Members,

The Missouri Society of Professional Engineers is excited to announce two of our own past presidents, Britt Smith, P.E., F.NSPE and Breck Washam, P.E., are taking the national stage. On August 1, 2020, during the National Society of Professional Engineers Virtual Conference, NSPE officers installed Trish Hatley, P.E., F.NSPE as president and Britt Smith as vice president. Breck Washam was elected to represent the North Central Region on the NSPE Board of Directors.

For over two decades, Mr. Smith has served MSPE in multiple capacities, including MSPE president and Jefferson City Chapter president. He has served the Society by his active involvement in NSPE via the Committee on Policy and Advocacy, Honors and Awards Committee, Candidate Screening Committee, Communication and Technology Task Force, Collaboration Group Task Force, and as Missouri’s representative to the House of Delegates. Mr. Smith was named an NSPE Fellow in 2016. Mr. Smith serves as Operations Division Director for the City of Jefferson. Smith holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology.

During the nomination process, Smith noted, “I am passionate about promoting the ethical and competent practice of engineering, the honor of our profession, and our rights and responsibilities to protect it. My primary goal, if elected, is to continue working to strengthen the bonds between the national and state organizations.”

Mr. Washam, who first joined MSPE in 1991, has also served MSPE in several roles, including MSPE president and St. Louis Chapter president. Mr. Washam is a vice president of Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., and general manager of the firm’s St. Louis Regional Office.  He has been with Burns & McDonnell for 25 years and joined them after earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Missouri University of Science & Technology.

As North Central Region Director, Mr. Washam will chair monthly meetings of regional meetings, which include the Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota state societies and serve on the NSPE Board of Directors for the next two years.

The Missouri Society of Professional Engineers would like to thank all those who assisted and supported Smith and Washam during the nomination process and thank both gentlemen for their service at the national level.