ENR MidAtlantic’s Top Young Professionals

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TOP YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

This year’s class of talented up-and-comers has made its mark on a variety of

industry sectors and projects BY JUSTIN RICE AND JOHANNA KNAPSCHAEFER

ENR MidAtlantic’s Top Young Professionals

ENR MidAtlantic’s Top Young Pro-

fessionals competition recognizes

employees who have made a strong

impact during the first phases of

their careers. There were more than

30 entries for this year’s competi-

tion from across the region, which

includes Delaware , Mar yland,

Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Vir-

ginia and the District of Columbia.

To be eligible, candidates had

to be younger than 40 as of Jan.

1 and needed to submit online forms about

their experience, education, career and in-

dustry leadership and community service.

Four independent judges were given the dif-

ficult task of choosing this year’s winners. The

judges were: James Deriu, vice president, natural

resources, KCI Technologies Inc.; Kellie Farster,

structural engineer, SK&A Structural Engineers;

Emre Ozcan, vice president and general manager

for Gilbane Building Co.’s Washington, D.C., office;

and Brian Skipper, business development manager,

MidAtlantic district office, Hensel Phelps.

This year’s winners worked on such projects as

the Silver Line Phase 2 in northern Virginia and the

restoration of the William Penn statue atop Phila-

delphia’s City Hall.

All of the honorees spend many hours volunteering

on industry boards and committees. They give back to

their communities, too. Many are committed to pro

bono building and design programs as well as non-

profits and organizations dedicated to teaching young

people about the construction industry.

Continue reading to learn more about this year’s

industry standouts.

LEFT TO RIGHT, STARTING WITH TOP ROW Row One: Evan Antonides, Geoffrey Bean, Lisa Betz, Julie Evans Row Two: Aaron Fletcher,

Eric Hammerschmidt, Douglas L. Heinze, Robert Kudenchak Row Three: Robert Liberato, Ryan McEnroe, Claire Mitchell, Angelina Perryman Row Four:

Silvia Scheuermann, Rajan Shah, Beatrice Spolidoro Row Five: Alex Stadel, Conlan Swope, Kaitlyn Triebl, Catriona Winter, David Young

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EVAN ANTONIDES

Engineer rises through the ranks to

become firm’s youngest VP

Senior Vice President

HITT Contracting Inc.

Falls Church, Va.

Since joining HITT

Contracting, Antonides,

33, has had one of the

fastest-rising careers in

the firm’s history, receiv-

ing four promotions in eight years. In

2016, Antonides became the youngest

vice president ever at HITT.

Antonides is also an original mem-

ber of the company’s technology

team, which became HITT’s largest

business unit sector after its first 10

years in operation.

Antonides has helped to construct

projects totaling more than 3 million

sq ft. He was project executive on the

Northern Virginia Sterling II Data

Center, an ENR MidAtlantic Best

Projects winner in the manufacturing

category. The 30-MW, 220,000-sq-ft

greenfield data center was built in 180

days. In his current position, Antonides

oversees a team that generated more

than $350 million in revenue last year.

One of Antonides’ main charitable con-

tributions involves the Big Build event, an

annual National Building Museum pro-

gram aimed at sparking children’s interest

in construction.

GEOFFREY BEAN

Virtual construction expert leads by

example

Virtual Construction Coordinator

W.M. Jordan Co.

Newport News, Va.

Bean, 31, oversees various

projects, teams, and pro-

cesses through all phases

of construction and man-

ages complex virtual-con-

struction projects.

He has worked on 20 projects to-

taling more than 3.3 million sq ft and

$840 million. Aside from his contri-

butions to W.M. Jordan’s preconstruc-

tion, construction and operations ef-

forts, Bean assists the firm in winning

new business. He also has introduced

and implemented new software plat-

forms to accelerate the development

and growth of the company’s virtual

construction capabilities. He is part

of a five-person team that produced,

implemented and trained all of W.M.

Jordan’s employees on its preconstruc-

tion process.

Bean has volunteered at career-day

events at local high schools. In addi-

tion, he is president of the Tidewater

district of the Associated General Con-

tractors of Virginia. When he served as

the organization’s young leader chair-

man, he doubled the number of mem-

bers and the number of events.

