Salas O’Brien honors inaugural Collaborative Impact Award winners

At Salas O’Brien, delivering the highest quality solutions requires leveraging the full depth of expertise and talent across our teams. By bringing together diverse perspectives, skills, and services, we drive innovation and excellence for our clients every day.

To recognize individuals who exemplify this mindset, Salas O’Brien launched the Collaborative Impact Awards—an initiative celebrating those who actively foster connections, integrate expertise across disciplines, and create new opportunities for both our teams and clients.

In its inaugural year, the program received 48 nominations from across the firm, reflecting the widespread commitment to teamwork among Salas O’Brien’s professionals. After careful review by a selection committee comprising leader from across the company, six individuals were selected as the first recipients of this award.

2025 Collaborative Impact Award Winners

David Dafeldecker, AVP, Commissioning Manager
John Glenski, Principal & Senior Director of Automation and Digital
Angie Howarth, AVP, Project Manager
Joey Liberman, Principal, Structural Engineer
Andrea Sojda, Principal
Jay Zepnick, SVP

We have champions across Salas O’Brien who bring together teams, expertise, and ideas to deliver the best solutions for our clients every day. These six individuals stand out for the way they’ve embraced teamwork to drive impact, strengthen connections across our company, and open new opportunities. Recognizing and celebrating this kind of leadership is essential to our continued growth and success.

Paul SilvaPresident & Chief Operating Officer

The recipients were honored at Salas O’Brien’s Leadership and Technical Conference in Denver on April 11.