LOS ANGELES, CA Hill International announces that Mark E. von Leffern, PMP, PSP, EVP, Director of Project Control in Hill's Los Angeles, California, office, has been elected to the Board of Directors of AACE International.  As a Director, von Leffern will represent AACE's Region 6, which includes chapters in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii.

von Leffern has more than 15 years of project and financial management experience in the aerospace, defense, telecommunications, transportation and energy industries.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts in environmental analysis and design and his Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Irvine and he is certified as a Project Management Professional, a Project and Scheduling Professional and an Earned Value Professional.

He has been an active member of AACE International since 2012. He has served as Newsletter Chair (2012-2014), Vice President (2013-2014) and President (2014-2015) of AACE's Southern California Section.  He also served as Executive Director of the Southern California Fall Symposium (2014) and Program Chair and Executive Director of the joint San Francisco/Southern California Western Winter Workshop (2015-2017).  In 2015, he received AACE's Charles V. Keane Distinguished Service Award for his dedication and support of the professional image of cost engineering.

"We congratulate Mark for being elected to the Board of this prestigious association," said David L. Richter, Hill's Chief Executive Officer.  "We are very proud of his contributions to AACE and are committed to on-going support of the organization throughout Hill's global office network," added Richter.