Guido Petra

Upon graduating from college in 1975 Guido joined the family construction business and has grown the company from a small construction firm to a midsized construction company. He currently holds the position of President and is the Chief Executive Officer of the firm.
Petra Construction Corporation offers General Contracting and Construction Management services throughout the New England States, performing work for Fortune 500 Companies, hospitals, and universities.

Guido is active in a number of organizations and community affairs. He is a current Board of Director of the Associated General Contractors of America - Connecticut and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Guido recently completed a five-year Building Committee Membership overseeing the design and construction of the new $92M Guilford High School Project. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Construction Institute, The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Faulkner’s Light Brigade.

Guido was a past Director of the Connecticut Building Congress, a Corporate Affiliate Member of the American Institute of Architects of Connecticut, an Associate Member of the Connecticut Building Officials Association, a former member of the Connecticut Capitol Center Commission, a member of the Architectural Woodwork Institute, a former member of the Shubert Performing Arts Center Facilities Committee, and a multi-year Cabinet Member of the United Way of Greater New Haven. He was an active member of the fundraising campaign of the Anti-Defamation League from which he received an Appreciation Award in 2004. In 2005 Guido received a Paul Harris Fellowship Award from The Rotary Foundation. In 2014 Guido was awarded the General Contractor/Construction Manager of the year award by the AGC of Connecticut.