2026 SMPS Houston | MARKETING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Do you know an SMPS Houston member who goes above and beyond? Now's the time to recognize them.
Nominations are open for the 2026 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA), honoring excellence in marketing across our design and building industry community. Categories include:
- Member of the Year
- Rising Star
- Member Firm of the Year
- Principal of the Year
- Marketing Excellence
- Business Developer of the Year
- Rock of the Chapter
- Hall of Fame
Winners will be announced at our Holiday Luncheon on December 3, 2026 — don't let your favorite colleague, mentor, or firm go unrecognized.
Nominations close October 28, so don't wait!
To see past recipients, CLICK HERE.
Eligible Members for 2026 Rising Star:
| First Name | Last Name | Company Name |
| Isabella | Alban | West Mermis, PLLC |
| Lauren | Anderson | Pape Dawson Engineers |
| Thalia | Andre-Noel | McKnight International |
| Christopher | Auchter | Terracon Consultants, Inc. |
| Marissa | Banfield | H.W. Lochner, Inc. |
| Diego | Barajas | BGE, Inc. |
| Molly | Barkis | HDR |
| Martina | Benjamin | Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. |
| Demi' | Bennett | WGA Consutlting Engineers |
| Eleazar | Botello | Botello Builders Corporation |
| Taylor | Brittain | HarrisonKornberg Architects |
| Katie | Burch | PlanNorth Architectural Co. |
| Catherine | Burkett | Hays Electrical Services |
| Ashley | Burnett | E.E. Reed Construction, L.P. |
| Andrea | Case-Rogers | Jackson & Ryan Architects |
| Paola | Ceballos | |
| Regina | Childress | Dunaway |
| Taylor | Cresswell | Paradigm Construction |
| Jennifer | Cuello | Asakura Robinson |
| Caroline | Culver | |
| Jaselyn | Day | |
| Jacqueline | Del Castillo | EE Reed Construction LP |
| Haley | Deroche | |
| Hannah | Fisher | Satterfield & Pontikes Construction |
| I'Ziae | Frazier | DBR |
| Katherine | Fulbright | Grunley Construction Company, Inc. |
| James | Gaulden | CCS International, Inc. |
| Jessica | Gody | Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Inc. |
| Sunni | Goodman | BGE, Inc. |
| Deborah | Gross | Urban Land Institute, Houston |
| Melanie | Harper | |
| Johnna | Heasley | REES |
| Hannah Grace | Hegwood | Goree |
| Vanessa | Hernandez | Freese and Nichols, Inc. |
| Luciana | Hickman | Lu Hickman Creative Company |
| Nicole | Huato | Tellepsen |
| Stuart | Humphries | Humphries Construction Corporation |
| Amy | Jackson | Paradigm Construction |
| Mahwash | Khalid | |
| Margo | Lambert | |
| Madison | Lancaster | Terracon Consultants, Inc. |
| CiErra | Liggins | Goree |
| Lipe | Lima | |
| Helene | Lord | White Construction Company |
| Nicole | McAllister | Enterprise Electrical |
| Victoria | McCrary | PGAL, Inc. |
| Denise | Miller | Arup US, Inc. |
| Morgan | Montgomery | Walter P Moore |
| Shaun | Morris | University of Houston- CT Bauer College of Business |
| Tori | Moses | Weisser Engineering & Surveying |
| Elie | Nassif | Marek Brothers Systems, LLC |
| Tillie | Nutter | BakerRisk |
| Ana | Offenberg | Arup US, Inc. |
| Kinsey | Pope | Arkitex Studio |
| Gerald | Reece | EDP Engineers & Inspectors |
| Lindsey | Reece | Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC |
| Veronica | Regalado | Vaughn Construction |
| Alexandra | Rincon | Odyssey Engineering Group |
| Lisa | Rose | |
| Courtney | Salisbury | Freese and Nichols, Inc. |
| Yarissa | Schwab | Tellepsen |
| Hamna | Siddiqi | WSB LLC |
| McKenzie | Sigle | Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. |
| Zanetta | Sirleaf | Skanska USA Building, Inc. |
| Regina | Stickney Sangines | Walter P Moore and Associates, Inc. |
| Diana | Tabor | Terracon Consultants, Inc. |
| Riley | Troxel | |
| Gabriel | Vasquez | Hays Electrical Services |
| Jodi | Westbrook | Spheros Environmental |
| Melanie | Whipple | |
| Marcus | Wilkins | Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC |
| Tatiana | Zelaya | EMA Engineering & Consulting |
Thank you for helping us celebrate the best of SMPS Houston!
