesperson for the Polish military told TVN24 that Polish air defences were activated on Thursday after a jet-powered drone approached Polish airspace.
The drone exploded about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from the Polish border, the spokesman said.
On Sunday, two Russian drones struck near border crossings on the Polish-Ukrainian frontier. One of them hit a railway line shortly after a train carrying European dignitaries had passed through.
A Russian drone struck a civilian vessel flying the flag of Tanzania in the Black Sea on Thursday, killing the ship’s captain and injuring three crew members, according to Oleh Kiper, the regional head in Odesa.
The vessel’s superstructure and deck were damaged in the morning attack, Kiper said on Telegram. He accused Russia of deliberately targeting Ukrainian ports and civilian merchant vessels.
Ukraine’s air force said it destroyed or suppressed 131 Russian aerial targets during the overnight attack in the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions. The attack involved ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones and decoys.
In Odesa, seven people were injured, including two children, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Apartments on the 14th through 16th floors of a residential building were damaged. A private residential building in Odesa was also destroyed and others damaged.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine's operation against the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery was conducted jointly by the country's Security Service, special operations forces, military intelligence and the Foreign Intelligence Service.
He wrote on Telegram that the security service had also struck a military airfield in Rostov, damaging an An-12 aircraft, two An-26s and three helicopters.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the military hit metallurgical and electronics plants, factories of the military-industrial complex and energy and transport facilities. It said that three bulk carriers and a ferry carrying supplies for the Ukrainian military were hit in the port of Chornomorsk.
On Thursday, Ukraine received the bodies of 252 soldiers as part of ongoing exchanges with Russia, the government agency handling prisoners of war said on Telegram.
Russia said the remains belong to Ukrainian citizens, including military personnel, the agency said, adding that they will be identified.
Ukrainian officials welcomed the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key sectors of the economy, saying the measures could increase pressure on Moscow and limit the resources available to finance its war effort.
The legislation was one of the last major initiatives championed by the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
“It is precisely Sen. Graham’s bill, along with other strong sanctions measures taken by our partners against the source of this war, Russia, that represents an extremely powerful tool that can stop this terrorist war and force Russia to seek peace,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
This version corrects the spelling of the first name of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
A police officer inspects a commercial facility damaged in a Russian drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, an emergency services personnel works to extinguish a fire following a Russian air attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
A woman bandages a man after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a residential building is seen on fire following a Russian air attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
A man inspects damage to his apartment after a Russian missile exploded near his home in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire at private homes following a Russian air attack in Sumy, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a firefighters walk past burning cars as they work at the site, following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
