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