General Session Keynote Speakers Bruce Mehlman Strategist · Political Analyst Jake Wood Veteran · Humanitarian · Entrepreneur Jeff Flake Former U.S. Ambassador · Former U.S. Senator · Global Affairs Leader Josh Linkner Entrepreneur · Author · Innovation Expert Phil Hansen Artist · Author · Innovator Featured General Session Speakers & Panelists Alyson Watson Board Member ACEC Research Institute Dan Larson Chair Elect 2025-2026 ACEC Daphne Bryant Executive Director ACEC Research Institute Dave Bender Vice President, Political Affairs ACEC Derek Clyburn, PE Chair-Elect 2026-2027 ACEC Diana O’Lare Vice President, Market Intelligence ACEC Gregory Kelly CEO STV, Inc Joe Bates Senior Research Consultant ACEC Research Institute Linda Bauer Darr President & CEO ACEC Paul S. Chinowsky Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder Steve Hall Executive Vice President | Advocacy ACEC Thomas Grogan Chief Economist ACEC Education & Partner Session Speakers Adam Perillo, PLA Principal Kimley-Horn Adrienne L. Johnson Deputy Chief People Officer North County Transit District Andy Rahden Chief Revenue Officer Bentley Systems Anna Seekins, JD April Rai Bill Ashworth President & CEO VHB Brad Wilson Director, Transition Advisory Stambaugh Ness Brandye Hendrickson Brock M. Storrusten Chief Strategy Officer WithersRavenel Chad Sanderson CxO UniversalContext / DeepHumanX Chandra Storrusten CEO Visible Value Cindy Pries, PE Vice President Carollo Engineers Courtney Salati Managing Partner, MPact Partners MPact Partners, LLC Dan Allwardt Principal KPFF Dennis Boone President slashBlue Elizabeth Rudolph Vice President, General Counsel Pennoni Emily Luster, Esq., ENV SP President Luster National, Inc. Glenn Muzyka Director TSMC Holly Buck, PE President Felsburg Holt & Ullevig Issy Greenslade Co-Founder & CPO Structured AI J. Jordan Wilson Director of Business Development, Corporate Tax Advisors, Inc. (CTA) Corporate Tax Advisors, Inc. (CTA) James Augustyn Senior Vice President Austin Commercial Jane Rozga PE, EJCDC Chairwoman GHD Inc. Janie Tiedeman, PE Senior Vice President | Infrastructure RS&H Javier A. Baldor Chief Executive Officer BST Global Jim Heydorn Principal/Vice President and Project Delivery Director Freese and Nichols Jim Rogers Founder & CEO Impellor Group Jordan Green Senior Legal Counsel - U.S. GHD Julie A. Daniel Justin Butterfield Director of Digital Infrastructure GPD Group Kate Golden SVP, General Counsel Mortenson Keith Foxx, PE President & CEO FOXXSTEM Kevin J. McMahon Krishna Powell Founder & CEO HR 4 Your Small Biz, LLC. Laura Merryfield Project Leader, Infrastructure Partners for Public Good Lisa M. Robert, PE Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors RS&H Masai Lawson Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition GFT Infrastructure Melanie Oliver Partner MPact Partners Mike Woeber, CPA Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Corporate Tax Advisors, Inc. (CTA) Corporate Tax Advisors, Inc. (CTA) Nicola Ianeselli Sr. Director of Technology ChenMoore Qiana McKoy Manager, Infrastructure and Mobility Equity HNTB Corporation Radha Krishna Swayampakala PDO RS&H Simon Gandica Sr. Director - PMO Smith Seckman Reid, Inc Skot Waldron Communication Strategist GiANT Staci Brinson Loss Prevention Education AXA XL Tahra Porterfield Senior Claims Specialists, J.D. AXA XL Traver Jones, PE Project Manager Kimley-Horn Veronica Siranosian SVP, Transportation Business Line Lead AECOM
