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ASCE Houston Branch 2026-2027 Officers Election
The ASCE Houston Branch Nominations Committee received officer nominations in May and has completed the nominations process. The following positions are up for election as part of this ballot. Read the biographies in the Branch Officer Elections webpage.
Voting closes Monday, June 8.
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2026-2027 VP Administration Candidate: Gilbert Portillo, PE, CFM
Gilbert Portillo, P.E., CFM, is a Managing Engineer with Houston Public Works, bringing more than a decade of experience in civil engineering. In his current role, he oversees multiple sections within the Office of the City Engineer, including water and wastewater infrastructure, facilit...
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2026-2027 Section Director Candidate: Johnny Kim, PE, CFM
Johnny Kim is a water resources team leaders at Halff Associates, Inc., and has 10 years of experience in drainage and flood mitigation studies. He is serving as the Past President for the ASCE Houston Branch and has held multiple Board positions before then. Johnny is a native Houstonia...
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2026-2027 President-Elect Candidate: Tim Smelcer, PE, ENV SP
Tim Smelcer, P.E. Tim has been working in Houston transportation infrastructure for over 12 years. With experience in passenger rail design, roadway design, and drainage design. Tim has worked on schematic design for the Texas High Speed Rail, North Houston Highway Improvement Project, State Highw...
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2026-2027 VP Communications Candidate: Palisha Sthapit, EIT
Palisha Sthapit works as a Technical Resource Engineer at Rinker Materials. She covers greater Houston and Louisiana regions promoting precast concrete drainage products, national standards, and specifications, as well as conducting training. She received her bachelor’s degree in architectur...
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2025-2026 VP Education Candidate: Oreoluwa Adedapo, PE, P.Eng.
Oreoluwa Adedapo, P.E., P.Eng., is a Staff Engineer in the Water Group at GFT’s Houston office, where he supports the West Harris County Regional Water Authority Program Team. With more than seven years of experience in site development and water resources engineering, he focu...
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2025-2026 VP Technical Candidate: Rebecca Rice, PE
Rebecca Rice is the geotechnical services manager within Terracon’s Conroe office and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. She has over 10 years of experience providing geotechnical engineering and consulting services for a variety of public and private projects in the ...
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2026-2027 Branch Director Candidate: Carolina Patino, EIT
Carolina Patino is a Civil Engineer at the AECOM Office in Houston, TX. She has 4 yrs of experience in designing water and wastewater treatment system for a variety of cities in Texas from Houston to Port Lavaca, and is a certified Engineer-In-Training (EIT). Carolina holds a Bachelor of Science (...
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2025-2026 Secretary Candidate: Youssaira Belmokadem, PE
Youssaira has over a decade of experience in infrastructure and transportation projects, specializing in bridge engineering. She works as a Bridge Project Engineer and Project Manager at GFT. Her portfolio showcases diverse delivery methods such as design- build and design-bid-build, contributing ...
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2026-2027 Treasurer-Elect Candidate: Abigail Borders, PE
Abigail Borders is a Civil Engineer at AECOM and a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. She specializes in roadway and maintenance of traffic (MOT) design and has supported transportation projects across the U.S., including major urban corridors and alternative delivery projects. ...
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