Featured People

Advancing Accessibility in Transit Design

Blair Wagenblast

Senior Project Manager

Blair is a key player in advancing rail station architecture and accessibility. Having served as both a technical expert and stakeholder manager, she shares how client priorities and passenger needs can be balanced to deliver solutions for all transit users.

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People Empowered

Explore the perspectives of HNTB trailblazers whose leadership, innovation and vision are bringing success to bear for clients, our firm and the communities we serve.

Building Resilience in the Built Environment
Julie Eaton Ernst
Resilient Infrastructure Solutions Practice Leader
Enhancing Customer Experience in Urban Transit
Vince Tam
Customer Experience Lead | Urban & Transit Planning
Taking stock in HNTB
Christian Vila
Traffic Engineer
Creating a Team-Centered Approach to Sports Facility Design
Dan Brown
Senior Project Manager | Sports Architecture

Leading the Way

Our people live out the HNTB culture and philosophy every day, wherever they are across the firm. Below are just a few incredible professionals making significant contributions to the industry and communities we serve.
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Sanja Zlatanic

2025 Person of the Year | Underground Construction Association

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Yvonne Lopez-Diaz

2025 Women Who Move the Nation | Conference of Minority Transportation Officials

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Laura Campos

2025 National Member of the Year | American Society of Highway Engineers

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Anjana Avr

2025 Young Leader of the Year & Florida Puerto District Rising Star | ITE

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Nathan Baert

Young Engineer of the Year | American Society of Civil Engineers Maine Chapter

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Kip Strauss

Honorable Ray LaHood Award | WTS Kansas City

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Phil Shoemaker

2025 Mark Banden Safety Professional of the Year | The Builders, a chapter of the AGC

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Claire Baker

Member of the Year | WTS Kansas City