2025 Carolinas AGC
Top Young Leader Award Winners

July 28, 2025

CAGC Top Young Leader

Carolinas AGC is excited to announce the 2025 Top Young Leaders! The Top Young Leader Award recognizes those who play critical roles in the community and professional arenas of the construction industry. We believe it's important to honor the achievements of our young leaders as the emergence of these individuals is critical to the future of CAGC and the members we serve.

Pete Distefano, Balfour Beatty

Pete DistefanoPete Distefano is Operations Manager with Balfour Beatty. Pete has been involved in the young leader program since the beginning of the program in 2014 and has been an advocate for people participating ever since. He is currently in his second term of the Young Leader Action Team Committee and has been a huge supporter in the community involvement aspect and getting young leaders involved with career fairs and classroom visits. 

Pete started with Balfour Beatty after graduating from Central Connecticut State University with a Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering and Construction Management in 2005 and starting in the estimating department. Since then, Pete has served with many successful teams within the company, two of which have won Carolinas AGC Pinnacle Awards. Along with the Action Team Committee, Pete serves on the CAGC Technology Forum and the NCDOT/CAGC Structure Design Joint Committee. 

Pete and his wife Whitney, who have been married for 15 years, are huge supporters of the United Way, the Surfrider Foundation, and the Food Bank. Pete and Whitney enjoy traveling and spending time with their children--their daughter, Stella who is 12 and their son, Julian who is 9. 

Pete Distefano

Anna-Bryce Hobson, Parker Poe

Anna-Bryce HobsonAnna-Bryce Hobson is an Associate with Parker Poe in Charleston, SC. Anna-Bryce graduated from NYU with a degree in Politics and a concentration in Mandarin and East Asian Studies. Prior to attending law school at Wake Forest, she lived in Miami and worked for ATT corporate where she helped coordinate the build out of technology solutions for and negotiated contracts of ATT’s Chinese shipping clients and national sports teams' clients.  
 
Before moving to Charleston in 2024, Anna-Bryce lived in Charlotte, NC and worked for Bradley, where her involvement with CAGC and the Young Leader Program began. An active member since 2020, she currently serves as a member of the Young Leader Action Team providing guidance for the program and advocating for others to get involved with not only the Young Leaders, but also Carolinas AGC.  

Anna-Bryce grew up in Greenwood, SC and married her hometown sweetheart, Cauley, in 2019. They had their first child, their son Lauch, in 2023. In her free time, which she doesn’t have much of, she loves hiking, boating, snow skiing, and traveling.   Anna-Bryce Hobson Photo Collage