SIUE Engineering Alumna McClendon in Crain’s 40-Under-40
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering alumna Myesha McClendon was named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40-Under-40 earlier in November. Read more in chicagobusiness.com.
McClendon is vice president, east region at Milhouse Engineering and Construction, a Chicago-based firm that has been named among “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” for 14 consecutive years.
A member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), she has successfully managed multimillion-dollar design and construction projects, including airport runways, air traffic control towers, hospital intensive care units and community parks.
After earning a bachelor’s in electrical engineering with a minor in computer science in 2004, the Chicago native joined Milhouse in 2005. Her first project was the design and construction of a new runway at O’Hare International Airport.
Earlier this year, she was named to the Engineering News Record National Top 20 Under 40 and Engineering News Record Midwest Top 20 Under 40.
Photo: SIUE alumna Myesha McClendon, vice president at Milhouse Engineering and Construction. (photo courtesy Milhouse Engineering and Construction)