Photo courtesy of Alberici Constructors
After 2025 tornadoes devastated parts of St. Louis, Austin Davis of Alberici Constructors, (left), coordinated recovery efforts in initiative organized by the local contracting community.
The 2027 class of ENR Midwest Top Young Professionals has been chosen. The recognition program, held annually by all of ENR’s Regional Editions, recognizes young industry professionals, all under 40, who are achieving excellence in their professional lives by exhibiting qualities of leadership, career progress, rapid experience and community involvement.
The judges for this year’s contest were each former Top Young Pros. They are: Emily Hyland of HDR, Inc.; Abbas Kachwalla of AECOM; Cavin Berube of Moore Engineering, Nicole Franklin of Bechtel and Shannon Zlab of Hoefer Welker.
Judges were not allowed to judge applications from their own companies.
Congratulations to this year’s awardees who will each be profiled in detail in the January 2027 edition of ENR Midwest.
They are:
Emma Albers
Kimley-Horn
Warrenville, Ill.
Paru Baranwal
City of Ames, Iowa
Ames, Iowa
Sangeeta Bhattacharjee
City of Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Kans.
Tiffany Cartwright
Walter P Moore
Kansas City, Mo.
Austin Davis
Alberici Constructors
St. Louis, Mo.
Laura Drescher
Burns & McDonnell
Kansas City, Mo.
Peter Ernzen
IMEG
Urbandale, Iowa
Bryan Hafertepe
Connico
Hebron, Ky.
Zach Lang
McCownGordon Construction
Kansas City, Mo.
Kerry Lorts
S.M. Wilson & Co.
Edwardsville, Ill.
Brady Meister
Wold Architects and Engineers
Minneapolis, Minn.
Andrew Milkey
Ideal Contracting
Detroit, Mich.
Tony Nalli
Burns & McDonnell
Chicago
Eric Nickeson
JE Dunn Construction
Kansas City, Mo.
Holden Orler
ARCO/Murray
Downers Grove, ILL.
Vatsal Shah
ANS
Columbus, Ohio
Mac Sullivan
ARCO/Murray
Chicago
Kevin Vivo
Conti Federal
Ellsworth Air Force Base, near Box Elder, S.D.
Andrew Voorhis
Bechtel
Johnston, Ohio
Megan Zak
HGA
Milwaukee, Wis.
Source: www.enr.com
