Private Work

Curtis “CJ” Black joined Elite earlier this year and excelled in his previous role as Director, Project Controls, responsible for comprehensive oversite of Elite’s projects on scope, schedule, and cost. In his new role as Project Executive, CJ provides leadership, oversight, and direction of our project management team and all commercial developments within our portfolio while focusing on three key areas – exceeding client expectations, managing projects to meet business objectives, and leading and developing project teams.

CJ brings 14+ years of Project Management and Strategic Business Integration including construction management, strategic planning, risk management, project controls, scheduling, and estimating. Throughout his career he has worked in a variety of industries including DOE (Government), Commercial, Civil, Nuclear, Chemical, and IT projects which line up nicely with Elite’s current slate of clients and projects.

Originally from Pasco, CJ attended the University of Washington in Seattle on an academic scholarship. He is a UW Huskies fanatic and even has two Siberian huskies as pets. When not working, he enjoys listening to local live music, preferably outdoors on a nice patio somewhere, with family and friends. He also makes a conscious effort to continually improve his mental and physical health through regular workouts and continuous learning. A self-proclaimed numbers, data, and trends “geek”, we would say that CJ is an EXCEL(lent) addition to our team.

Katie joins Elite as Sr. Project Manager for the Operations Division.  She has a well-rounded skill set in project management and over  30+ years of progressive responsibility in a construction environment.  Katie is a “hands-on” senior project manager with extensive experience in multifaceted construction projects for private developers as well as public government agencies. She has worked collaboratively with multiple disciplines, including civil engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying, traffic engineering, and environmental consulting. Katie is also a recognized expert in commercial real estate development.

Originally from Portland, Oregon, Katie has been in South Central Washington for almost a decade.  She enjoys the desert climate and relief from heavy traffic.  Katie is equally at home in the outdoors or in the kitchen as she loves camping and fishing along the Little Naches River and enjoys cooking and baking for friends and family.

In her position as Project Coordinator, Gina supports Elite’s Operations Division. With over ten years of experience in customer service and team supportive roles, she assists the team, from pre-construction through construction, in obtaining, evaluating, and coordinating all information needed to deliver on Elite’s mission of elevating the client experience. She works closely with the Project Managers and our trade partners to ensure the project is run in accordance with contract documents, meets all safety standards, is within schedule requirements, and is constructed to the highest level of quality possible.

Gina was born and raised in Gig Harbor before moving to Tri-Cities, WA, in early 2023. She is a mom of three teenagers which increases her experience in customer service and team supportive roles to over 20 years.

Gina’s life motto of “Work Hard. Play Harder” is evident in her extracurricular activities of riding ATVs and off-road sxss, watersports, camping, and entertaining friends and family.