Quarterly Soar Awards formally recognize exemplary achievement. To receive a Quarterly Soar Award, the recipient excels in the following areas:

Job Excellence – Exemplary Achievement and Performance – Client Interaction – Teamwork

Michelle Maitland
Project Administrator

Michelle Maitland is recognized for demonstrating her commitment to our key pillar of running a resilient and efficient business through her efforts as a Project Administrator. Michelle’s outstanding guidance and partnership with Project Managers drives contract compliance, risk mitigation, and overall project successes. She effectively manages key aspects of complex projects while actively monitoring budgets, reconciling subconsultant costs, and recommending corrective actions before issues escalate. As a trusted resource for Project Managers and Project Accountants, her proactive coordination strengthens collaboration, improves forecasting, and supports informed decision-making. Thank you, Michelle, for being such a valuable contributor to our success!

Quarterly Soar Awards formally recognize exemplary achievement. To receive a Quarterly Soar Award, the recipient excels in the following areas:

Job Excellence – Exemplary Achievement and Performance – Client Interaction – Teamwork

Abdullah Hamza
Managing Consultant

Abdullah Hamza is recognized for his outstanding leadership, commitment to clients, and overall drive to succeed. Most significantly, he is an outstanding contributor to the SAN T2E project. He consistently delivers exceptional work, often going above and beyond to ensure project success. Abdullah brings teams together with his positive attitude and collaborative approach, helping everyone stay aligned and work more effectively. Abdullah exhibits these qualities in his work and his interactions with others within L&B, furthering both client and internal relationships. Thank you, Abdullah, for your outstanding performance!

Cody Meyer
Senior Managing Consultant

Cody Meyer is recognized for his exceptional dedication, leadership, and technical acumen. His ability to balance multiple responsibilities while maintaining excellence in delivery sets a strong example for others. Cody is currently serving as the Deputy Project Manager for the BNA Master Plan and has been performing at an exceptional level. He consistently delivers high-quality work and demonstrates remarkable organizational and leadership skills. His professionalism and reliability have not only strengthened internal team cohesion but also earned the trust and confidence of the client. Thank you, Cody for your outstanding performance.

Sarah Farsalas, Senior Managing Consultant

Sarah is recognized for her outstanding dedication and performance with the Chicago Department of Aviation Client. Sarah excels as a Project Manager providing on-site technical support to multiple divisions of the Chicago Department of Aviation including planning, environment, sustainability, real estate, facilities, cargo, and executive staff. Sarah has developed into a trusted advisor with the Chicago client. The client routinely relies on Sarah’s perspective, which leads to client appreciation that results in Sales for the firm. Sarah’s client relationships and work performance deserve recognition!

Juan Pablo Duran Zacatecas, Senior Consultant

Juan Pablo is recognized for his outstanding work ethic and responsiveness to the Quiport client – private operator of the International Airport in Quito, Ecuador. Over the past year, Juan Pablo has consistently gone above and beyond to be responsive to our client’s needs during the 2025 Master Plan Update for Quito International Airport. Juan Pablo’s dedication has positively contributed to our client’s success and ensured L&B’s excellent reputation with this client. Juan Pablo’s proactive engagement has made a significant impact!

Soar Recipients 2nd Quarter 2025

Brianna Moyer, Consultant

Brianna Moyer is recognized for her outstanding dedication and performance. This year, Brianna has taken on more responsibility in a client-facing role, and is consistently praised by the client for her organized approach, completing tasks early, and prioritizing the clients’ best interests. Brianna is also a resource for newer employees, training them on technical analyses and trouble-shooting issues as they arise. Brianna does all this while also giving back to the community coaching youth sports. Brianna perfectly represents the next generation of employees that will lead L&B. Thank you, Brianna, for your outstanding performance!

Marie Topputo, Office Administrator

Marie Topputo is recognized for her significant contributions and performance at a level above and beyond expectations. In addition to her normal busy workload, Marie has worked tirelessly in recent months preparing office space for subtenants, coordinating directly with the subtenant and contractor to ensure access was available and work was completed on time. Marie also served as a local IT liaison for the GI Pillar IT team not only to support the sublease efforts, but also general IT support in preparing equipment for staff. Marie has been instrumental in these efforts and consistently exceeds expectations. Thank you, Marie, for all that you do!

Jay Zhao, Senior Consultant

Jay Zhao is recognized for his significant contributions to the SAN project team. Jay consistently meets client deadlines and is goal-oriented. He has a unique ability to foster collaboration with the client and among team members to achieve project goals. Thank you, Jay, for your outstanding dedication to the SAN project team!

Soar Recipients 1st Quarter 2025

Lisa Schafer, Managing Consultant

Lisa is recognized for her outstanding dedication and performance in meeting client-driven and internal deadlines and fostering a positive team environment at L&B. She regularly meets extremely tight deadlines, particularly for our international clients. Lisa is the go-to resource for runway exit and runway length analyses, and her experience, technical expertise, and passion for aviation have earned her the respect of her clients and colleagues.

Sam Thomas, Consultant

Sean is recognized for his significant contributions to the San Diego International Airport Terminal 2 East Project Description Document project in California, and for quickly becoming our go-to resource for Terminal and Airside Bridge analyses. He encourages collaboration among team-members and often brings creative ideas toward achieving a goal.

Luke Yu, Senior Consultant

Luke is recognized for his unwavering accountability and trustworthiness in supporting projects and clients. He is known for going above and beyond and can always be counted on to meet deadlines, ask the right questions, and ensure important touchpoints with clients. Luke is a great critical thinker and provides critical support on urgent tasks.

The Employee of the Year Award is the highest level of formal recognition given for exemplary achievement. L&B’s Matthew H. Lee Employee of the Year Award recognizes an employee’s achievements that embody the dedication to L&B and the aviation industry that Matt Lee has demonstrated for over 40 years.

Cody Meyer
Senior Managing Consultant

Cody Meyer is recognized as the L&B 2025 Employee of the Year for his exceptional dedication, leadership, and technical acumen. His ability to balance multiple responsibilities while maintaining excellence in delivery sets a strong example for others. In 2025, Cody began serving as the Deputy Project Manager for the BNA Master Plan and has been performing at an exceptional level. He consistently delivers high-quality work and demonstrates remarkable organizational and leadership skills. His professionalism and reliability have not only strengthened internal team cohesion but also earned the trust and confidence of the client. Thank you, Cody for your outstanding performance!