Principals
Taliaferro & Browne's senior management is committed to the revitalization of our area's historic neighborhoods and urban core. In both their professional and personal lives, firm principals Hagos Andebrhan and Leonard Graham strive to continuously promote:
- Engineering excellence
- Partnerships with key government and community stakeholders
- Infrastructure development expertise
- An on-time, on-budget track record
- Investment in the community
- Sustainability and "green" building
- Workforce diversity
Hagos E. Andebrhan,PE,PLS
Co-Owner and CEO
Hagos Andebrhan, a registered professional engineer as well as a registered surveyor, has served as co-owner and CEO of Taliaferro & Browne, Inc. since September 1992. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Missouri — Columbia in Civil Engineering.
Hagos is originally from Eritrea, a small country in east Africa. He migrated to the United States in the early 1970s as a pilot trainee with Ethiopian Airlines. After leaving the pilot training program, he met Will Taliaferro, then owner and president of Taliaferro & Browne Consulting Engineers and became interested in the civil engineering field. He ultimately started work for Taliaferro & Browne as a draftsman and attended engineering school while working at T&B, graduating and becoming a principal engineer with the firm.
After Mr. Taliaferro's death in 1990, Hagos and Leonard Graham, a long-time friend from college days, purchased the firm from the Taliaferro estate. Under their leadership, the firm has grown from a staff of approximately 12 in 1992 to over 45 people today.
Awards
Voted one of the "100 Most Influential Afro-Americans in Kansas City" by the Kansas City Globe Newspaper
Affiliations
- Founding Member — Kansas City Society of Black Architects and Engineers
- Committee Member — City of Kansas City, Missouri
Leonard J. Graham, PE
Co-Owner and President
A native of Kansas City, Mr. Graham received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Missouri — Columbia in Civil Engineering as well as a Bachelors of Liberal Arts degree from the University of Missouri — Kansas City. He is also a graduate of the Kansas City Tomorrow Leadership Development Program, having participated in Year IX.
Mr. Graham, a registered professional engineer, has served as co-owner and president of Taliaferro & Browne, Inc. since September 1992. He spent the previous 17 years with another engineering firm, the last four years in the capacity of partner and vice-president.
Awards
- Up and Comers — Kansas City Globe
- Voted one of the "100 Most Influential Afro-Americans in Kansas City" by the Kansas City Globe Newspaper
- Distinguished Alumni Award — University of Missouri — Kansas City, School of Engineering
- Business Man of the Year Award — Kansas City Black Chamber of Commerce
- Outstanding Black Missourian Award — University of Missouri — Columbia Black Studies Program
- Engineering Honor Award
- Lucille H. Bluford Special Achievement Award — Kansas City Branch of the NAACP
- Man of the Year Award — Centennial United Methodist Church
Affiliations
- University of Missouri at Kansas City Board of Trustees
- Commissioner on the Kansas City, Missouri Tax Increment Finance Commission
- Co-Chairperson of the FOCUS Kansas City Civic Steering Committee
- Co-Chair of the Central Business Corridor Transit Study
- Board of Directors — Downtown Kansas City Community Improvement District
- Board of Directors — Downtown Council
- Past president of the Academy of Distinguished Civil Engineers at the University of Missouri — Columbia
- University of Missouri School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Committee
- Inducted into the St. Patrick's Society for distinguished engineering alumni at the University of Missouri — Columbia
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- Sigma Pi Phi
