From saving lives to saving the environment, ENR Newsmakers being recognized for 2019 worked to improve the construction industry and benefit the public.

Based on stories published in print and online last year, these 25 outstanding individuals were chosen by the editors of ENR for their newsmaking achievements—advocating for diversity, fostering collaboration, envisioning the future, fighting against abuse and rising to the challenge in the toughest of situations.

They work in the public and private sectors, in the U.S. and abroad, and for employers of all sizes. But they have in common the spirit to go beyond their day jobs to give back in many different ways.

Among those featured in the links below, one individual has been chosen to receive the Award of Excellence, ENR’s highest honor. That yet-to-be-revealed person, and all of the newsmakers, will be celebrated at a black-tie gala on April 2 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City.

We hope you will join us!

John Abrera
Smart Utilities Application Lead
Brown and Caldwell
Atlanta

Glenn Bell
Co-Director
CROSS-US
Boston

Robert Bradshaw
President and CEO
Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia Inc.
Richmond, Va.

Gerald "Jerry" Buckwalter
Chief Operating and Strategy Officer
American Society of Civil Engineers
Reston, Va.

Jacob Christensen
CEO
PASCHAL-Danmark A/S
Aarhus, Denmark

Timmy Couvillion
CEO
Couvillion Group LLC
Belle Chasse, La.

Ryan Keith Cox
Account Clerk
Virginia Beach Dept. of Public Utilities
Virginia Beach, Va.

Jack Dangermond
Founder and President
Esri
Redlands, Calif.

Sam Hassoun
Founder and President
GLA Corp.
Sacramento, Calif.

Doug Houseman
Principal Consultant
1898 & Co.
Plymouth, Mich.

Adam Jones
Founder and CEO
The Erection Co. Inc.
Seattle

Bruce King
Founder and Director
Ecological Building Network
Marin County, Calif.

John B. Lavelle
President and CEO, Offshore Wind
GE Renewable Energy
Nantes, France

Cris B. Liban
Chief Sustainability Officer
LA Metro
Los Angeles

Marc Mattox
Public Works Director/Town Engineer
Town of Paradise
Paradise, Calif.

Jim McLamb
Regional Operations Officer and Senior Vice President
Clark Construction Group
San Francisco

Robert Österdahl
COO and Health & Safety Director
Södertörn Construction Group AB
Skogås, Sweden

Gary Panariello
Managing Director
Thornton Tomasetti
San Francisco

Chad Ratkovich
Senior Project Manager
The Beaver Excavating Co.
Canton, Ohio

Christina Riley
Senior Planner and Vice Chair, Kier LGBT+ & Allies Network
Kier Group
London

Moshe Safdie
Founder
Safdie Architects
Boston

Kate Simonen
Founding Director
Carbon Leadership Forum, University of Washington
Seattle

Tom Sorley
Executive Chairman
Rosendin
San Jose, Calif.

Danny Speight
President and Principal Structural Engineer
Speight Marshall & Francis
Virginia Beach, Va.

Jim Tymon
Executive Director
American Assn. of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Washington, D.C.