2024 GWIC Speakers
Kim Altsuler
Partner
Peckar & Abramson P.C.
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Carmen Autry
President
NTD Mechanical
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Tenille Bettenhausen
Client Success Manager
Symetri US
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Scott Blair
Editor-in-Chief
Engineering News-Record
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Kara Boyles, Ph.D., P.E.
City Engineer, Division of Engineering
City of South Bend, Indiana
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Giovanna Brasfield
CEO and Principal Consultant
Brasfield and Associates LLC
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Rachel Brown
Owner & CEO
Rachel Brown Homes
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Sarah Buchner, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
Trunk Tools
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Laura Ceja
Special Representative for Training and Outreach
United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA)
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Aileen Cho
Senior Transportation Editor
Engineering News-Record
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Angela Connor
Partner
Peckar & Abramson PC
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Jen Cooper
Project Manager
DPR Construction
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Karina Delcourt
Strategic Initiatives Manager
ETRO Construction Ltd
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Mackenzie Dias
Project Manager/NAWIC LA Board Member
Precision Construction Services
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Jennifer Downey
Director, Environmental Social Governance
Turner Construction Co.
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Rubiena Duarte
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Procore
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Nikki Ellenwood
Industry Solution Executive, Engineering Construction
Oracle
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Ann Esbeck
Chief Innovation Officer
Bechtel
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Shelley Finnigan
Associate Dean for Master’s and Professional Education
Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering
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Melinda Gentile
Of Counsel
Peckar & Abramson P.C.
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Randy Goruk
CEO
The Randall Wade Group, LLC
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Jennifer Harris
Partner
Peckar & Abramson P.C.
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Mai Hattar
Assistant Group Manager, Engineering
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
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Irish Horsey, Ph.D.
Director of Industry Advancement, Procore.org
Procore Technologies Inc.
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Vicky Hoyt, Ph.D.
Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental
Colas Inc.
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Natasha Ikponmwonba
Senior Associate and CM/PM
Anchor
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Amy Imamura
Director of Economic Impact & Transformation
Los Angeles World Airports
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Chrissy Ingram, CAE
Executive Director
National Association of Women in Construction
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Andrea Janzen
Founder & CEO
Ambition Theory
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Valerie Jimenez
Executive Director
National Association of Women in Construction
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Lisa Kelly
CEO
Intentional Solutions
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Andra Kidd
CEO
Spheros Environmental
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Megan Knoch-Dohlin
Director of Strategy-Green Hydrogen
Mortenson
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Lynne Lees
Communications Manager
KYA
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Kabri Lehrman-Schmid
Project Superintendent
Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
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David Lincoln
Senior Vice President
Rosendin
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Carol Mak
Director of Gas Control and System Planning
Southern California Gas Co.
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Cassandra Manansala
Skanska USA, Inc.
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Ashleigh Marshall
Associate Director
Delta Consulting Group
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Caryn Maxfield
Senior Vice President
American Global
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Stephanie McDonald
Senior Human Resources Manager
Precision Construction Services
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Rashmi Menon
Vice President and General Manager, California
Burns & McDonnell
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Christine Merdon
CEO/President
Merdon Strategies
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Margaret Montgomery
LFA Principal
NBBJ
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Tina Mudd
Resource Manager
Granite
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Meirav Oren
Co-founder & Executive Chair
Versatile
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Greg Patzer
Vice President, Project Management & Construction
Arevon Energy
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Danielle Paulson
Director of Leader Development
Mortenson
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Brigitte Perera
Senior Associate
Exponent
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Michelle Peterson
Construction Director
Walmart
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Olivia Pittman, PMP, PSP, CCM
Associate Director
Delta Consulting Group
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Valerie Roberts
Chief Operating Officer
Longview Fusion Energy Systems
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Amanda Rogers
Deputy Chief Engineer
Port Authority of NY & NJ
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Debra K. Rubin
Editor-at-Large/Management Business and Workforce
Engineering News-Record
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Andrea Rutledge
President and CEO
CMAA
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Jinous Samii-Saremi
Vice President / Southern California Area Manager
Vanir
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Nancy Schnee
Senior Vice President
American Global
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Jennifer Seward
Editor, ENR Mountain States
Engineering News-Record
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Megan Seybuck
Senior Marketing Manager
Peckar & Abramson P.C.
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Cassy Smith
Project Manager
The PENTA Building Group
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Alejandra Spray
CEO & President
Hispanic Contractors of Colorado
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Eric Stenman
U.S. President and CEO
Balfour Beatty
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Allie Sutton, SHRM-SCP
VP, HR Construction Operations
Granite
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Michelle Thompson
Senior Consultant
FMI Corp.
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Jennifer Todd
President
LMS General Contractors
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Janice L. Tuchman
Executive Editor, Events
Engineering News-Record
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Krista Twesme
Sr. Vice President
Mortenson
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Krysta Van Ranst
CEO and Founder
Building PPL
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Lisa Washington
Executive Director and CEO
Design-Build Institute of America
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Jennifer Wilkerson
Vice President of Innovation and Advancement
National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
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Sarah Vakili
Director of Business Planning and Strategy
Skanska USA Building Inc.
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Katrina von Kamrath
Area Controls/Surety
Zachry Construction
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Stacey Yee
Director of Design and Construction
U.S. General Services Administration
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Alisa Zevin
Economics Editor
Engineering News-Record
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