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Suzy TrabiaPresidentSuzy was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV where she attended UNLV and graduated with her civil engineering bachelors in 2014. She graduated with her masters at UNLV in civil engineering in 2017 with a focus on water and environmental engineering. She is a senior engineer at Atkins North America on the water infrastructure team and works on flood control and utilities projects. 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 MOSAIC (Members of Society Advancing Inclusion Council) since 2017.
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Joanna OpenaPast PresidentThe 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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Preetish RajPresident ElectYour typical "buff" guy at the gym.
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Iani BatilovTreasurerA 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 QuassaniSecretaryLas Vegas local and a UNLV Engineering Alumni currently working in Land Development at Atkins.
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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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Mark ElkouzStudent LiaisonMark Elkouz was born and raised in Las Vegas. He attended UNLV as an undergraduate Civil Engineering student, where he was involved with the ASCE student chapter planning and implementing events. He is currently completing his doctorate, also at UNLV, in the areas of water treatment/groundwater remediation.
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Jordan TorrellaInclusion ChairComing soon.
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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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Annabel HernandezCommunity Outreach Co-ChairAnabel 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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Roxanna LopezCommunity Outreach Co-Chair |
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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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Amanda TanakaLuncheon CoordinatorAmanda came from Brazil to attend UNLV. She obtained her master's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in Summer 2019. Her primary focuses during her master's were in the areas of water/wastewater treatment and solar energy. However, she started working at WSP, in January 2019, on land development civil improvement plans and also assisting with the preparation of drainage studies. She really enjoys the civil field and wants to continue to pursue her career as a civil engineer. This is her first year as a member of the board and she looks forward to being able to give back to the community.
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Micheline GhanemSponsorship / FundraisingI graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in December 2018 with a degree in Civil Engineering. I joined ASCE my sophomore year and was representative. I would visit different classrooms and inform students of the organization. I volunteered several times, attended PSWC 2016 and 2018, and attended WSCL in 2017.
I had three internships while obtaining my undergraduate degree. The first internship was with GCW in their structural department. My second internship was with Southwest Gas, and my final internship was with Atkins Global where I currently work full time. I am in the graduate development program where I will rotate through six departments over the course of 18 months. I have spent three months with the water resources group, three with the land development group, and am now in the water infrastructure group. |
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Jason ShonPE Review CoordinatorJason 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. Jason's only downfall is that he is a Real Madrid supporter.
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Mohab HamedPE Review CoordinatorComing soon.
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Christina SanonSocial / Technical Co-Chair"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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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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Nicholas PortugalSocial Media ChairAs a recent graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering, I am currently working as an entry-level land development engineer working at GCW Inc, a Westwood Team. Serving as the former President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at UNLV for the 2018-2019 academic year, and a member of the UNLV ASCE Student Chapter since 2016, I believe my leadership experience and knowledge about how to run various positions within an organization deem me an ideal fit for the officer positions I am interested in. My purpose is to be as involved as possible not only within the engineering community brought together and strengthened by ASCE, but also have the opportunity to give back to students and the local Las Vegas community in as many ways as my selected position will allow for.
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Katelyn SasakiSocial Media ChairKatelyn was born and raised in Honolulu, HI but decided to pursue her college career at UNLV where she graduated with her B.S.E. in Civil Engineering in December 2019. Currently, she is an EI at Atkins within their Graduate Development Program where she rotates between the different discipline groups within the office. As an entry-level engineer, she hopes to absorb as much knowledge as she can while also thinking of new, fresh ideas to bring to the engineering community.
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Meshkat MirzaeiWebsite ChairMeshkat is originally from Esfahan, Iran and moved to Las Vegas in 2005. He graduated from UNLV with a B.S.E in Civil Engineering in 2017 and is currently a Construction Coordinator at HDR Inc. Before joining HDR in 2019 he was a Construction Project Coordinator at Clark County Department of Aviation and an Engineer I at WSP USA. Outside of work, Meshkat likes 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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