Leadership
2024 Chapter Officers
President
Avery Wilson Simao, P.E.
Traffic & Transportation Planning
Jacobs
President-Elect
Erica Balderas
Transportation EIT
Jacobs
Immediate Past-President
Amy Esguerra
Environmental Project Manager/Biologist
STV
Treasurer
Karina Rangel
Staff Water Engineer
Arcadis
Secretary
Harley Hubbard
Assistant to the Director
COSA Transportation
Director
Krystin Ramirez-Ponce
Redevelopment Officer
COSA
2024 Committee Chairs
Communications
Chair
Ana Rivas
Corporate Partnership
Chair
Jessica Kessinger
Integrated Planning Group Director
HNTB
Vice Chair
Breida Machuca Gomez
Record Keeper
Atlas
Diversity and Inclusion
Chair
Jewel Juarez
Transportation Planner
Jacobs
Vice-Chair
Shay McGee
Transportation Document Control
Jacobs
Financial
Chair
Jahnavi Tadi
Jacobs
Fundraising
Chair
Lawson Picasso
Gala
Chair
Valerie Collins
Pape-Dason
Vice-Chair
Sarah Troilo
Pape-Dason
Membership
Vice Chair
Johanna Torres, P.E., RSP1
Project Engineer
Jones & Carter, Inc.
Mentorship/Leadership Committee
Chair
Gretchen Roufs
AMS
Professional Development
Chair
Amy Avery
Kimley-Horn
Leadership Lattes
Dalia Nevarez
Project Engineer
Jacobs
WTS Reads
Allison Nagelberg
Pape-Dawson
Programs
Chair
Kristina Saenz
Practice Lead
KCI
Vice-Chair
Claire Guzman
Project Engineer
Maestas
Recognitions & Nominations
Co-Chair
Shay McGee
Transportation Document Control
Jacobs
Co- Chair
Alysse Swientek
Regional Council Liaison
Christie Saenz
Senior Right of Way Specialist
WSB
Scholarship Chair
Co-Chair
Mikaelyn Williams
EIT
STV
Co-Chair
Alejandra Zavaleta
EIT
Jacobs
Student Chapter Liaison
Chair
Andrea Martinez
Roadway Engineer
HNTB
Vice-Chair
Alex Magdaleno
Transportation Engineering Technician
K. Friese & associates
Transportation YOU
Chair
Heather McNeal
Project Manager
Pape-Dawson Engineers
Vice-Chair
Megan Flanigan
Project Engineer
Halff