Young Leaders to Follow for 2026

ITE is proud to announce our fourth class of Young Leaders to Follow with the selection of the Class of 2026. The ITE Young Leaders to Follow program was designed to recognize and highlight talented ITE members under the age of 35 who have already made a mark on ITE and the transportation industry and are leaders to follow in the years to come. ITE is pleased to introduce these young members to the greater ITE Community and to celebrate their accomplishments.

ITE is also proud to recognize our Young Member of the Year, Alex Magdaleno, AICP (M), who was selected from this group of awardees. Alex Magdaleno is a highly accomplished transportation planning and engineering professional whose career reflects a rare combination of leadership, technical capability, and sustained service to ITE. Recognized as the 2025 ITE Texas District Younger Member of the Year, Alex has demonstrated meaningful impact across the student, Section, District, and international levels of the organization. He is also the Texas District Rising Star.

Young Member of the Year for 2026

Alex Magdaleno, AICP (M)
Transportation Planning and Engineering Associate
Lochner | Egis
Texas District Rising Star

Young Leaders to Follow for 2026

Anas Alrejjal, Ph.D., P.E. (M)
Traffic Control Manager/Project Manager, NDOT
OHM Advisors

Daniel Amare (S)
Student
Addis Ababa University

Karalee Bloch, P.Eng., RSP1 (M)
Road Safety Engineer
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure

Shrikant Fulari (M)
Senior Associate
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
ITE Council Leadership Team Young Leader of the Year

Lauren Gaines (M)
Project Manager & Client Services Leader
Jacobs Engineering Group
ITE Southern District Rising Star

Andrew Houchin, P.E. (M)
Traffic Engineer
Snyder & Associates, Inc.
ITE Missouri Valley District Rising Star

Lauren Hull, P.E., RSP1 (M)
Project Engineer
OHM Advisors
ITE Great Lakes District Rising Star

Abbass Kak (M)
Transport Engineer
Stantec
Australia-New Zealand Section Rising Star

Anabel Hernandez, P.E., PTOE, RSP
Project Manager
Kimley-Horn
Mountain District Rising Star

Francisca Kasubi, Ph.D., EI, RSP1 (M)
TSM&O Systems Engineer
HNTB Corporation

Ashley Manske, EI (M)
Civil Associate
Michael Baker International
ITE Florida Puerto Rico District Rising Star

Masroor Mohammed (M)
Transportation Planner
Stantec
ITE Northeastern District Rising Star

Abimbola (Abim) Ogungbire (M)
Traffic/ITS Engineer
Gresham Smith

Ashley Orr, P.E.
Transportation Engineer & Project Manager
Gorove Slade
ITE Mid-Colonial District Rising Star

Joseph Paull, RSP1 (M)
Project Manager/Transportation Lead
Sandis
ITE Western District Rising Star

Melrose Pan (M)
R&D Staff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Anmol Shrivastava, P.E., PTOE, RSP2I (M)
Senior Traffic Engineer
Civiltech Engineering, Inc.

Bhavya Krishna Sontineni, P.E., PTOE (M)
Traffic Engineer
Maldonado-Burkett, LLP

Rae Stephani, P.E., PTOE, RSP1 (M)
Project Manager
Y2K Engineering
ITE Mountain District Rising Star

Kelsey Waugh, P.Eng., RSP1 (M)
Project Manager, Transportation Mobility
CIMA+
ITE Canada District Rising Star