The PENTA Building Group

ENR West 2027 Top Young Pro Andy Adrian with The PENTA Building Group takes part in topping out ceremony for Esperanza Hills Regional Park in Los Angeles County.

The 2027 Top Young Professionals from ENR’s West region have been selected! 

This year’s team of judges evaluated more than 100 candidates from across the region, 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 panel of judges included:

• Mannie Barnes, construction manager, Guy F. Atkinson
• Michael Boomsma, senior vice president, education and facilities, Cordoba Corp.
• Diego de Veyga, US director for Contractor Delivery, Hatch
• Ryan Gallagher, principal, MKN
• Lauren Nunnally, chief administrative officer, Swinerton
• Paul Pendergast, founder of BuildIT California
• Michelle Rabinovich, director of preconstruction, KPRS

Judges did not score applications from individuals working at the same firm or with whom they had any conflicts of interest.

Each awardee will be featured in the first issue of ENR West in 2027, detailing their successes and careers so far. Winners from the five regions are automatically entered into ENR's National Top 20 Under 40 contest.

The 2027 ENR West Top Young Professionals are listed below in alphabetical order. Congratulations to the winners!

ENR West's 2027 Regional Top Young Professionals

Andy Adrien
The PENTA Building Group
Irvine, Calif.

Alyssa Agustin
GHD
Honolulu

Stefanie Rae Arizabal
DuBois Consultants Inc.
Oakland, Calif

Kevin Aswegan
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Seattle

Shishi Chen
Bechtel Corporation
Riverside, Calif.

Monica Chhatwani
DPR Construction
Seattle

Trevor Coffey
HITT Contracting
El Segundo, Calif.

Chelsea Covate
W.E. O'Neil Construction
Irvine, Calif.

Hunter Cuave
Performance Contracting, Inc.
Anaheim, Calif.

Mason Dhanens
Goodfellow Bros.
Wenatchee, Wash.

Priscilla Gonzalez
Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
Los Angeles

Monika Iannone
Swinerton Builders
San Diego

Rajan Jha
Amazon
Bellevue, Wash.

Michelle Keyser
Hensel Phelps
Irvine, Calif.

Vigor Lam
Jacobs
Los Angeles

Joyce Mdananebari Obuso Lewis
Jacobs
San Francisco

Travis Lewis
Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
Port Hueneme, Calif.

Matt MacKinnon
Kiewit
Bremerton, Wash.

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, Calif.

Babatunde Onadele Jr.
Core
San Jose, Calif.

John Pollock
Kimley-Horn
Temecula, Calif.

Vidhi Sachdeva
AECOM
Seattle

Kirby Sicherman
Burns & McDonnell
Los Angeles

Ranu Singh
NBBJ
Seattle

Pierre Tumpach
Turner Construction Co.
San Diego

Joe VanMilligan
Hensel Phelps
Torrence, Calif.

Raymond Younger
MP Nexlevel
Prineville, Ore.

C.J. Schexnayder is the Editor of ENR West. He has contributed to ENR's coverage of the construction industry for more than a decade. His work has focused on major projects, industry trends and emerging technology. He previously was the South America correspondent for the magazine based in Lima, Peru. During that time, he covered numerous large-scale infrastructure projects across the region including the Third Lane Expansion of the Panama Canal. In addition, CJ has been an award-winning newspaper reporter in Southern California, Texas and Louisiana.