OUR TEAM.

Transportation at Horrocks Engineers

IDAHO

Bryan Foote, PE

Idaho Area Manager

26 years of industry experience
Lead presenter at more than 50 public meetings on transportation projects
Avid snowmobile enthusiast

Kurt Wald

Senior Environmental Strategist

24 years of industry experience
Rowed boats through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River for first consulting job
12-1 record as an amateur boxer in high school

Samantha Patterson

Environmental & Public Involvement Specialist

5 years of industry experience
Population data expert
Hiking and baking enthusiast

Gemma Puddy

Senior Public Involvement Specialist

13 years of industry experience
Holds an undergraduate degree in landscape architecture from Kansas State University
Ran the Boston Marathon during the year of the bombing

Kelly Hoopes, PE

Transportation Project Manager

22 years of industry experience
Helped develop the first CM/GC project in Idaho; the first roundabout on the ITD system, which happened to be peanut-shaped
Loves horses and the outdoors

Chris Melander, PE

Transportation Project Manager

15 years of industry experience
Originally worked 5 years in Alaska on "The Final Frontier" transportation project
Grower and collector of backyard bonsai trees

Karie Gullickson, PE

Associate Transportation Engineer

8 years of industry experience
First started at a structural engineering firm, designing residential and commercial buildings
Enjoys mountain biking, backpacking and other outdoor adventures

Jeremy Hunting

Senior Design Technician

23 years of industry experience
Started 3D modeling before it was "cool" and the software was developed
Raises and trains miniature horses with his family

Ben Burke, PE

Traffic Design Lead

21 years of industry experience
Worked on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge project for WSDOT
Lives in Squirrel, Idaho, just 7 miles from Yellowstone

Justin Harral

Senior Transportation CAD Technician

14 years of industry experience
Entered the industry at the ripe age of 19
Fervent rider or dirt bikes and snowmobiles

Camron Sobotka

Transportation Design Technician

13 years of industry experience
Experienced in 3D visualization and 3D bridge modeling
Successfully landed a backflip into a foam-pit on my motorcycle on the first try

Emily Peters

Transportation Engineer-in-Training

Recent graduate from Boise State University
Third-generation engineer
Played competitive soccer for 15 years

John Stone, PE

Senior Roadway Design & Construction Manager

29 years of industry experience
Successfully delivered several of ITD's largest and most complex design projects
Lover of all things hunting, camping and fishing

Mike McConnell

Environmental & Planning Project Manager

16 years of industry experience
Internally recognized Professional Wetland Scientist
Fourth-generation Idahoan

Eric Verner

Senior GIS Analyst and Environmental Planner

34 years of industry experience
Proud GIS innovator
Forester at heart

Jennifer Daniluc

Public Involvement Coordinator

13 years working with the public
Passionate about helping others and building relationships
Avid runner and lover of the outdoors

Heidi Carter, PE

Transportation Project Manager

25 years of industry experience
Organized, efficient, and adaptable with expertise in ITD roadway and traffic design
Active in jogging, hiking, and camping

Kip Davidson, PE

Roadway Design Lead

9 years of industry experience
Inspired to become a civil engineer by his grandfather, who spent 30+ years with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Enjoys backpacking in Sawtooth and White Cloud mountain ranges in Idaho

Adam Drinkwalter, PE

Structures Design Lead

12 years of industry experience
Originally sought to become a geotechnical engineer
Was voted "Class Hair" in senior year of highschool

Mike McKee, PE

Transportation Project Manager

13 years of industry experience
Models roadway interchanges in 3D for all projects
Coaches youth basketball and soccer

Will Rice, PE

Transportation Drainage Design Engineer

6 years of industry experience
Experienced in transportation storm drainage design and 1D and 2D river hydraulic modeling
Upland bird-hunting enthusiast

Allen Ziesman, PE

Transportation Roadway Engineer

6 years of industry experience
Passionate about improving transportation through roadway design
Was on the winning team of the 2018 South Idaho APA 8-ball pool championship

Nick Saras

Transportation Structures Engineer

4 years of industry experience
Experienced in bridge engineering and transportation projects
Born in eastern Idaho, grew up in southwestern Idaho, and schooled in north Idaho