Our Team
OUR TEAM
OUR TEAM
Meet the experts behind our company
Meet the experts behind our company
Formed in 2014, Norfield began as a consulting and contract management company. Our leadership has worked on projects and with partners internationally and in some of the most austere environments, including an extensive background working on US Government projects in the US and abroad. Norfield Group’s management team has over 60 years of combined experience in construction, contracting and contract management as well as in the financing of such work. By partnering with both large and small partners, we are able to offer a full range of construction services including design, construction, project management, owner representation, and consulting.
As you learn more about Norfield, you will find that our owners’ history demonstrates successful, competent and trustworthy execution of construction related activities for a wide-range of customers including the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Agency for International Development (USAID), KfW (German Development Bank), private entities and both large and small partners.
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Further, Norfield’s owners reside in South Carolina and Florida, respectively, and are both US Military Veterans, coming from family legacies of service to our country in every branch of service. Ms. Crawford, our managing partner and majority shareholder, retired after 30 years of combined active and reserve component service, having commanded at the O-6 (Colonel) level twice. Her service and status as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran is what qualifies Norfield as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). She also served for several years with the US Army Corps of Engineers, including a deployment for construction contracting to Afghanistan, as the Chief Administrative Officer of a US-based International Engineering and Construction Company and then as a Federal Judge. Mr. Toth, our other owner, served honorably with the US Navy on projects requiring Top-Secret clearance levels. He then spent a distinguished career in commercial banking and as the Chief Financial Officer of an International Engineering and Construction Company and also for a Florida-based General Contractor. Collectively, our management has been responsible for a combined total of billions of dollars in construction placement, contract administration, budgeting and financing.
As a Service Disabled, Veteran-owned, Woman-owned Small Business, we are defined by our values and work ethic.The unmatched breadth and depth of experience of our leadership prepared us for all the industry challenges.
Every detail, encounter, project is an opportunity to prove ourselves and we value the chance to do so!
Michelle has an extensive background in government contracting. As a District Counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including a deployment to Afghanistan, Michelle advised and assisted on a wide variety of legal matters, such as, legal analysis and advice on contract issues including acquisition strategy and planning, contract type, bid mistakes and protests, use of appropriate clauses and contract administration.
Michelle has represented companies and clients from around the world, having served as the General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of an International Engineering/ Construction Company and also as managing partner in her own legal practice. Michelle’s work on construction and consulting related issues spans the globe. She recognizes winning strategies and understands how to build teams, develop relationships with all stakeholders on a project and manage construction projects. A skilled negotiator and passionate advocate, she recovered in excess of $30,000,000 on behalf of her construction clients.
Michelle has a BA from the University of Miami, a JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, a LLM from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and a MS in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. She is a Retired US Army Veteran who held two commands at the O-6 level, has worked at the field and policy levels in the military and most recently served as a Federal Administrative Law Judge.
As the CFO for several companies, including service, retail, and international construction companies, Eric has oversight of financial strategy in global construction operations, design procedures, creating policies, managing and conducting audits, and managing banking, bonding and 3rd party external relationships in a culturally diverse and 24-hour operational setting.
Eric started his career in south Florida banking after completing a bank’s formal credit training process. His career began managing both an FDIC loss share and a criticized loan portfolio in early 1990. His career path included working for both large national banks and small local banks, and included loan origination, portfolio management and management of production teams responsible for a lending portfolio in excess of $1 Billion, which included loan participations and loan syndications. He last managed a team of lenders in two offices for another FDIC loss share criticized loan portfolio which included managing appraisals, risk ratings, accrual and past due status, loan maturities and shared national credits.
Eric was a professor at both Florida International University and Florida Atlantic University in Real Estate Finance. He is on the Board of Directors of Centro Campesino, a non-profit organization focused on affordable housing. He has a MBA from FIU and is a US Navy Veteran.
