ENR Midwest is pleased to announce its 2023 Top Young Professionals. These 20 individuals under the age of 40 were selected based on their talent, leadership and service in the AEC industry.
Regional winners will move forward for consideration in the national round of judging, which will decide ENR’s 2023 Top 20 Under 40. The national winners will be celebrated at ENR’s annual Top Young Professionals Conference, which will be held March 8-10 in New Orleans.
A special thank you to our judges: Marcus Thompson of Skanska USA Building Inc., Emily Hyland of HDR Inc., Jason Carmello of POPULOUS, Jennifer Pangborn of WSP USA, and Islam El-Adaway of the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Congratulations to the winners!
2023 ENR Midwest Top Young Professionals
Randall Beck
Senior Project Manager
Shook Construction
Brecksville, Ohio
Ryan Bauman
Transit Section Manager
HDR Engineering Inc.
St. Louis Park, Minn.
Christie Brinkman
Director, Design-Build
Castle Contracting
St. Louis
Muralikrishna Chelupati
Senior Associate/Civil Engineer
Stantec
Cleveland
Laron Evans
Business Diversity Director
Transmission and Distributions Group
Burns & McDonnell
Kansas City, Mo.
Tori Gillespie
Director of Operations/Healthcare
Ross & Baruzzini
St. Louis
Paul Graves
Senior Mechanical Engineer
CMTA
Prospect, Ky.
Jonathon Jackson
Project Architect
Ghafari Associates Inc.
Dearborn, Mich.
Shane Jefferies
Director of Information Technology
Milhouse Engineering and Construction
Chicago
Megan A. McDonald
Senior Engineer for Planning
WSP USA
Chicago
Marcus Taylor
Vice President
Gray
Lexington, Ky.
Scott Rahn
Vice President, Industrial Business Unit
Clayco
St. Louis
Shelby Rizzi
Sr. Safety, Health and Environmental Analyst
AECOM
Indianapolis
Jenell Schroeder
Senior Director
AECOM Hunt
Chicago
Leanne Skuse
President
River City Construction
East Peoria
Mike Swanson
Vice President/Managing Principal
Ross & Baruzzini
St. Louis
Michelle Sweeney
Transportation/CRS Department Leader
AECOM
Waterloo, Iowa
Steven Uecke
CEO
REX Engineering/REX Construction
Naperville
Cory White
Chief Legal Officer
Milhouse Engineering and Construction
Chicago
Nichole Witushynsky
Bridge Design Engineer/Senior Consultant
WSP USA
St; Louis
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