ARTBA-Foundation Hosts Annual Young Executive Development Program
Nearly three dozen transportation design and construction industry “rising stars” came to the nation’s capital May 24-27 to participate in the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Young Executive Development Program (YEDP). The intensive four-day program educates future association leaders about the impact the federal government has on the industry and the role that ARTBA plays in shaping transportation policy in Congress and the executive branch.
The YEDP included sessions on the federal legislative and regulatory issues as well as briefings on environmental and highway funding policies. Participants met with industry experts, attended advocacy briefings with their member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and met with legal, ethics, environmental and highway finance experts. The YEDP class also held a “Lessons from the C-Suite” forum with Terex Corporation Chairman Ron DeFeo who shared his thoughts about leadership and offered his keys to career success in the transportation construction industry.
Participants in the program included:
- Matt Ade, project manager, Judlau Contracting, College Point, N.Y.
- Bret M. Anderson, regional business manager, 3M Traffic Safety Systems Division, Hastings, Minn.
- Brent Bergin, senior project construction engineer, CH2M HILL, Inc., Englewood, Colo.
- Brett A. Brenize, senior project manager, section manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Camp Hill, Pa.
- Chris Burke, deputy project manager, Granite Construction Company, Inc., Eddyville, Ore.
- Karen Burquest, marketing manager, 3M Traffic Safety Systems Division, St. Paul, Minn.
- Christopher E. Coleman, project manager, IEW Construction Group, Inc., Trenton, N.J.
- William Conlon, principal engineer, Ammann & Whitney, Edgewood, Md.
- Chase Cox, project manager, Corman Construction, Inc., Annapolis Junction, Md.
- Chris Deane, senior project manager, Granite Construction Company, Inc., Everett, Wash.
- Alan R. Eckman, department and business development manager, AECOM, Denver, Colo.
- James Farina, project engineer, Judlau Contracting, College Point, N.Y.
- Mathew B. Fielding, office manager, Terracon Consultants, Inc., Boise, Idaho
- Chris S. Goss, controller, Hoffman Construction Company, River Falls, Wis.
- Mary Katherine Harbin, area manager, Maymead, Inc., Statesville, N.C.
- Louis B. Imbroto, manager of policy & government affairs, Long Island Contractors' Association, Hauppauge, N.Y.
- Brock LaForty, southeast planning manager, STV Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
- Christopher Massmann, project manager, Kiewit Southern Co., Tampa, Fla.
- Jennifer Mitchell, principal consultant, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., Washington, D.C.
- Michael A. Norris, construction manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., Tuckerton, N.J.
- Michael A. Perrotta, project manager, planning supervisor, AECOM, Baltimore, Md.
- J. Alex Rosser, project manager, Michael Baker Engineering, Inc., Greensboro, N.C.
- Scott M. Shimko, project manager, Borton-Lawson, Wilkes Barre, Pa.
- Ryan Snow, senior project manager, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., Alameda, Calif.
- Elizabeth M. Tatro, director external programs, Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association, Itasca, Ill.
- John P.G. Thompson, executive manager, Thompson Machinery, Memphis, Tenn.
- Sean Andre Tihal, project manager, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., New York, N.Y.
- John Michael White, business development manager, Prince Contracting, LLC, Tampa, Fla.
- Mary Wright, project engineer, Wright Brothers Construction Co., Inc., Charleston, Tenn.
- Danielle Yearsley, transportation geographic operations manager, CH2M HILL, Inc., Englewood, Colo.
- Elizabeth Young, senior supervising transportation planner, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., San Diego, Calif.
Established in 1902, ARTBA is the voice of the U.S. transportation construction industry in the Nation’s Capital.
The ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) was established in 1985 as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt entity to promote research, education and public awareness. It supports an array of initiatives, including educational scholarships, awards, roadway work zone safety and training programs, special economic reports and a national exhibition on transportation.