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2026 Winners Bryan Bucchianeri . . . . . . . . . . 10 Robby Deem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Khatera Dehzad . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Jihan El Ouaragli . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Joaquin Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 David Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Alex Halloran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sally Hassan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Marisa Higgins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Andrew Honeyman . . . . . . . . . 12 Dhanraj Katkar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mark Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chaitanya Korra . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ricky Limeburner . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Richard Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Lisa Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tyler Manahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Dorian Maness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Spenser Meredith . . . . . . . . . . 15 Anthony Montez . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Keiron D. Nanan . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Ann Peratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Melissa Poggi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Each winner is a multidimensional person who actively engages with the building profession, family and community.
Joanna Pyun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Eric Rushenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bianca Schwanke . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Jeff Seger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Harshal Shah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sahil Shanghavi . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Graham Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
BY FRANCES RICHARDS AND AMARA ROZGUS
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cross disciplines, the 2026 40 Under 40 winners are consistently drawn to work that makes buildings safer, more resilient, more efficient and more humane. Their work is technical and the underlying motivation is both
civic and human: protect occupants, improve operations, reduce waste, support
Greg Smithmyer . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
communities and prepare institutions for the future. Beyond their careers, the
Tyler Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
commonality becomes even richer. Their personal interests suggest a cohort
Alexandria Stuart . . . . . . . . . . 19
defined by curiosity and active engagement with the world. Family, mentorship
Nitish Suresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
and service appear frequently. Physical pursuits show up repeatedly. This physical
James Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
drive points to shared traits: endurance, discipline, self-renewal and comfort with
Christine Tiffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Christopher Unangst . . . . . . . 20 Asrar Wasay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Stephen Wisniewski . . . . . . . . 20 Alec Zimmermann . . . . . . . . . . 20
challenge. Taken together, these winner profiles portray a generation of leaders whose identity is broader than technical specialization. They are stewards of critical systems, translators between complexity and human need and multidimensional people whose passions reinforce the same qualities that make them effective professionally.
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