Black & Veatch has named Deepa Poduval, industry expert and senior vice president, as sustainability leader. In this role, she will advance the firm’s sustainability efforts related to the ten principles of the U.N. Global Compact as well as the U.N.’s CEO Water Mandate and its Caring for Climate Pledge. An 18-year veteran of Black & Veatch, Poduval serves as executive sponsor for its employee resource group for women.

Mark Ingram has joined HNTB Corp.in Houston as vice president and project director. Ingram has more than 30 years of traffic and transportation engineering and planning experience in the city and surrounding region. Scott Gorenc has also joined the firm in Dallas as senior design principal for aviation. In this role, he leads design for architecture projects nationwide. Gorenc has more than 15 years’ experience in aviation architecture with a focus on passenger experience and aviation systems innovations.