PWC honors 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women on December 14th

New York, NY Professional Women in Construction celebrated 2016 by honoring 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women, as well as honoring Richard Anderson, president of New York Building Congress. All honorees received artwork through PWC’s art partner, Uprise Art.

The evening’s program on December 14^th consisted of an introduction by Sabrina Kanner, executive vice president of Brookfield Properties of Richard Anderson. As Kanner said, this will be Anderson’s last introduction as president of New York Building Congress as he has moved into a consultant role in 2017. Anderson received “the last bits of Admirals Row,” an oil painting by NYC artist, Kristin Texeira as his award for the recognition.

The 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women were announced by name and company, and a tidbit on what they had accomplished personally and professionally in 2016. Each woman received a “Backwards Benny” as their award, created by artist Rebeca Raney. The work of art is a small, bronze statue of a llama walking forward while looking backward, a sign of respect and acknowledgment of the past, while moving forward. Here is the list of Outstanding Women:

• Dorina Aliu, Environmental Engineer, HAKS 

• Cassie Dudar, sales engineer, Johnson Controls, Inc.   

• Amanda Forsburg, CHMM, project scientist, Langan 

• Colleen Friedmann, assistant controller, JRM Construction Management

• Olga Gorbunova, PE, ENV SP, civil engineer, Stantec

• Julie Geden, principal, Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC

• Julie Janeo, associate AIA, senior design professional, HOK

• Sadia Junjua, LEED AP, PSP, senior project controls manager, Engineering Project Controls, PANYNJ

• Tiffany Johnston, deputy operations manager, Armand Corp.

• Danielle Lester, FRICS, associate lecturer and PHD candidate, University of Queensland.

• Sabrina Lippman, vice president, resource development, Habitat for Humanity NYC. 

• Kristin Liu, LEED AP, senior associate - business development, Syska Hennessy Group.

• Dominique Lynch, operations analyst, Suffolk Construction Company.

• Erica Mandel, senior account executive, Siemens Industry, Inc.

• Sarah Palmer, assistant project manager, Skanska

• Yasmeen Shamsuddin, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Associate, FXFOWLE.

• Tiffany Whipple, project manager – The American Dream Project, PCL Construction.

• Nicole Woolard, associate, Duane Morris.

• Alyssa Zahler, associate director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.

• Connie Zambianchi, PE, CWI, MSI, president, Amaracon Testing & Inspections, LLC

More info about these women is in the PWC 2016 Yearbook, which can be found on the PWC Facebook Page.

The event was sponsored by:

• Gold: JRM Construction, Stantec.

• Silver: Armand Corp., Duane Morris, Siemens, Syska Hennessy Group, Vornado, and Zubatkin.

• Bronze: FXFOWLE. HAKS, Langan, Triax, Tyco SimplexGrinnell.