Mark Bergam joins Airway Heights as city engineer

By AL STOVER

Staff Reporter

There is a new face in Airway Heights' Public Works Department - Mark Bergam, who was recently hired as the city engineer.

Bergam, who was born on the west side of the state, moved to the Spokane area when he was a teenager. After graduating from Central Valley High School, Bergam earned his bachelor's degree and master of business administration in civil engineering at Gonzaga University.

Bergam later acquired his master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, then worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 11 years -...