A member of the Virginia Tech Young

Alumni Committee, Bean participates in

on-campus events to encourage students

to go into construction. He also has vol-

unteered for the Chesapeake Bay Foun-

dation, the Wounded Warrior Founda-

tion, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk

and the Wave Warriors Surf Camp.

LISA BETZ

Team leader sparked by high school

program

Senior Project Manager

Dewberry

Owings Mills, Md.

Betz’s interest in engi-

neering was sparked by a

Maryland State Highway

Administration program

for high school students.

In college, she landed an internship with

the state agency.

Today, Betz leads a multidisciplinary

team in Dewberry’s Baltimore office.

The firm says Betz is known for instill-

ing confidence and an entrepreneurial

spirit in her team members. She also

emphasizes the importance of having

strong technical skills and polished

“soft” skills to help explain the firm’s

work to non-engineers.

Betz, 37, provided coordination be-

tween Dewberry and McGraw-Hill for

the third edition of the Land Devel-

opment Handbook, which examines

current trends in land-use planning;

technological advances in surveying

and mapping; and low-impact devel-

opment and sustainable design strate-

gies. Betz contributed to the book’s text

and oversaw 38 contributing authors.

The firm says she also became LEED

AP BD+C certified to develop a degree

of specialty in the environmental area

so that she could expand her contribu-

tion to the handbook’s third edition.

Betz contributes to her community as

the volunteer project manager for her

son’s school garden project, which is an

interactive design process involving the

school community and the school’s cur-

riculum. She is also involved in conduct-

ing alumni interviews for Duke Univer-

sity, her alma mater.

JULIE EVANS

Entrepreneur specializes in

autonomous vehicle infrastructure

Owner and Transportation Engineer

ITS Roads

Falls Church, Va.

In 2015, four years after

graduating from college,

Evans co-founded a

small woman-owned

engineering firm called

ITS Roads. The firm helps state and lo-

cal transportation agencies implement

technological solutions.

The company started with a single

federal contract and has since been

brought onto multimillion-dollar state

and local infrastructure projects across

the country. The firm developed Colo-

rado’s first connected-vehicle deploy-

ment and serves clients such as Xerox

and Panasonic.

Before co-founding ITS Roads, Ev-

ans worked for Leidos (formerly SAIC),

where she helped design and engineer

the Federal Highway Administration’s

Saxton Transportation Operations

Lab, the agency’s McLean, Va., facility

for connected and automated vehicle

research. She helped lead the lab’s re-

search program for its first four years,

managing technical staff to deliver

more than $20 million in projects for

connected/automated vehicle applica-

tions and prototypes.

Evans helped the lab build the first



U.S. Dept. of Transportation-sponsored

prototype for partial vehicle automation,

called GlidePath. She also contributed to

the U.S. DOT’s technical specifications

for safety-critical infrastructure to sup-

port automated vehicles that are being

deployed by state and local agencies

nationwide. Evans even led President

Obama on a tour of the facility.

In addition to running her own

business, Evans mentors engineering

students and recent graduates and

volunteers as a court-appointed spe-

cial advocate for abused and neglected

children. In addition, Evans is a pre-

cinct captain for her local Democratic

committee and volunteers for her local

civic association.

AARON FLETCHER

Infrastructure specialist improves

schedules

Senior Project Controls Specialist

Arcadis U.S. Inc.

Virginia Beach, Va.

Fletcher, 34, has per-

formed numerous foren-

sic schedule analyses on

complex claims, includ-

ing preparing and re-

viewing mitigation and acceleration

schedules to help regain time and meet

project goals.

During the past three years, he has

worked with a contractor to help a de-

layed road and bridge widening project

improve performance and finish early,

with no claims. He has also introduced

clients to risk management.

Drawing on 12 years of industry ex-

perience, Fletcher provides mentoring

to young engineers, helping them to

expand their skills in project controls.

His efforts have attracted the attention

of clients and the Arcadis marketing

staff, whom he now helps with propos-

als and interviews.

Fletcher is active with the Associa-

tion for the Advancement of Cost En-

gineering and Construction Manage-

ment Association of America, which in

October named him its Young Profes-

sional of the Year.

ERIC HAMMERSCHMIDT

Project manager proves himself at

the Pentagon

Director

Markon Solutions

Falls Church, Va.

