GBA Tees Up to Support Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc.

Team members (from left) 
Gary Beck - GBA, Terry Morrison - Ehrhart Griffin & Associates,
Pat Kastl - City of Omaha, and Kurt Hassler, GBA

Dear Gary,

Many, many thanks to you and your company for supporting Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. with your sponsorship for our 18th Annual Charity Golf Classic on July 11th, 2011.  The day was a little hot, but everyone had a great time, and enjoyed a fabulous round of golf.  We had 196 players (the most ever) and were able to raise an estimated $32,000.00 for our Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. programs. Please share the attached picture with your team members. Again, thanks so much, and we hope that you will be able to come out and play with us again, July 16th, 2012 at the Players Club at Deer Creek.

Sincere Best Wishes,
Keep Omaha Beautiful Staff & Board

GBA's Anne Schroer Honored by KSPE as ‘Young Engineer of the Year’



GBA's Anne Schroer receives the "Young Engineer of the Year"

award from KSPE President Glenn Knak, P.E., Lochner, BWR Division.

Congratulations to Anne Schroer, who has been named “Young Engineer of the Year” by the Kansas Society of Professional Engineers (KSPE). The award is given annually to honor a young engineer for engineering achievements, involvement in KSPE, civic and humanitarian activities, and excellence in continuing education.


A civil engineer and member of GBA's Transportation Group, Anne is a graduate of the University of Kansas. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 2003 and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management in 2010.  As part of the requirements for her Master’s degree, Anne developed the concept of “Sustainable Transportation Optimization,” which uses linear programming to maximize positive sustainable impacts in transportation projects. 

One of Anne's passions is working within the engineering community to help create a more sustainable transportation future. She currently serves as Assistant Chair of GBA’s FocusGreen, a multi-disciplinary team of LEED APs dedicated to achieving sustainability in GBA’s designs and business practices.

Anne also represents the American Public Works Association (APWA) as a member of the 4A Collaborative, a group of planning and design professionals from APWA, APA, ASLA, and AIA committed to promoting sustainability throughout the Kansas City region. In addition, she is a member of the KC Metro Scorecard Subcommittee, which is charged with developing a sustainability scorecard for the Kansas City area. 

Anne's involvement includes membership in the Linking Environmental & Transportation Planning Advisory Group that, through MARC, helped create an action plan and best practices guide for the Kansas City region. The Advisory Group continues to work to develop a clear understanding of what needs to be done to better integrate transportation and environmental planning in the Kansas City region. 

And if all of that isn't enough, Anne completed the Boston Marathon this year in 3 hours, 41 minutes, and 8 seconds (3:41:08), qualifying her for a third consecutive year. That's an amazing average of 8:26 (minutes: seconds) per mile.  Now that's sustainable transportation!