Executive Vice PresidentKiewit Building Group, Inc. | Arlington, Va.
J.D. Vetter came to Oregon State University on a full basketball scholarship, lettering in all four years and culminating his athletic career by receiving the Most Valuable Player Award in his senior year. Off the court, Vetter was also an academic powerhouse, leaving Oregon State with undergraduate degrees in both engineering and business.
“Professionally, the most significant impact my OSU education provided me was to develop a ‘pay-it-forward’ mindset in everything I do — to continuously strive for improvement and excellence,” says Vetter. “Personally, my OSU education gave the opportunity for me to meet my wife Cassie in our College of Engineering classes.”
Upon graduation, Vetter began his professional career in the Northwest offices of Montgomery Watson Americas, a global leader in wet infrastructure engineering. He joined Kiewit in 1998, where he worked on the Nike World Campus Project in Oregon and several landmark construction projects in Denver, Colo. He currently is working on the East Coast, overseeing three of Kiewit Building Group’s area offices. “I am proud of the attention our company gives to alternative project deliveries and unique project procurement models,” says Vetter.
Degrees
- BS Construction Engineering Management ’97
- BS Business Administration ’97