Amanda Adams, senior geological engineer in the Denver office and president of the global MWH Young Professionals Group (YPG), has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Most Influential Young Professionals in Colorado by ColoradoBiz Magazine. Amanda was recognized along with the Top 25 Most Influential Young Professionals in Colorado at an event in Denver on Thursday night. She appears on the cover of the October 2012 issue of ColoradoBiz and is profiled in the issue.
Amanda has been president of the global YPG group, which has a membership of nearly 600 in 40 chapters in 10 countries, since 2010. She champions the mission of YPG, which is to help young professionals at MWH become inspired, gain experience, be connected and develop skill sets that will help built tomorrow’s leaders.
“This means so much to me, I hope to inspire other young professionals,” says Amanda. “I’m so proud of our YPG group and I know that every other young professional at MWH has done a great job to represent us and in Building a Better World. It’s an honor to be selected and to put us in this spotlight. Congratulations to all of YPG!”
As the global YPG leader, Amanda has been instrumental in further engaging young professionals around the globe, including offices where historical connection into the MWH network was limited. She was driven to ensure the MWH YPG group was truly representative of MWH, which has 7,500 employees worldwide. Offices like those in Pune, India and Lima, Peru, are home to large numbers of young professionals that are now more connected to the rest of MWH leadership and young professionals alike. Amanda is also an active participant in the MWH Climate Change Education Program, Goodwill Youth Services, and is president of the Denver chapter of Women in Mining.
Amanda is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines and holds a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering and joined MWH in 2008. She specializes in geological and geotechnical engineering for the mining sector.