Hammerschmidt, 34,

serves as an owner’s rep-

resentative for a Sentry

program charged with

the design and construc-

tion of secure access-control points sur-

rounding the perimeter of the Pentagon

Reservation.

Construction of the project was com-

pleted in 16 months, one week ahead of

the revised schedule. Hammerschmidt’s

team’s success on the project led to the

Pentagon’s hiring Markon to manage

additional major capital projects.

Hammerschmidt is the only two-time

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recipient of Markon’s employee-of-the-

year award. In his five years at the firm,

he has participated in the rollout of its

in-house training and development

program and manages the program’s

$500,000 budget.

He is an active member of the com-

pany’s philanthropy program, which

is involved with Rebuilding Togeth-

er Alexandria, Shelter House and

CANstruction. He also volunteers for

his local public school’s parent-teacher

association and with the Girl Scouts.

DOUGLAS L. HEINZE

Structural engineer hardens

buildings

Associate Principal

Thornton Tomasetti

Philadelphia

A specialist in blast-re-

sistant structural engi-

neering, the 39-year-

old Heinze has spent

the last 15 years of his

career hardening large, complex

buildings.

He performs explosives-threat, vul-

nerability and risk assessments. He

also helps federal and private clients

develop anti-terrorist, protective de-

signs for buildings worldwide, includ-

ing for more than 25 U.S. embassies,

federal courthouses and stadiums.

After working at Weidlinger Associ-

ates for several years, he joined Thorn-

ton Tomasetti in 2004 to lead and

expand the firm’s blast design group.

When Weidlinger Associates and

Thornton Tomasetti merged in 2015,

Heinze was a key adviser in integrat-

ing standards and business practices

between the two firms.

He has also managed work on tall,

glass-clad tower projects at 2, 3 and 4

World Trade Center in Manhattan as

well as the Pentagon rebuilding and

renovation projects following 9/11.

Heinze is on the board of the Dela-

ware Valley Association of Structural

Engineers and is also a member of the

American Society of Civil Engineers,

serving on its blast standards com-

mittee.

ROBERT KUDENCHAK

Superintendent cut his teeth in

health care sector

Superintendent

Turner Construction Co.

Philadelphia

A Turner employee for

his entire career, the

29-year-old Kudenchak

has worked on nearly $1

billion worth of high-

profile health care projects in the Phila-

delphia area.

One such project is the 636,000-sq-ft

University Medical Center of Princeton

Replacement Hospital. Most recently,

Kudenchak worked on the Children’s

Hospital of Philadelphia Buerger Cen-

ter for Advanced Pediatric Care. The

project is a 700,000-sq-ft, 12-story am-

bulatory care center with a five-story

underground garage and an expanded

central utility plant.

At present, Kudenchak is the superin-

tendent on a 174,690-sq-ft middle school

project in Wyncote, Pa. Last year, he re-

ceived a Turner Construction staff award

for his contributions to the firm, its clients

and the industry.

Kudenchak leads a group of Turner

employees with student outreach and re-

cruiting efforts. He mentors 15 local high

school students through the ACE Men-

toring Program of Eastern Pennsylvania.

He also has been student outreach coor-

dinator for the American Society of Civil

Engineers Central Jersey Younger Mem-

bers Group. In that role, Kudenchak gave

project tours and arranged career panels

and presentations for the College of New

Jersey, and Rutgers and Princeton engi-

neering students. An avid runner, Ku-

denchak logs nearly 40 miles a week.

ROBERT LIBERATO

Self-starter shows breadth

Senior Project Manager

IMC Construction

Malvern, Pa.

A project manager since

he was a sophomore in

college, Liberato, the

35-year-old son of a car-

penter, has worked on

some of IMC’s most complex projects dur-

ing his 12 years with the firm, including the

$150-million expansion of the King of

Prussia Mall. That project converted the

shopping center into the second-largest re-

tail mall in the country by constructing a

250,000-sq-ft addition over an active

parking lot and four-lane road.

Liberato is active in business develop-

ment. He cold-called the developer of a

property in his community and pitched

IMC. The firm is currently constructing

a $32-million senior living facility on the

site. While typically leading four or five

projects at a time, Liberato also heads

IMC’s technology innovation. He has in-

stituted several project-management soft-

ware packages at the firm. He researched

options, convinced leadership to invest in

the software and trained the staff to use it.

