Published June 05, 2025
By : Staff Writer
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced that Carol Ellinger Haddock has been elected as president for the 2026-2027 term.
She will be inducted as president-elect at the Annual Business Meeting this October in Seattle during the ASCE 2025 Convention.
The presidency has a one-year term, but the president will spend three years advancing Society initiatives in the roles of president-elect, president, and past president.
ASCE is dedicated to raising awareness of the need to maintain and modernize the nation’s infrastructure using sustainable and resilient practices, advocating for increased investment in infrastructure, and improving engineering knowledge and competency.
Haddock has been an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for over 30 years.
She has served on ASCE’s Board of Direction and has also participated in the Society’s Public Policy Committee and the Flood Safety Policies and Practices Task Committee.
Additionally, she has held various leadership roles within the ASCE Texas Section and was elected president of the ASCE Houston Branch in 2010.
Haddock was previously on ASCE’s Board of Direction from 2016 to 2019 and has taken on numerous leadership roles in ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI).
Currently, she serves as the vice chair of ASCE’s Committee on America’s Infrastructure, which released the 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure in March.
Haddock earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rice University and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Houston.
She has been a licensed professional engineer in Texas since 1997. Currently, she serves as a professor-in-practice at Rice University and as a senior program advisor at Black and Veatch.
She also served as the director of Houston’s Department of Public Works from 2017 to 2024.
The votes are in: ASCE members elected Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., F.ASCE, as the Society’s 2026 president-elect.
— ASCE Headquarters (@ASCETweets) June 4, 2025
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