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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.