In his free time, Liberato volunteers

for a youth mentoring program. After

learning about the program’s office space

needs, he managed the fit-out of its new

headquarters. Besides donating his con-

struction management services, he co-

ordinated the donation of $75,000 in

labor and materials. Liberato performed

a similar service for a program that pro-

vides free health care to families in need,

patching the organization’s roof, replac-

ing pipes and installing new flooring and

ceiling tiles.

RYAN MCENROE

Rooted in sustainability, architect

gives back

Associate

Quinn Evans

Silver Spring, Md.

An architect and land-

scape architect, McEnroe

works on urban and land

planning, community

“place making” and his-

toric preservation projects.

He is involved in the management and

design of a variety of project types, includ-

ing conceptual design packages, adaptive

reuse and master planning. Raised on an

organic farm, McEnroe is an advocate for

sustainable strategies for land, food and

water resources. He has spoken and writ-

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a landscape amenity.

McEnroe has won numerous design

awards, including the 2014 AIA|DC

Emerging Architect Award and the 2015

District of Columbia Council of Engineer-

ing and Architectural Societies Young Ar-

chitect Award.

McEnroe co-founded an AIA|DC lead-

ership development program. The pro-

gram for 16 young architects focuses on

marketing, business development, man-

agement and philanthropic service dur-

ing nine half-day sessions over a one-year

period. At a national level, McEnroe is the

AIA Young Architects Forum’s 2017-18

knowledge director. Earlier, he served as

the MidAtlantic regional director, playing

a key role in establishing the AIA Lead-

ership Institute. McEnroe serves annual

appointments on committees and task

forces on various National Council of

Architectural Registration Boards and

participated in 11 National Architectural

Accrediting Board visits, three of which

he chaired. McEnroe also mentors high

school students interested in architecture.

CLAIRE MITCHELL

Environmental engineer stands out

Senior Engineer/Project Manager

AECOM

Arlington, Va.

Mitchell is currently

working on $15 million in

environmental contracts

for federal and private-

sector clients.

That includes serving as lead engineer

and manager for an installation restora-

tion program project at a local Dept. of

Defense facility. The project includes

management, investigation and envi-

ronmental remediation for 34 individual

sites. The 30-year-old Mitchell has also

led the site inspection portion of a large

preliminary assessment to determine

whether contaminants were present at

some 170 DOD facilities.

Her projects range from site investi-

gation and remediating contaminated

soil and groundwater to vapor-intru-

sion modeling and developing alterna-

tive remediation objectives for high-

risk environmental liability sites.

Mitchell serves on the steering commit-

tee for an AECOM initiative to promote

professional development and communi-

ty involvement. She is part of an effort to

expand the group’s reach to the firm’s of-

fices nationwide. The initiative organizes

a school supplies and backpack drive as

well as the annual “Build a Kid a Christ-

mas” campaign, an event helping kids

interested in STEM fields build gifts dur-

ing the holidays. AECOM says Mitchell

also acts as an adviser and role model for

junior-level staff at the firm.

ANGELINA PERRYMAN

VP strengthens company’s position

Vice President of Administration

Perryman Construction

Philadelphia

Responsible for human

resources, information

technology, legal, ac-

counting and strategic

planning, Perryman has

demonstrated leadership in many areas.

She also oversees projects that have

earned local and national recognition.

The company says the 30-year-old has de-

veloped a strategy that outlines its growth

opportunities.

Perryman’s attention to detail and

knowledge of construction management

has allowed her to compete with larger

firms and lead by example in the company’s

joint venture partnerships, the firm says.

She has also helped the company invest in

cutting-edge technology and diversify its

risk management portfolio. In volunteer-

ing for the National Association of Women

in Construction, she strives to enhance the

success of women in the industry.

SILVIA SCHEUERMANN

Specialist in traffic and highway

design engineer shows true grit

Traffic Engineer

Urban Engineers

Philadelphia

Despite being cut, at first,

from her high school

s w i m m i n g t e a m ,

Scheuermann ultimately

earned a swimming

scholarship to Penn State University.

The 30-year-old traffic engineer’s work

ethic, honed in the pool, has translated to

her eight-year career at Urban Engineers.

