Greater Boston Area

What We Do

The ACE Mentor program is an organization widely recognized by universities throughout the US as a stand-out extracurricular program that improves the chances of acceptance into programs offering degrees in the ACE fields.

ACE of Greater Boston, an affiliate since 2007, offers an after-school program, that runs from October to March, providing students in grades 9-12 with an introduction to the design, engineering and construction disciplines. Students work with mentors throughout the program to development a hypothetical, but realistic, building project. Field trips to construction sites, professional offices, and local colleges are also incorporated into the program. ACE Mentors are full-time architects, engineers, and project managers, as well as dedicated volunteers, excited to inspire the design and construction leaders of the future.

All ACE participants take away a valuable and exciting experience that develops ability for creative and logical thinking. The benefits include:

  • scholarship opportunities
  • professional industry contacts and references
  • high school and college internship opportunities
  • advance preparation for college
  • development of technical skill sets in leading design and construction software programs

Participating Firms include:

AMCONCORP
ARUP
BERKELEY BUILDING COMPANY
BOYLSTON PROPERTIES
BORREGO SOLAR SYSTEMS
BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BURO HAPPOLD ENGINEERING
CARDI
CHA CONSULTING
CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO, INC.
CRANSHAW CONSTRUCTION
CV PROPERTIES
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
DiMELLA SHAFFER
DPS ENGINEERING
DPR CONSTRUCTION
DYER BROWN ARCHITECTS
E.J. CALLAHAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC
ELLENZWEIG ARCHITECTS
ELKUS MANFREDI
EM DUGGAN
FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
GEI CONSULTANTS
GENSLER
GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY
HALEY & ALDRICH
HARGREAVES JONES
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
HATCH ENGINEERING
INTERIOR ARCHITECTS

JACOBS
LANGAN
LEE KENNEDY
LIMBACH CONSTRUCTION
MASS MEDICAL SOCIETY
NEW ENGLAND FINISH SYSTEMS
OSTROW ELECTRIC CO.
PAYETTE
PERKINS + WILL
PRELLWITZ CHILINSKI ASSOCIATES
R.E. DINEEN
RELATED BEAL LLC
SAIKI DESIGN
SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER
SHAWMUT DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
SHEPLEY BULFINCH RICHARDSON & ABBOTT
SKANSKA
SMMA
STANTEC
STUDIO TROIKA
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
SULLIVAN McLAUGHLIN
SUMMIT METAL FABRICATORS
THORNTON TOMASETTI
TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
VANDERWEIL ENGINEERS
WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO.

Thanks to our partners for helping along the way: Boston Public Schools, Boston Society of Architects, Northeastern University, the National Organization of Minority Architects (Boston Chapter), Roxbury Community College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Symmes Maini & McKee Associates.

Contacts

Jennifer Fries
Executive Director

Holly Ganser
Communication Coordinator

Lysandra Reed
Mentor Coordinator

Holly Ganser
Student Coordinator

Student Registration

2019-2020 Student Outreach Handouts

Mentor Registration

2019-2020 Annual Report

Board of Directors

Our board is comprised of local industry leaders who make a significant contribution to our affiliate. We are grateful for their continuing support.
View our board members.

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If you’d like to experience ACE’s challenges, opportunities and rewards for yourself, contact us today!