Awards
Congratulations to our 2026 Award Winners! For more information on our nomination process, qualifications, etc. please contact our Awards & Scholarship Chair Nolan Villatoro.
Engineer of the Year
Thomas served as President of ECB during 2024-2025 and is a Senior Project Manager at RS&H working with the FDOT Corridors Program Office (CPO) to deliver the Moving I-4 Forward Project 2. He is a member of the ACEC inaugural Emerging Leaders Board and a representative of the FDOT District 5/ACEC-FL Technical Advisory Committee, and also serves as a Practitioner Advisor for ASCE-UCF.
Thomas Anzelone, P.E.
Young Engineer of the Year
Dayna currently sits on the Committee on Younger Members as an Eastern Geographic Representative and serves locally as a recent Younger Member Forum President, ECB Diversity Chair, ECB Marketing Chair, and ASCE-UCF Practitioner Advisor. She is the Orlando Drainage Team Lead at Ardurra where she leads drainage tasks for projects ranging from municipal sidewalk additions to multi-level, limited access facilities including the Moving I-4 Forward Project 5.
Dayna Duffy, P.E.
Government Engineer of the Year
Juan is the Past President of ECB and is a Project Manager at the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD), where he reviews stormwater and site plans and assisted the District in preparing for new stormwater standards in 2025. Juan has previous experience in private industry, and is passionate about mentorship and student outreach.
Juan Gonzalez, P.E.
Project of the Year
The Orlo Vista Flood Mitigation Project, located southeast of Kirkman Road and SR 408, consists of increasing the capacity of three existing stormwater ponds and constructing a new 40,000 GPM pump station and force main. The project is intended to mitigate flooding in the Orlo Vista neighborhood which was severely impacted by hurricanes Irma and Ian, and can draw down the water level in the ponds by 12 feet prior to major storm events.
Orlo Vista Flood Mitigation
Orange County Government & Geosyntec Consultants
Sustainable Project of the Year
District West is a multifamily residential community in west Orlando near the Packing District that applied a site-wide stormwater strategy to address floodplain constrains on an underutilized parcel within Floodplain Zone A. The project incorporates an existing borrow pit into the design and improves water quality through the use of rain gardens.