After weeks of review, an independent panel of judges has selected 20 individuals as ENR Texas & Louisiana’s 2022 class of Top Young Professionals. This annual awards program honors 20 individuals under 40 years of age in each of ENR's 10 regions who have shown exceptional leadership and service throughout their career.
Firms from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas submitted 46 entries into this year’s contest. These individuals were then judged by three primary criteria: industry experience and education; career and industry leadership; and community service and involvement.
We’d like to thank this year's esteemed judging panel for all their efforts in identifying this year's winners: Blake Axen, project manager and associate, BGE Inc., an ENR Texas & Louisiana 2021 Top Young Professional; Vivek Chikyala, president and principal engineer, Kenall Geo, an ENR Texas & Louisiana 2021 Top Young Professional; Jing Johnson, president, Prism Renderings; Tim Pach, senior project manager, Stanley Consultants, an ENR 2020 national Top 20 Under 40 winner; and Silky Wong, lead civil/structural engineer, Technical Expertise and Support, Dow, one of ENR's 2019 national Top 20 Under 40 winners.
Our 2022 class of Top Young Professionals (in alphabetical order by first name) are named below. Please be sure to read more about these rising young leaders in the February 14 issue of ENR Texas & Louisiana.
Congratulations!
Chris Boyd
Deputy Practice Leader - Water/Reuse Treatment
Plummer Associates Inc.
Fort Worth
Taylor Dawson
Senior Vice President
Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc.
San Antonio
Tupac de la Cruz
Owner and Founder
Roofing Solutions
Prairieville, La.
Southern Ellis
Vice President. Architect & Senior Medical Planner
HKS Inc.
Dallas
Stephanie Guillot
Sr. Planning Manager
AECOM
Houston
Christine Knox
Innovation Manager, Bechtel Energy
Bechtel
Houston
Erin Kueht
Principal, Project Manager
Walter P Moore
Houston
Sarah McEwen
Water Resource Manager
AECOM
Jackson, Miss.
Paula Monaco
Project Manager and NW Wastewater Assistant Team Lead
Plummer Associates Inc.
Fort Worth
Alex Morales
Market Development: Structural Steel Specialist
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Houston
Angel Rivera
Project Manager
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT)
Round Rock, Texas
Erin Rooney
Coastal Project Manager
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Metairie, La.
Hossein Roshani
Project Manager
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN)
Austin
Dave Wallace
Project Director
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc.
Dallas
Angie Weyant
Craft People Practices Leader
DPR Construction
Austin
Adam White
Aviation Operations Manager
Garver
Rogers, Ark.
Todd Wynne
Chief Innovation Officer
Rogers-O'Brien Construction
Dallas
Jeffrey Chasdon Yates
Senior Manager, Marketing Communications, Central Region
WSP USA
Houston
Bobby Youngblood
Director of Engineering
PCL Industrial Construction Co.
Katy, Texas
Chad Yount
Area Manager
Sundt Construction
San Antonio
