Dishili Young, PE, PTOE

Dishili Young, PE, PTOE

Vice President, Engineer Manager


Dishili joined Neel-Schaffer in 2017 and in 2023 was named a Vice President with the firm. She has more than 20 years of experience and is based in the Baton Rouge (LA) office, where she manages the firm’s Louisiana Transportation and Civil Design groups.

In addition to being a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Texas, and South Carolina, Dishili is also a certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer.

Dishili’s experience includes program management, design-build, environmental assessments and impact statements, drainage design, bridge scour analysis, and hydraulics and hydrology. She was involved in two design-build interstate widening projects in Louisiana, on I-10 from Siegen Lane to Highland Road, and on I-12 from O’Neal Lane to Pete’s Highway.

In 2019, she was named Member of the Year by the Women Transportation Seminar (WTS) Louisiana Chapter for her extraordinary contributions to the organization’s success, and she currently serves as vice president for WTS Baton Rouge Chapter.