ENR Mountain States 2015 Top 20 Under 40

2015 Top 20 Under 40
The professional diversity of this year's honorees is matched only by their desire to be leaders, mentors and pioneers of new and better ways of doing things across the industry.

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Mandy Swarts
Company liaison builds rapport with key clients and subcontractors



Swarts

32, Project Coordinator
Mark Young Construction Inc.
Frederick, Colo.

Mandy Swarts started her construction career straight out of high school as a part-time billing clerk. In 2002, she joined Mark Young Construction as the billing, office administrator and service dispatcher. Three years later, she was promoted to project coordinator. She has since improved the company's maintenance department, consolidating and streamlining operations. She is working on a degree in business at the University of Colorado Denver. "The biggest challenge for a young professional is being accepted for the experience you have," Swarts says.

Away from the office, she was nominated for the Hero of Hope award in 2010 and chaired the local Relay for Life event, which raises money for cancer patients.

Mark Shaw is the former editor-in-chief of ENR Mountain States, co-editor of ENR Southwest, and the senior editor in charge of ENR's Contractor Business Strategy. He serves as ENR's Rocky Mountain bureau chief in Denver.