John Hiltz

John is Executive Director of OHM Advisors and served as its President from 2009-2020. With nearly 40 years of experience as a consulting engineer for the firm, he has dedicated himself to transforming the company from a Michigan-based engineering business to a regional community advancement firm with all-encompassing architecture, planning and engineering design services serving an array of public and private communities across multiple states.

During John’s accomplished presidency and his role as Vice President of Operations before that, his leadership of the firm’s strategic planning efforts resulted in significant growth for the firm. He was deeply committed to the issue of aging infrastructure throughout America’s cities and townships, and spoke widely on his strong belief that we all have a stake in working concertedly to educate decision makers and citizens about its importance and how to fund efforts to fix it. Also committed to the importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts within the firm, he spearheaded internal DEI initiatives in 2017 which resulted in his 2020 signing of the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge, and worked to diversify the AEP industry through his efforts as Chairman of Cornerstone Schools’ Construction Pathway Advisory Board.