ENR Texas & Louisiana is proud to announce the region’s 2014 Top 20 Under 40 winners, determined to be the best-of-the-best young construction professionals by an independent panel of judges.

About 50 entries came in to this year’s Texas & Louisiana contest, from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas, requiring our judges to be highly selective in choosing our winners. Thanks to this year’s panel for all their efforts:

  • Jennifer Berthiaume, GIS Analyst, ARCADIS U.S. Inc.
  • Kendy Guillaume, Associate Principal/Director of Houston, Jordan & Skala Engineers Inc.
  • John Hero, Business Development Manager, Hill & Wilkinson
  • John S. Marshall, Vice President, Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc.
  • Jennifer Woodruff, Director of Marketing, Associated Builders & Contractors of Greater Houston

Listed below are the 2014 ENR Texas & Louisiana Top 20 Under 40 winners (in alphabetical order by last name). Read more about these young professionals in the February 17 print edition. Congratulations to each of our winners!

  • Stephanie L. Bache, Project Manager / Office Manager, Parsons Environment and Infrastructure, Richardson, Texas
  • Yesenia Blandon, Associate, Arch III, Perkins+Will, Dallas
  • James M. Benham, President and CEO, JB Knowledge Technologies Inc., Bryan, Texas
  • Russell Clark, Project Manager, Parsons Transportation Group, Carrolton, Texas
  • Rayburn Jacob Donaldson, Principal, Three Square Design Group, Houston
  • Zach Edwards, Project Architect, Gensler, Dallas
  • Ashley Frysinger, Vice President, Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., Houston
  • Marcia Gallant, Associate Architect, MA+ Architecture, Oklahoma City
  • Prajakti (PJ) Glasco, Senior Vice President, Project Designer, FKP Architects, Houston
  • Cheng Lok Caleb Hing, Structural Engineer, Michael Baker Jr. Inc., Arlington, Texas
  • Tom Hughes, Energy Specialist, Leidos, Oklahoma City
  • Kate Hull, Senior Consultant, Spire Consulting Group LLC, Austin, Texas
  • Christopher Masters, Vice President, Parsons Transportation Group, Richardson, Texas
  • Kyle Nelson, Project Director, Manhattan Construction Co., Oklahoma Cit
  • Adam Nyer, President, Skybeck Construction LLC, Austin, Texas
  • Perryn Olson, Founder, President and COO, The Brand Constructors, New Orleans
  • Justin R. Ring, Senior Project Manager, EHRA Inc., Houston
  • Juli Schroeder, Associate, Gensler, Houston
  • Rik van den Berg, Business Development Manager, Texas Sterling Construction, Houston
  • Scott Watson, Construction Manager, PCL Industrial Construction Co., Houston