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Joanna OpenaPresidentThe only thing you need to know about Joanna is her love for meat. If she wasn't an engineer, she would probably be a butcher.
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Jaffer AlmosawyPast PresidentJaffer was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Las Vegas in 2003. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he earned his Bachelors of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2013. He is a water/wastewater engineer with GCW, Inc. and has been involved with ASCE since 2010 serving in multiple leadership roles, including Past President of both the UNLV ASCE Student Chapter and the Las Vegas Younger Member Forum and also serves as the Western Geographic Chair for ASCE's Committee on Younger Members. In his spare time, Jaffer enjoys traveling, going to the movies, trying different foods, and enjoys exploring his creativity through social media, photography, and videography. #ascemademe
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Suzy TrabiaPresident ElectSuzy was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV where she attended UNLV and graduated with her civil engineering bachelors in 2014 and her masters in civil engineering in 2017. She is an engineer at Atkins North America on the highway team. Suzy has been involved in ASCE since she was a student at UNLV and has held recent positions on the YMF as the luncheon coordinator and the awards chair. Suzy is also a member of ASCE's national committee on Diversity and Inclusion as the SWE liaison chair.
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Preetish RajTreasurerYour typical "buff" guy at the gym.
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Anabel HernandezSecretaryAnabel Hernandez, PE grew up in Northern Nevada. She has been a part of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 2013 when she joined the student chapter at the University of Nevada, Reno. As a student, Anabel was part of the concrete canoe team for three years. Anabel then served as the Event Coordinator and Technical Tour Coordinator from 2015 to 2016 for the Truckee Meadows Younger Member Forum (YMF). After moving to Las Vegas Anabel joined the Southern Nevada Branch YMF. From 2016 to 2017 Anabel was the Social and Technical Tour Chair and she is currently the Community Outreach Chair for the Southern Nevada Branch YMF.
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Humberto FrancoStudent LiaisonHumberto Franco Rivas, E.I, ENV SP, M. ASCE is a Graduate Engineer II at Slater Hanifan Group a Westwood team. Humberto specializes in land development and master planning. Humberto graduated from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (UNLV) in 2013. Humberto began his ASCE life in 2010 as a board member as the Vice President of events and tours for the ASCE student chapter of UNLV. In 2014 and 2015, he was the Social/Event Coordinator for the Las Vegas YMF where he was able to schedule professional tours and field related technical tours. Recently, Humberto was part of the planning committee for WRYMC 2018 which was held in January in Las Vegas. His responsibilities included coordinating the program, volunteers and events during the two-day conference. Currently, he is the Student Liaison for the Las Vegas YMF and Director I for the Southern Nevada Branch. When he has some free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and traveling to new places.
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Sabrina RiveraGovernment Relations ChairSabrina moved to Vegas in 2017 and has been wandering around the desert ever since.
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Iani BatilovCommunity Outreach Co-ChairA UNLV grad with a passion for structural engineering who is grateful for all the amazing opportunities and memories created with ASCE over the years as a college student and now looking to continue being part of this great organization and the community of talented people in YMF. I’ve enjoyed volunteering and community outreach events with ASCE in the past and would like to help organize and facilitate more of those in the coming year.
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Omar QuassaniCommunity Outreach Co-ChairLas Vegas local and a UNLV Engineering Alumni currently working in Land Development at Atkins.
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Jason ShonCommunity Outreach Co-ChairJason Shon graduated from UNLV in May 2018 and earned his EI in April 2018. He joined the ASCE Student Chapter in April 2018. Jason is hard-working, astute, and gets along well with others. He has a huge hunger for knowledge and wants to network more within the engineering community.
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Ati AbadLuncheon CoordinatorAti is experienced in Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering, specialized in Intelligent Mobility Solutions, Operations Programs Development, Traffic Impact Assessments/Studies and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Responsibilities have included, Intelligent Mobility-oriented projects focusing on safety and mobility, TSMO projects, urban traffic investigations, signalized intersection validation and ITS design works, control room operations and planning, and detailed literacy reviews including trend analyses.
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Gurtar KaurSponsorship / FundraisingGurtar completed her B.S degree in Civil Engineering from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is currently working as Testing and Inspection Manager at Las Vegas Convention Center Expansion Project. She also has four years of Quality Assurance and Quality Control experience in Construction. She has been in ASCE LV YMF since 2015, served as secretary, PE Review chair, Fundraising chair and is excited to continue expanding her network professionally and personally. In her free time, she enjoys working out, traveling, trying out new restaurants and coffee shops.
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Noe SantosPE Review CoordinatorFormer YMF Treasurer and Student Chapter Liasson. Looking to keep supporting YMF in any way possible.
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Christina SanonMembership"Fear is stupid. So are regrets." With this go-getter mindset (and a little help from Marilyn Monroe), Christina moved from CT to Las Vegas a little over a year ago. Christina is a recent graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), in Troy, NY and now works at Stantec as an EI in Structural. Christina's involvement in ASCE started her freshmen year of college and by her senior year she was voted vice president of the student chapter. Being involved in YMF this past year has allowed her to remain active in ASCE as well as make new friends.
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Catherine LaBountySocial / TechnicalSince graduating I have been getting more involved in attending YMF events and would like to get more involved in the organization. I am also involved in STEM outreach since I think it is important to encourage young women to pursuit science and engineering. Since I was not informed of what an engineer was as a child, I did not pursuit the career until later in life and it has changed how I feel about the world. I love being able to provide infrastructure for society and help people, and I would like to share that passion with more of my peers. Being an engineer gives me a sincere sense of purpose which drives me to make my career a big part of my life, which is why I would like to be more involved in YMF.
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Liane VidalSocial / Technical Co-ChairLiane Vidal has been actively involved in the ASCE community. She was a former Events Coordinator Officer in the University of Nevada, Reno ASCE/AGC Student Chapter. She was a Project Manager for the UNR Steel Bridge Competition Team. She was also involved in the STEM program where she mentored K-12 students. Currently, she is a Civil Engineer at Black & Veatch working on water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
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Charlynne AdonesWebsite / Social Media Co-ChairCharlynne Adones is originally from Long Beach, CA. She currently works at Kimly-Horn and has been living in Las Vegas for 2 years. She has been highly involved in ASCE when she was in college and would like to be more involved as a young professional. She is creative and believes that she can bring some unique elements/ideas to the YMF team. She is also looking to build on her graphic design skills and can manage all social media outlets for YMF.
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Meshkat MirzaeiWebsite / Social Media Co-ChairMeshkat graduated from UNLV with a B.S.E in Civil Engineering and has worked as a Project Coordinator at Clark County Department of Aviation for two years before joining WSP as a Civil Engineer. Outside of work, Meshkat lilkes to keep up with different soccer leagues, spend time with family and friends and of course stay up to date with the latest video games.
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