Halff’s Cleavelin and Llewellyn Jr. Receive Rising Star Awards

RICHARDSON, Texas — Halff Public Works/Transportation Team Leader Melanie Cleavelin and Tallahassee Operations Manager Mark Llewellyn Jr. were honored with 2023 Rising Star Awards in the AEC industry from Zweig Group. The award recognizes younger professionals whose exceptional technical capability, leadership ability, effective teaching, or research and public service have impacted the design profession.

“Servant leader, excellent communicator, proactive, responsive, transparent” —those are just a few words used to describe Cleavelin. In her 16 years at Halff, Cleavelin has advanced her career from EIT to Public Works/Transportation team leader. She exemplifies exceptional technical capability, leadership, effective mentorship and public service that benefits the AEC profession and the community. Cleavelin is active in the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) DFW Chapter and is the Transportation YOU committee chair. She is also the steering committee chair for the Halff Community Initiative (HCI).

Halff Public Works/Transportation Team Leader Melanie Cleavelin and Tallahassee Operations Manager Mark Llewellyn Jr. were honored with 2023 Rising Star Awards

Llewellyn Jr. is a proven leader known for his trustworthiness and genuine concern for the people of Halff, his clients and the projects he supports. With a rich experience spanning two decades in the AEC industry, Llewellyn has earned a reputation for being a hands-on project manager who deeply immerses himself in his work. He consistently prioritizes others’ needs above his own, and as a result, his colleagues at Halff regard him as a rising leader within the firm. Llewellyn serves as the steering committee chair for Halff’s Veteran Engagement Team and is the Florida Engineering Society Chapter president-elect. He also helps guide Halff’s workshare initiatives.

Cleavelin and Llewellyn Jr. join Halff’s RJ Endsley, who received the Rising Star Award in 2021.

About the Firm

Halff is an award-winning, employee-owned, diverse and multidiscipline professional engineering and architecture firm that improves lives and communities by turning ideas into reality. For more than 70 years, Halff has provided smart solutions for clients throughout the United States. The people-first firm is committed to continuously investing in its employees and fostering a culture of collaboration.

Halff has 30 offices in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The firm is ranked No. 85 by Engineering News-Record. Halff is the No. 15 Top Workplace nationally in 2023 as ranked by Energage for businesses with 1,000 to 2,499 employees.

For more information about Halff, visit halff.com.