Kerr Adler of Parsons Brinckerhoff named one of "40 young superstars" by BD&C magazine

Susannah Kerr Adler, a vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) and manager of the firm's Architecture and Buildings Technical Excellence Center, has been named one of "40 young superstars" of the U.S. design and construction industry by Building Design & Construction (BD&C) magazine. According to the editors at BD&C, the magazine's fourth annual "40 under 40" feature "identified 40 of the brightest stars in America's $538 billion commercial design and construction industry who are under 40 years of age."  The magazine said the 40 professionals "excel in their professional roles as architects, engineers, contractors, and real estate executives and contribute to their communities and professional societies." Kerr Adler oversees PB's work in providing architectural and design services to transportation projects.  She has made sustainability an integral part of her professional life, leading PB's sustainability task force for the Americas, which is charged with incorporating the principles of sustainability in the firm's internal operations as well as its efforts on behalf of clients.  She developed and teaches a course on transit and sustainable development and has given the course globally to PB employees and clients, including transportation agencies in New York, Atlanta, Beijing and Shanghai.  She is also a founding member of the American Public Transportation Association's sustainability task force, chartered to educate and encourage the transit industry to be proactive on the issue of sustainability.