2019 Rising Star: Jian Li
Chair’s Council Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Li is a Chair’s Council Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at...
2019 Rising Star: Ali Ashrafi
Associate Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
Ashrafi joined Thornton Tomasetti in 2006 and is now an associate principal with extensive experience in structural design, investigation and demolition,...
2019 Rising Star: Abelardo A. Salinas
Associate Vice President; Chief Innovation Officer, LNV, Inc.
LNV’s first ever CIO. Salinas is responsible for leading and carrying out a critical component of the...
2019 Rising Star: Jeff Roman
Partner, Engineering Practice Leader, Little
Roman has led the Engineering Practice at Little to six years of profitable growth, quadrupling staff and revenue while expanding...
2019 Rising Star: Cheryl Bornheimer-Kelley
Design Engineer, McClure
In her eight-year career, Bornheimer-Kelley has been involved in many projects, large and small, demonstrating increasing project responsibility. A few highlighted projects...
2019 Rising Star: Lee Daigle
Senior Project Manager, Cornerstone Environmental Group, A Tetra Tech Company
Daigle is a project manager with 12 years of experience in the landfill gas industry....
2019 Rising Star: Laura Casset
Associate, Floodplain Management and Project Funding Specialist, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN)
Casset has more than a decade of experience serving public clients in...
2019 Rising Star: Todd Abrams
Principal-in-Charge, Civil Engineering, WT Group
Abrams joined WT Group right out of college as a Project Designer. He rose through the ranks to Project Manager...
2019 Rising Star: Steven Abendschein
Senior Principal, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Abendschein has always been a driven individual. It is this drive that put him on the leadership fast track...
