Chapter Award Winners
Congratulations to WTS Central PA's 2023 Award Winners:
Woman of the Year: Donna Newell, MS, PE, CFM - NTM Engineering
Member of the Year: Peg Bradley, PMP-ACP - GeoDecisions, a Division of Gannett Fleming
Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award: Karen Muro/Pennsylvanian Turnpike Commission’s Women’s Network, Giving Boxes Program/Human Trafficking Campaign
Innovative Transportation Solutions Award: STV for the PennDOT District 3-0 Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation (CSVT) Project Northern Section
Honorable Ray LaHood Award: Todd Morris, PE – Pennoni
2022
Woman of the Year: Yassmin Gramian, PE - Former Secretary of Transportation, PennDOT
Member of the Year: Crystalann Deardorff, PE, CBSI - Susquehanna Civil Inc.
Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Women's Network Coffee Connections
Employer of the Year: Dewberry
Innovative Transportation Solutions Award: Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign, The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Honorable Ray LaHood Award: Eric Madden, JMT
2021
Woman of the Year: Melissa Batula, PE - PennDOT Active Exec. Deputy Secretary
Member of the Year: Jennifer Warner Hayman, PE, ENV SP - Civil Engineer, Michael Baker International
Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award: Larson Design Group's Diversity, Inclusion,
Equity, & Belonging (DEIB) Committee
Innovative Transportation Solutions Award: PennDOT Strategic Recycling Program &
Ridley Creek State Park Demonstration
Crystal May, PE, Project Manager
Honorable Ray LaHood Award: Robert M. Scaer, PE - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
Gannett Fleming
2020
Woman of the Year: Barbara Hoehne, PE - STV
Member of the Year: Kelly Freeburger - Buchart Horn
Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award: RK&K Women's Leadership Forum
Employer of the Year: Gannett Fleming
Innovative Transportation Solutions Award: SR 272 (Lancaster Pike) Project, Lancaster County, District 8-0
Nexa Castro, Senior Project Manager
Honorable Ray LaHood Award: Michael Keiser, PE - Acting Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration, PennDOT
2019
Woman of the Year: Lea A. Nadler, PE - Founder, Susquehanna Civil Inc.
Member of the Year: Bethany Kavulick, MS, PE, CPESC - Senior Engineer, NTM Engineering
Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award: PennDOT District 8-0 TRUSS Women's Group
Employer of the Year: ELA Group, Inc.
Innovative Transportation Solutions Award: SR 322-B05/B06 Potters Mills Gap
Honorable Ray LaHood Award: Mark Compton - CEO, PA Turnpike Commission
2018
Woman of the Year: Secretary Leslie S. Richards - PennDOT
Member of the Year: Christina Kossis, PE - JMT
Employer of the Year: NTM Engineering
Honorable Ray LaHood Award: Eric Yost - Susquehanna Civil Inc.