Dewberry has announced that Associate and Senior Project Manager Lisa Betz, PE, LEED AP B+C, has been recognized by Engineering News-Record magazine as a Mid-Atlantic "Top Young Professional" for 2018.

The awards program honors professionals who have built extraordinary industry portfolios early in their careers, many of whom donate time and expertise to serve their communities. The award recipients were profiled in the February issue of ENR Mid-Atlantic.

Betz has been in the industry for more than 15 years. She is an experienced site/civil project manager focused on total project consulting for multidiscipline, land-based projects including residential, commercial, and institutional developments. She is currently involved in the ongoing work at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to provide improved infrastructure, including access and utility upgrades, and the Mattawoman Energy Power Plant where the firm is developing lateral designs for reclaimed water, gas, and transmission lines.

Betz earned her bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Duke University (2002). She is a professional engineer in Maryland, Nevada, and Pennsylvania; and was the coordinating editor for the third edition of Dewberry's Land Development Handbook, a textbook widely used in college engineering programs.