Mr. Holbert, Vice President of Cagley & Associates, has been an outstanding advocate for AE students over the years.  Through his direction, Cagley & Associates sponsors the Outstanding Structural Senior Thesis Project.  Given the invitation to become more involved with the AE program, Mr. Holbert responded by providing numerous building projects each year for students to use for their Senior Thesis.  He followed that with the Cagley & Associates Scholarship, which consists of a substantial cash award, an offer of summer employment at Cagley’s Rockville, MD office, a rent-free apartment for the duration of the summer job, and a complete set of materials to be used for Senior Thesis.  Mr. Holbert also serves on the AE Senior Thesis Jury and attends the Career Fair each year.

Beginning his career as a junior design engineer in 1977, Mr. Holbert now stands as the principal-in-charge of a number of his company’s engineering projects, as well as vice president in charge of finance, scheduling, and engineering recruitment.  His projects range from the U.S. Embassy Complex in Cairo, Egypt to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, MD.  He also acted as a consultant on a number of renovation projects for national entities, such as the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Mr. Holbert is a highly respected engineer among his peers.  He served as president of the Consulting Engineers Council of Metropolitan Washington, DC, the Structural Engineers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC, and the District of Columbia Regional Advisory Committee of the American Institute of Steel Construction.