DBIA-SW Regional Conference Speakers

Dana Pomeroy, DBIA, AIA, LEED AP

National Director of Design Management, Division Vice President

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company & DBIA 2024 National Board Chair

Pierre Grosdidier

Senior Assistant County Attorney

Harris County Attorney's Office

Zafar “Zaf” Tahir, B.S.E.E., M.B.A., J.D.

Commissioner of Planning & Airports

City of Houston

John Barnes, LEED® AP

Client Executive

Tellepsen

Ross Bowman

Senior Vice President & Program Manager

Bowman Engineering & Consulting, Inc.

Robert Cowen

Project Director

Design-Build Division of Jacobs Engineering Group

Todd Fisher

Vice President

Reytec Construction Resources

Nils Gransberg, Ph.D., AC, A.M.ASCE

Vice President of Operations

Gransberg & Associates, Inc.

John Hawkins

Partner

Porter Hedges LLP

Kevin Kellerman, P.E.

Project Manager

Clarkson Construction Company

Kristen Kupperman

Vice President of Design, Construction, and Facilities

Texas Medical Center

Timothy Matheny

Managing Partner, Dallas Office

Peckar & Abramson, P.C.

Jon Mindrup

Principal, Architecture, Dallas

The Beck Group

Atul Raj

President

Rava Construction

Angela Taylor, MHRM, CNE, CNC

Executive Director

Construction Career Collaborative

Amy Wolfshohl

Partner

Porter Hedges LLP

Lisa Washington, CAE

Executive Director/CEO

Design Build Institute of America

Markos Mengesha, PE, CCM, ENV SP

Assistant Director

Houston Public Works Capital Projects

DeWayne Ables

Founder and President

Pioneer IQ

George Baños

Head of Sales

Rugged Robotics

Lynnsee Boyse

Senior Project Manager

JE Dunn Construction

Andrew Earhart

Project Executive

The Beck Group

Jacob Freeman

Houston Sales Manager

BuildingPoint Central

Chad Hall, P.E.

Design Manager

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Stefanie Jordan, PMP, LEED AP

SVP, Houston PDS Market Lead

JLL

Andy Kennedy

Associate Principal

The Beck Group

Randy Landers

Director of Business Development

Speed Fab-Crete

Sean McChristian

Partner

Porter Hedges LLP

Matt Norberg

Associate Technical Designer

Gensler

F. Sabir, AIA, LEED AP. NCARB

Principal

FS Group Architects

Peter Wells

Attorney

Cokinos | Young

Lindsay Wood, PE

Executive Vice President of Engineering & Construction

Austin Transit Partnership

Grady Mapes, P.E.

Transportation Engineer

TXDOT

Charles Pulliam

CEO and Senior Partner

Solushiens

Manjiri Akalkotkar, AIA

Vice President of Program Delivery

VIA Metropolitan Transit

Robert Beck

Business Partner Manager

HP Construction Services

Stephanie Cook

Attorney

Cokinos | Young

Raz Ezra

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships

4M Analytics

Douglas Gransberg, PhD, P.E., DBIA

President

Gransberg & Associates, Inc.

Brett Harding, P.E., MBA

Construction Project Manager

Burns & McDonnell

Ravi Kaleyatodi, P.E.

Senior Assistant Director

City of Houston

Paul Kulseth, P.E.

Assistant Director of Project Management

Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)

Deanna Leggett

Executive Vice President/Chief Development Officer – Development Department

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Brian Miller, AIA, LEED AP

Chief Design Officer

The Beck Group

Will Plato

Senior VDC Manager

Hensel Phelps

Russell Smith

Attorney

Cokinos | Young

Joe Wingerter

Vice President Project Development

Kiewitt