Ryan Schroeder Retires as CRB President and CEO

Posted August 5, 2024

Kansas City-based engineering consultant firm CRB has announced Ryan Schroeder has retired as president and CEO of the company.

Schroeder joined CRB in 1987 as a design engineer. In 2010 he would take the role of midwest region leader, overseeing offices in Kansas City Boulder, CO and Dallas, TX, according to his LinkedIn profile. He later became president in 2017 and added the title of CEO in 2023.

Lee Emel, the company’s vice president of regional operations will lead the company as interim President and CEO, according to a release.

CRB interim president and chief executive officer, Lee Emel. Photo credit: CRB.

“Very few people get to start and finish their career with the same company. I’m one of those fortunate few. I began my journey at CRB as a design engineer straight out of college, and now over 36 years later I’m humbled to close this chapter as President and CEO,” Schroeder said in the release. “CRB is a special place and I’ll always bleed the culture and spirit that embodies our people. I am thrilled that Lee Emel has agreed to guide the company during this transition, and we could not be in better hands. He’s truly a visionary and inspirational leader.”

“We owe Ryan Schroeder an enormous debt of gratitude for his more than 30 years of service to CRB,” founder and executive chairman of the board of directors, Jeff Biskup said in the release.

CRB has retained an executive search firm to find a permanent president and CEO.