Emerging Leader

The ACEC/MN Emerging Leader Award was developed to recognize an ACEC/MN member still in the early stages of their career who has already contributed significantly to the association.

The 2022 Emerging Leader Award was presented to Mario Ratnaraj of HNTB . This award was created to recognize an ACEC member still in the early stages of their career who has already contributed significantly to the association. Mario has been a dynamic leader for the Emerging Professionals group, which has hosted several great events this year including Politics In Engineering with two state senators, a tour of the MnDOT I-35W Stormwater Storage Facility, and exciting social events attended by hundreds of young engineers from member firms.