2024 Recognition Award Recipients

 

Woman of the Year

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Renee N. Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toll Road Investor Partnership II L.P (TRIP II)

 

 

 

 

Member of the Year

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Katie Kalugin
Deputy Director of Policy Development, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

 

 

 

Employer of the Year

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Innovative Transportation Solutions Award

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I-95 Variable Speed Limit (VSL)
 

 

 

Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award

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Gail Woods
Vice President, TransSystems

 

 

 

Honorable Ray LaHood Award

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Kome Ajise
Executive Director, Southern California Association of Governments

 

 

 

 

Jannet Walker-Ford Breaking Barriers Award

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Jannet Walker-Ford
WTS International Chair, Board of Directors 2022-2024
Senior Vice President & Principal Director - National Transit & Rail Business Line Leader, WSP USA

 

 

Mary Peters Inspirational Leader Award

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Nuria Fernandez
Former Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, USDOT (Retired)

 

 

 

2024 Scholarship Recipients

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WTS Jannet Walker-Ford Leadership Legacy Scholarship

Kim Jarosz
Southern Illinois University

Molitoris Leadership Scholarship for Undergraduates

Arpita Saha
Columbia University

Sharon D. Banks Memorial Scholarship

Sarah Michalak
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

WSP Strategic Partner Scholarship

Thao Christy Tran
University of Texas Permian Basin

HNTB Pinnacle Partner Scholarships

Rachel Barnham 
University of Colorado Denver

Vivian Achieng Otien
Texas Southern University

HDR Strategic Partner Scholarship

Jessica Allen
University of Colorado Denver

Jacobs Strategic Partner Scholarship

Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula
Texas Southern University

Junior College and Trade School Scholarship

Madison Glassett
Tarrant County College

Transportation YOU High School Scholarship

Payton Miller
BASIS Phoenix

Helene M. Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship

Jolina Karam
Arizona State University