ENR California & Northwest are pleased to announced this year's Top Young Professionals from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington!

This annual awards program honors individuals under 40 years of age in each of ENR's 10 regions who have shown extraordinary leadership and service throughout their careers.

 

In the California and Northwest regions, entrants were 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 judging panel for all their efforts in identifying the honorees:

• Mannie Barnes, Guy F. Atkinson Construction
• Michael Boomsma, Cordova Corp.
• Wendy MacLeod, Turner Construction Co.
• Eric Solem, Exxel Pacific

Winners from the 10 regions are automatically entered into ENR's National Top 20 Under 40 contest. Judging will begin later this fall.

Our 2022 class of Top Young Professionals (in alphabetical order by last name) are listed below. Please be sure to read more about these rising young leaders in the January issue of ENR California & Northwest. Congratulations!

 

AECOM      

Senior Structural Engineer           

Sacramento

 

Kevin Chen            

DPR Construction

Project Executive  

Redwood City, California

 

Elijah Elliott           

Hensel Phelps Construction Co.   

Project Engineer   

Ridgecrest, California

 

Skanska USA Building       

Emerging Technology Manager    

Portland

 

Dakota Gross        

STV            

Transportation and Environmental Planner         

Los Angeles

 

Payman Farrokhyar          

Total-Western       

President   

Paramount, California

 

Snehal Kadam       

HNTB Corporation

Senior Structural Project Engineer           

Los Angeles

 

Irfan Kalhoro         

AECOM      

Senior Construction Manager      

Orange, California

 

Tanmaya Kala       

DPR Construction

Project Executive  

San Jose, California

 

Plant Construction Co.      

Project Manager/Partner

San Francisco

 

Patrick Kirby          

Webcor     

Senior Vice President, General Counsel   

San Francisco

 

Joseph Louis          

Oregon State University   

Assistant Professor and RC Wilson Faculty Scholar         

Corvallis, Oregon

 

Pablo Lorenzo       

Burns & McDonnell          

Global Facilities Group Manager in California      

Brea, California

 

David Robert Ojala            

Thornton Tomasetti          

Vice President       

San Francisco

 

Alicia Loh Ortiz      

DPR Construction

Project Manager Sr.          

Newport Beach, California

 

DPR Construction

Project Executive  

Seattle

 

Ellen Quigley         

Clark Construction Group

Project Executive  

Seattle

 

Veronica Siranosian          

AECOM      

Vice President, Digital Director, US West Region            

Oakland, California

 

Karam Singh          

HDR           

Project Manager   

Bellevue, Washington

 

Angie Sommer      

ZFA Structural Engineers  

Associate Principal            

San Francisco

 

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority       

Project Controls Manager

Venice, California

 

Jason Tuerk           

Clark Construction Group

Senior Superintendent     

San Diego, California

 

Diego de Veyga     

Myers & Sons Construction          

Senior Project Manager    

Concord, California

 

Justin Waguespack           

Skanska USA Civil West    

Operational Vice President           

Los Angeles

 

Leila Zheng            

HDR           

Bridge Engineer    

Olympia, Washington