Besides her work in traffic design and

analysis, Scheuermann also specializes in

surveying and highway design. Urban En-

gineers says she has developed tools and

procedures to streamline and standard-

ize processes and has led significant coor-

dination among clients, sub-consultants

and co-workers to help complete projects

on schedule and under budget.

While working on a $1-million state

Route 23 transportation system manage-

ment project for a Pennsylvania Dept. of

Transportation district, Scheuermann no-

ticed that upgraded detection and emer-

gency-preemption equipment that was to

be installed along the corridor could not

be put in place because of existing site

conditions. She proposed a single-camera

system that, according to the firm, was the

first of its kind to be used in this way in the

municipalities involved with the project.

In addition to volunteering for the

Institute of Transportation Engineers

MidAtlantic section, Scheuermann serves

on the WTS Philadelphia chapter’s pro-

fessional development committee, which

aims to ensure that women have access

to education, conferences and networks

in engineering and construction. (WTS

is the former Women’s Transportation

Seminar.)

RAJAN SHAH

Infrastructure specialist runs large

projects

Structural Engineer and Task Manager

Parsons Corp.

Washington, D.C.

Shah has led interdisci-

plinary design teams for

Parsons on transporta-

tion, infrastructure and

facilities projects.

The 31-year-old’s experience includes

all phases of project management, in-

cluding pre-award support, planning,

initiation, execution and closeout. He is

project coordinator and structural engi-

neer of design and construction for the

second phase of the Washington Met-



ropolitan Area Transit Authority Silver

Line Extension to Dulles International

Airport. Shah also oversees task orders

for the Gannett Fleming/Parsons joint

venture that is providing general en-

gineering and architectural services to

WMATA’s capital improvement pro-

gram. A task manager for the five-year,

task-order contract, Shah supports

WMATA initiatives, such as a lighting

improvement program for station mez-

zanines and platforms, a water-infil-

tration investigation for underground

tunnels and stations, rehabilitation of

parking garages and bridge inspection

and rehabilitation.

Shah has won numerous awards for

his volunteer efforts, including the Presi-

dent’s Volunteer Service Award, which

includes a certificate, official medallion

and congratulatory letter from President

Obama. Shah has helped prepare meals

for the homeless and has participated in

youth education activities, neighborhood

cleanups and clothing drives.

BEATRICE SPOLIDORO

Architect makes complex design

accessible

Architect

Rothschild Doyno Collaborative

Pittsburgh

Spolidoro, 30, is known

across her firm for mak-

ing complex design infor-

mation understandable

for non-architects.

Working on affordable housing and

senior housing projects in Pittsburgh,

she has created diagrams and images in

the firm’s “design sketchbook” tool and

renderings in Revit to promote projects.

Spolidoro, a LEED Green associate pro-

fessional, is pursuing WELL certification,

a tool that seeks to advance health and

well-being in buildings. She is leading a

biophilia team dedicated to increasing the

use and benefits of plants and nature in

the workplace.

Since 2013, Spolidoro has served on

many American Institute of Architects

Pittsburgh chapter committees and on its

board. She also has been elected chair for

the Young Architects Forum Pittsburgh.

Through these efforts, she provides sup-

port to young architects pursuing their

licensures.

ALEX STADEL

Energetic engineer shows

dedication and technical skills

Structural Engineer

Keast & Hood

Philadelphia

With high-profile proj-

ects such as the support

structure for George

Washington’s tent at the

Museum of the American

Revolution in Philadelphia and the Wil-

liam Penn statue restoration at Philadel-

phia’s City Hall in his portfolio, Stadel, 29,

has become a key player at Keast & Hood.

Currently, he is working on two high-

profile renovations: the University of

Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology

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and Anthropology and the Frank Gehry-

designed renovations and expansion at

the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Beyond his day job, Stadel has become

a resource for a large number of gradu-

ating industry professionals in Philadel-

phia, according to the firm.

CONLAN SWOPE

Executive leads co-workers by

example

Vice President of Operations

Warfel Construction Co.

East Petersburg, Pa.

Swope’s leadership by ex-

ample and his dedication

to innovation have bene-

fited Warfel’s culture, de-

velopment and technolo-

gy, according to the firm. Swope, 30, is

responsible for managing Warfel’s more

than 100 field and office employees. His

duties include manpower needs, logistics

and quality control. Swope also serves on

Warfel’s executive team.

