The votes are tabulated, and judges named 20 rising industry stars in ENR’s Texas & Louisiana Top Young Professionals for the class of 2024.
With 70 applicants, the judges viewed applications from young professionals working in nearly every aspect of the construction and engineering industry in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The judges did not review applications of professionals working at the same firm, or with whom they have any conflicts of interest.
The winners will be profiled in an upcoming issue of ENR Texas & Louisiana highlighting the 20's career successes.
A huge thanks to this year’s panel of judges: David Hale, Director of Manhattan Construction Company, and Eric Kong, Treatment, Transmission, and Utility team at Freese & Nichols. A third judge wished to remain anonymous.
Congratulations to this year’s Top Young Professionals.
Preston Chan
Senior Transportation Engineer
HDR, Houston
Lauren Taylor,
Deputy Texas District Planning Lead
WSP USA, Austin
Amber St. Julian
Technical Designer
Gensler, Houston
Dakota Zimmerman
Texas Construction Service Regional Director
Garver, Frisco, Texas
Justin Borchardt
Senior Vice President, Commercial
S & B, Houston, Texas
Kyle Weller
Vice President and General Manager
Turner Construction Company
San Antonio, Texas
Amanda Key
Principal, Interiors
SmithGroup, Dallas
Cullen Harper
Associate Vice President – Highways
Johnson, Mirmiram & Thompson, Inc., Shiner, Texas
Kalman Nagy
Principal, Architect
SmithGroup, Dallas
Leah Read
Structural Engineer VI
AECOM, New Orleans
Riley Seahorn
Project Manager
McCarthy Building Companies, Richardson, Texas
Christine Wood
Vice President
Burns & McDonnell, Dallas
Edwin Tamang
Vice President
Kimley-Horn, San Antonio
Scott Comley
President, Communications
Primoris Services Corporation, Mesquite, Texas
Ali Donoho,
Operations Manager
MW Builders, Pflugerville, Texas
Amy Shadowens
Project Manager
DPR Construction, Dallas
Brett Pope
National Director, Transportation and Infrastructure
Terracon, Austin
Geoff Kornegay
Associate Principal
Populous, Dallas
Hannah Elizabeth Leppla
Engineer
Plummer Associates, Inc
Austin
Thomas Packer
Associate Principal
Arup, Houston
