Roderick C. Shaffert has been named vice president of Worcester-based design and construction firm Cutler Associates' new Scholastic Division.

The new division will focus on providing design and construction solutions for academic and institutional clients

Shaffert has worked for Cutler for more than 20 years and has held many positions including project manager, account executive and vice president of Cutler Florida.

Several additional key appointments were made in support of the new division. Michael Bass was promoted to vice president of Cutler Design, Cutler’s in-house
architectural firm. Bass has specialized in design for the education market since joining the firm over 15 years ago as design project manager.

John DeVito was named as director of preconstruction in Scholastic Division and Tiffany Gallo was promoted to estimator. DeVito joined Cutler in 2007 as a senior estimator, bringing over 25 years of experience in the construction industry. Gallo began her career at Cutler in 2004 as a co-op and has since held the position of junior estimator.