Liz Lackey Recognized as Top Young Pro by Water & Wastes Digest
Our team leader Liz Lackey is one of only 10 water and wastewater professionals across the United States chosen by Water & Wastes Digest for its 2021 Young Pros list. This list is published annually to recognize rising stars in the water and wastewater industry for their role as leaders, influencers, and advocates.
Liz and the other honorees are featured in the May issue of the magazine. (Read the Water & Wastes Digest Young Pros profile here.) Liz is also featured in a video interview on the magazine’s social media channels. (View Liz’s video interview with Water & Wastes Digest here)
At just 32 years of age, Liz has already built an impressive resume of experience in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining HRG, she worked as an environmental engineer at IBM Microelectronics and as a water treatment process specialist for the City of Thornton in Colorado. She is a talented engineer with a passion for data analytics and a trusted mentor to her fellow team members. She’s also a member of the Western Pennsylvania Water Pollution Control Association, where she chairs the young professionals’ committee and serves as a member of the communications committee.
We want to congratulate Liz and all of the other men and women on this list for this well-deserved honor.

Laura Ludwig has joined the Pittsburgh office of Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a community planner. She will assist HRG’s municipal clients with zoning, ordinance amendments, and requests for land development plan approvals and permits. She will also act as a liaison between community groups, government agencies, developers and other stakeholders in developing neighborhood plans.
Mark Maguire has joined the Pittsburgh office of Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a senior GIS specialist. He will help local governments, public authorities, and private sector clients implement geospatial technology to inform infrastructure, land use, and environmental decision-making. His skills include desktop and web-based GIS analysis and production, enterprise database design, field data collection system development, and software implementation.
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is pleased to announce that Virginia Loaney has been promoted to Land Development Group Manager in our Pittsburgh office.
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is pleased to announce that Jeffrey A. Mikesic, P.E., has been promoted to practice area leader for the firm’s Transportation Group.