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Antero Group

Chicago, IL

Authentic partnerships are the best way to design and deliver projects that create lasting value.

Services
39
Offices
4
Projects
5
Leaders
6

Overview

Antero Group is a holistic civil engineering, urban planning, and strategic consulting practice with offices in Chicago, South Bend, Denver, and Dallas-Fort Worth. It leverages interdisciplinary teams, creative thinking, and collaborative processes to design innovative and effective solutions. The practice functions as a project partner that anticipates client needs, working with clients to create plans, designs, and identify funding sources that solve problems and transform ideas into reality.

Services

Grant Services

Delivers full-cycle grant research, writing, and administration services to secure critical public funding.

Branding & Marketing

Creates strategic marketing, visual identity, and website designs to enhance positioning and community engagement.

Industries

Firm type

Projects

Barry County Broadband Assessment and Implementation Plan

Barry County, MI | Infrastructure

A regional broadband assessment and strategic implementation plan for Barry County.

Broadway Avenue Reconstruction Project

Transportation

A roadway design and reconstruction initiative on Broadway Avenue.

Economic Development Plan - Navajo Nation

Government

An economic development plan developed to guide strategic growth.

St. Joseph County Rail Opportunity Plan

St. Joseph County, IN | Rail

An economic development strategy and rail-focused master planning project.

Blue Island Green Infrastructure

Blue Island, IL | Stormwater & Flood Control

A green infrastructure planning and design project.

Leadership

Eric Neagu

Chief Executive Officer

P.E., LEED AP, AICP

Eric Neagu, PE, LEED AP, AICP is the Chief Executive Officer of Antero Group. Mr. Neagu's 20 years of experience spans public, private, and institutional clients. With a background that encompasses civil engineering, urban planning, and economic development, Mr. Neagu applies a holistic approach to solving client problems.

Michael Schmitz

Chief Operating Officer

Michael Schmitz is the Chief Operating Officer of Antero Group. He is responsible for overall operational performance, including strategic planning and growth, financial performance oversight, staff development, and resource allocation. He leverages more than 18 years of experience with enterprise-level GIS and other collaborative planning tools to develop innovative, community-driven solutions for clients in both the public and private sectors.

Rachel Hill

Director of Engineering

PE, JD

Rachel Hill is a civil engineer and attorney with more than a decade of experience delivering infrastructure and environmental solutions for public- and private-sector clients nationwide. Her work spans feasibility, permitting, and design for municipal infrastructure, renewable energy development, and utility and transportation projects.

Greg Geimer

Project Manager

Greg Geimer is a Project Manager at Antero Group, where he leads a range of engineering projects. He brings a strong background in stormwater management and environmental permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, drainage design, erosion and sediment control, and construction risk assessment.

Ryan Peterson

Senior Project Manager

AICP

Ryan Peterson is a Senior Project Manager at Antero Group with extensive experience in transportation planning, mobility, and urban design. His background includes work on active transportation initiatives, regional planning, corridor studies, public transit expansion, and grant administration.

Randal Stephens

Senior Planner

Randal Stephens focuses on actionable implementation measures that translate community vision into feasible, phased actions scaled to community capacity and coupled with funding and technical assistance resources. She brings a data-driven and equity-focused perspective to community development, drawing on her background as an urban planner and grant writer.

Offices

Chicago

Headquarters

South Bend

Denver

Dallas-Fort Worth Area (Denton)