DAVID J. TIERNEY, JR. - Key Persons
Lisa A. Thomann joined David J. Tierney, Jr., Inc. in February of 1989, as a bookkeeper and assistant to then Vice President Pat Donovan. She is a graduate of North Adams State College in Business Administration with concentrations in accounting, finance and management. She has also completed numerous courses in computer sciences.
During her college years, she worked temporary positions at both North Adams State College and Williams College. In summer months, she worked at Sprague Electric Company as a production line worker. After graduation, Lisa started her career as a computer consultant specializing in a wide range of accounting systems. This process included system design, implementation and training.
In 1995, Lisa succeeded Pat Donovan as our office manager and has the primary responsibility of controlling the financial operation of our firm. Lisa has also been responsible for the financial operations of Tierney Properties, Inc. at 66 West Street in Pittsfield, MM&D, LLC, the owner, developer and leaser of the new Hotel on North which is located on North Street in Pittsfield, MA and Dory & Ginger, LLC, the hotel's retail store.
She maintains an excellent working relationship with all owners, as well as subcontractors, suppliers and workers employed by the company.
Michael graduated from Cornell University and is a Registered Civil Engineer in California, New York and Massachusetts. He joined Laborers' Union Local 473 in 1966 and soon began coordination of field engineering. Now, with over forty years at Tierney and six years of construction management experience in San Francisco, his primary functions as project manager include coordination of owner/architect communications, job meetings, budgets, plan reviews, permitting, subcontracting, purchasing, changes and inspection of work, both in progress and for final acceptance and occupancy.
Prior to working for The Shorenstein Company in San Francisco from 1982 through 1984, he was employed for three years by D.L. Walker Construction Company. In California, he managed scores of subcontracts and more than $250,000 work monthly, completing eight new buildings and over thirty successful shell and tenant projects, including Pillsbury Madison & Sutro's exquisite 75,000 square foot law offices in the art deco Russ Building and AT&T's initial Tele-Communications Planning Center with five theaters at Five Fremont Center.
Currently, he is working on coordination for Taconic High School and structural repairs to Briarcliff Motel. Hotel on North, Rehabilitation at Ozawa Hall, BART Charter School in Adams, BMC Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital, MCLA Science Center siding and several other projects at Tanglewood and Red Lion Inn have been recently completed. Michael was also project manager for a seventeen room hotel for The Red Lion Inn, AAB renovations at historical Pittsfield Courthouse, BSO's Tappan House and The Red Lion Inn's South Wing. He has completed work for The Clark Art Institute Wall Barn, Brien Center, Pittsfield High School, Parish Center at St. Joseph Church, exterior renovations of Dalton Town Hall and Stockbridge Housing Authority's Heaton Court. He has also managed Tanglewood's ADA improvements, Pittsfield Cooperative Bank expansion and renovation, Berkshire Intermodal Transportation Center, Williamstown Public School, renovations to the Art Conservation Center at The Clark Art Museum, Allendale, Herberg and Williams schools in Pittsfield, Hancock Shaker Village, Visitation Monastery, Brayton Elementary School in North Adams, Tierney Building, printing facilities for the Berkshire Eagle, both at Clock Tower and Eagle Street; as well as Griffin Hall and another dozen projects at Williams College. He directed field engineering for construction of the First Agricultural Bank, the 120-unit Riverview West residential site; Clam River Dam concrete, and development of Nottingham and Charisma Drives. His management work includes Pittsfield Federal Building, 5 North Street renovations, relocation of Norman Rockwell's studio, with renovations to the museum offices and carriage barn; Jiminy Peak's Country Inn and Crane Lodge, and Kay-Bee Toy Headquarters.
He has served on boards of directors of the Housatonic River Watershed Association, Housatonic River Restoration, Pittsfield YMCA and Berkshire Environmental Fund. For nearly twenty years, he was on Pittsfield's Conservation Commission, serving as Chair for more than ten of those years.
Michele graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University in 2002. After a career in the Massachusetts State Senate working on education policy, Michele graduated from Suffolk Law School in 2011 and moved to Berkshire County.
Michele joined the company as a Project Manager in 2015, after previously working at a law firm and handling many Tierney family matters, including the financing and permitting of Hotel on North. Michele's most recent notable projects include the Berkshire Cooperative Market, the $5M Wayfair fitout, in conjunction with Columbia Construction, the Mount Greylock Regional School District Administration Building, and the Tyler Sreet housing renovation project. As Project Manager, Michele coordinates the scheduling of subcontractors, project finances, and overall project coordination, and maintains communication between field personnel, subcontractors, owners and architects. Michele also coordinates subcontractors and suppliers for bidding estimates.
Michele also handles much of the company's in-house legal work, including contract review. She also assists in the oversight of Hotel on North.
Michele is active in community organizations. She serves on the board of directors for Hillcrest Educational Centers, Inc. where she is currently Vice-Chair and sits on the Buildings and Grounds subcommittee. She is also a member of the board of directors for Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.
Michele is a Massachusetts licensed Construction Supervisor, and is OSHA-10 and lead paint renovator certified.