2015 40 Under 40 winner in alpha order:
CRAIG ABBOTT, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Project Manager
Manhattan Construction Co., Dallas
SAM ALLEN, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Mechanical Engineer
AECOM, Columbus, Ohio
MARCIA ALVARADO, PE
Senior Structural Engineer
Atkins, Tampa, Fla.
EMILY BRIDGES
Marketing Director
Choate Construction Co., Atlanta
MELISSA R. DANIEL, ASSOC. AIA, LEED GA, NOMA
Senior Designer
KCCT Architects, Washington, D.C.
AKILAH W. DARDEN, LEED AP BD+C
Project Executive
TriVersity Construction Group
Indianapolis, Ind.
JILL M. DEICHMANN, AIA, NCARB
Architectural Group Lead
Primera, Chicago
DANIEL J. FILER, PE
Vice President of Business Development
Ferrovial Agroman, US Corp., Austin, Texas
JULIE FRAZIER, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Associate, Medical Planner
Perkins+Will, Dallas
STEPHANIE GUIN, SPHR
The Guin Group
Overland Park, Kan.
JASON HART, Esq.
General Counsel
Vidaris, Inc., New York, N.Y.
CJ HARVEY, LEED AP
Project Manager
Haselden Construction, Centennial, Colo.
BRIDGET S. HENK, PE, LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP
GRAEF, Milwaukee
BLAKE JACKSON, AIA, NCARB, LEED Faculty
Associate/Sustainability Practice Leader
Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Cambridge, Mass.
JOE JOUVENAL, LEED AP BD+C
Vice President of Operations
McCarthy Building Companies, Dallas
BENJAMIN KASDAN, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
Design Director/Senior Designer
KTGY Architecture + Planning, Irvine, Calif.
MICHAEL J. KISCH, AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C
Design Project Manager
University of Minnesota
LUCAS M. KONGER, RA, AIA, NCARB
President
Vintage Archonics, Fort Wayne, Ind.
ELLEN MITCHELL KOZACK, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB
Vice President/Director of Sustainability
HKS, Dallas
JARED KRIEGER, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, RA
Project Architect, Senior Associate
Gensler, Washington, D.C.
ANGUS LEARY
President/General Manager, Northeast Region
Suffolk Construction Co., Boston
LUCAS MALLORY
Manager of Special Projects
PCL Construction, Denver
VIRGINIA E. MARQUARDT, AIA, LEED AP
Senior Associate
DLR Group, Santa Monica, Calif.
BRIAN MCCARTHY
Project Executive
Swinerton Builders, San Diego
MICK METZGER, LEED AP
Project Director
Pepper Construction Co., Chicago
BRIAN MIRAKIAN
Principal
Populous, Kansas City, Mo.
PETER MULCAHEY, ASHE, LEED AP
Senior Project Executive
Gilbane Building Co., New York, N.Y.
CARL NEIMEYER, PE
Director of Operations
Sabree Inc., Columbia, Md.
TROY OGDEN, CSP, CHST
Corporate Safety Director
Brasfield & Gorrie, Birmingham, Ala.
PETER OUSLEY
Project Executive
Lend Lease, Chicago
BENIQUEZ PALMER
Preconstruction Manager
Choate Interior Construction Co., Atlanta
NICK SERFASS, AIA, CAE, LEED AP, PMP
Executive Director
American Institute of Architecture Students, Washington, D.C.
RACHEL SOWARDS, LEED AP EBO+M
Director
Paladino and Company, Rockville, Md.
USMAN TARIQ, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CEM, PMP
Associate Managing Principal
HDR Architecture, Alexandria, Va.
ANGELA TEMPLIN, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CPMP, CCP
Associate Commissioning Lead and Project Manager
Glumac, Seattle
MONIKA THADHANI, AIA, LEED AP
Senior Associate
VOA Associates, Chicago
LUCAS TRYGGESTAD, AIA, LEED AP
Associate Director, Studio Head and Senior Technical Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Chicago
ANN TRUAIR, LEED GA
Co-founder
Above Glass Ceilings, Dallas
RANDY WALDECK, PE, LEED AP
Principal of Acoustics
CSDA Design Group, San Francisco
EVAN WEREMEYCHIK, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
Principal
Perkins Eastman, New York, N.Y.
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