2025 EEA Judges and EEA Committee & EEA Gala Sponsors
ACEC thanks the 2025 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) Judges and EEA Committee members for their time and dedication to this year’s competition.
2025 EEA JUDGES
Amanda Rogers
Chief Judge
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Norwalk, CT
Julie Allen
LA Sanitation and Environment
Los Angeles, CA
Dina Aryan-Zahlan
Port of Los Angeles
San Pedro, CA
Matthew J. Bandelt
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Luciana Burdi
Massachusetts Port Authority
East Boston, MA
David Carol
American Public Transportation Association
Washington, DC
Anthony “Tony” Davit
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Orlando, FL
Hanif Drzal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Baltimore District Chief, Engineering Branch
Washington, DC
James Fallon
Connecticut Department of Transportation
Newington, CT
John W. Fleming
Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance
Brunson, SC
Marshall T. Hampton
City of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, FL
Richard Kenney
District Department of Transportation
Washington, DC
Lisa Klein
Metropolitan Transportation Commission and
Association of Bay Area Governments
San Francisco, CA
Lori Lange
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Nashville, TN
Blaine Leonard
Utah Department of Transportation
Salt Lake City, UT
Ian F. Mitchell
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Louisville District
Louisville, KY
Manar Nashif
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Downers Grove, IL
James Nelson
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ames, IA
Parth Oza
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Trenton, NJ
Meg Pirkle
Georgia Department of Transportation
Atlanta, GA
Matt Preedy
Sound Transit
Seattle, WA
Greg Schieber
Kansas Department of Transportation
Topeka, KS
Catherine Sheridan
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority / MTA Bridges and Tunnels
New York, NY
Leonard “Lenny” P. Singh
Ameren Illinois
Collinsville, IL
Shannon Spence
Prince William Water
Woodbridge, VA
Mark Studt
Montana Department of Transportation
Helena, MT
Steve Travia
DuPage County Division of Transportation
Wheaton, IL
Scott Turnbow
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, TN
Nathan Yokoyama
Charleston County Aviation Authority
Awendaw, SC
James D. Young
Division of Design and Construction
Columbus, OH
2025 EEA COMMITTEE
Nancy A. Gruwell
Chair
HDR
Omaha, NE
Mauri Riesenberg
Vice Chair
STV
Franklin, TN
Kasey Anderson
ACEC Tennessee
Nashville, TN
Andrew J. Ciancia
Langan
New York, NY
Amy J. Collins
GFT
Camp Hill, PA
Jeffrey Druckman
Bowman
Lisle, IL
Matthew P. Hirst
Horrocks
Salt Lake City, UT
Andrew Keaschall
Benesch
Chicago, IL
Melvin Williams
Terracon
Charleston, SC
Theresia Christanti
ACEC
Washington, DC
2025 EEA gALA SPONSORS
ACEC thanks the following companies for their generous sponsorship and support of the 2025 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala.
DIAMOND
ACEC Retirement Trust
HDR
AFTER-PARTY
AECOM
EMERALD
ARUP
GFT
Halff
HNTB
