The Best Young Professionals of 2027 from the ENR Western Region have been selected!
More than 100 nominees from across the region were evaluated by this year’s panel of judges, and a total of 30 professionals under the age of 40 were chosen for recognition. ENR West includes California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii and Alaska.
This year’s jury included:
- Mannie Barnes, Construction Manager, Guy F. Atkinson
- Michael Boomsma, senior vice president of education and facilities, Cordoba Corp.
- Diego de Veyga, US director of Contractor Delivery, Hatch
- Ryan Gallagher, Director, MKN
- Lauren Nunnaly, Swinerton’s Chief Administrative Officer
- Paul Pendergast, founder of BuildOut California
- Michelle Rabinovich, Director of Preconstruction, KPRS
Judges did not score applications from people who worked at the same company or with whom they had conflicts of interest.
Each honoree will appear in the first issue of ENR West in 2027, detailing their achievements and careers to date. Winners from all five regions are automatically entered into ENR’s National Top 20 Under 40 contest.
Below are the top young professionals of ENR West 2027 in alphabetical order. Congratulations to the winners!
ENR West’s Best Regional Young Professionals of 2027
Andy Adrien
The PENTA Construction Group
Irvine, California
Alyssa Agustin
GHD
Honolulu
Stefanie Rae Arizabal
DuBois Consultants Inc.
Oakland, California
Kevin Aswegan
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Seattle
Shishi Chen
Bechtel Corporation
Riverside, California
Monica Chhatwanit
DPR construction
Seattle
Trevor Coffey
HITT recruitment
The Second, Calif.
Chelsea Covet
WE O’Neil Construction
Irvine, California
Hunter Cuave
Performance Contracting, Inc.
Anaheim, California
Mason Dhannes
Goodfellow Bros.
Wenatchee, Wash.
Priscilla Gonzalez
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
los angeles
Monica Iannone
Swinerton Builders
San Diego
Rajan Jha
Amazon
Bellevue, Wash.
Michelle Keyser
Hensel Phelps
Irvine, California
Vigor Corder
Jacobs
los angeles
Joyce Mdananebari Obuso Lewis
Jacobs
San Francisco
Travis Lewis
Center for Engineering Naval Installations and Expeditionary Warfare
Port Hueneme, California
Matt MacKinnon
Kiewit
Bremerton, Washington.
Pooja Mahajan
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
los angeles
Bianca Mintz
AECOM
Honolulu
Damion Morris
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
los angeles
Christine O’Brien
Wood Rodgers
Roseville, California
Babatunde Onadele Jr.
core
San Jose, California
John Pollock
Kimley-Horn
Temecula, California
Vidhi Sachdeva
AECOM
Seattle
Kirby Sicherman
Burns and McDonnell
los angeles
Ranu Singh
NBBJ
Seattle
Pierre Tumpach
Turner Construction Co.
San Diego
Joe VanMilligan
Hensel Phelps
Torrence, California
Raymond Younger
MP Nextlevel
Prineville, Ore.