As a new employee, Swope convinced

Warfel’s executive team to simplify man-

agement software and instituted View-

point construction-management software

companywide.

Warfel now serves on Viewpoint’s in-

dustry advisory committee. Six years ago,

he implemented a six-person cultural-as-

sessment team that now is used to assess

whether a job candidate meets the require-

ments of the firm’s corporate culture.

Swope also is vice president of a non-

denominational ministry to support the

people of Haiti and serves on the board

of a nonprofit Christian organization that

provides retreat facilities and outdoor

education.

KAITLYN TRIEBL

Leads largest project in firm’s

history

Project Manager

Grunley Construction Co.

Rockville, Md.

Triebl, 28, is a project

manager on the largest

project ever awarded to

Grunley, the 1.4-million-

sq-ft International Mon-

etary Fund headquarters renovation in

Washington, D.C.

She assumed management of her first

project at 24 and has been a key member

of each of her project teams ever since, ac-

cording to the company. Triebl also chairs

Grunley’s college recruiting committee. In

that position, she has helped to improve

the firm’s intern retention rate to its high-

est level ever. She also mentors many of

the firm’s young professionals and en-

courages other young women at Grunley

to take leadership roles.

Triebl is involved with service activities

in the industry and elsewhere. She recent-

ly performed recruiting and community

outreach for a bone-marrow transplant

start-up that specializes in finding donors

in minority groups that are most affected

by a lack of available donors. Her efforts

became more meaningful to her after her

father was diagnosed with cancer.

Triebl also has taught students at

Washington, D.C.’s Phelps Architecture,

Construction, and Engineering High

School through the Associated General

Contractors of D.C.’s involvement with

the ACE Mentoring program. Triebl

takes part in Grunley’s annual dona-

tions to the Marine Corps Reserve Toys

for Tots Program. She also is active in in-

dustry organizations such as the Wash-

ington Builder’s Congress, Associated

General Contractors Young Construc-

tor’s Forum and Associated Builders

and Contractors of Metro Washington.

CATRIONA WINTER

Engineer becomes champion of

sustainable initiatives

Vice President

Clark Construction Group

Bethesda, Md.

In her 13 years with Clark

Construction, Winter has

risen to become a leader

who has shaped the in-

dustry and contributed to

the company, according to the firm.

Since her start there as an engineer, she

was quickly promoted to managerial roles

and became the national operations man-

ager for the National Green Strategic Ini-

tiative, coordinating sustainability efforts

across all Clark regions.

Winter, 37, has been a business unit

leader for two Clark divisions and partici-

pated in two of the company’s largest con-

tracts, including the Dulles Corridor Me-

trorail Project Phase 2A, which includes

six stations and a new rail line.

At present, Winter provides executive

leadership for the firm’s sustainability

department. Clark’s sustainability direc-

tor reports to Winter, who also serves as

an executive adviser to Clark’s sustain-

ability committee.

Since 2016, Winter has volunteered

and served on the board of Women in

Construction. She mentors young profes-

sional women in the construction, design

and construction-law industries and be-

yond, and has volunteered with the firm’s

subcontractor development group, sup-

porting small businesses.

DAVID YOUNG

Engineer pioneers work on

Baltimore conduit

Associate Civil Engineer

STV

Baltimore

Young, 38, has worked on

key assignments for state

and local agencies, includ-

ing the Baltimore Dept. of

Transportation and the

Maryland Transit Administration.

In what STV says is pioneering work on

the Baltimore City Conduit System for the

city DOT’s engineering and construction

division, Young developed an inspection

inventory of Baltimore’s 14,000 manholes

and conduit system and wrote a history

of the system for the Baltimore Gas and

Electric Co. STV says Young has become

the “city’s go-to person for his technical

expertise in this area.”

For more than a decade, Young has

served on the board of his local Christian

school and church and is responsible for

building maintenance and capital im-

provements on its 22-acre campus. In

mission work in Spain, he helped reno-

vate a century-old farmhouse and barn

serving as a camp and retreat center for

teens and adults. He has also volunteered

for Habitat for Humanity projects. n


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