Workforce
Lead by Learning: ABC’s 2025 Young Professional of the Year Ray Wallace
With a nearly 10-year U.S. Army career and over 10 years in the construction industry, Ray Wallace knows a thing or two about hard work—and as a testament to that work ethic, the 39-year-old father of three was recently named ABC’s 2025 Young Professional of the Year.
By Grace Calengor
June 9, 2025
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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