Nominations for the 2025 Awards are now closed. Annual voting by WTS members takes place in November and winners are announced early in the next calendar year.  

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Award criteria: 

1. The organization supports WTS through memberships, sponsorships, and employee involvement at the local and international levels.  
    
2. The organization’s structure includes a number of women in executive and senior positions and those leading major initiatives. 
    
3. The organization has career development plans and succession programs in place for women to advance within the organization.  
    
4. The organization provides continuing education of its female employees through professional education, professional organizations, and professional development opportunities. 
    
5. The organization encourages female students to enter the transportation field by providing internship opportunities.  

 

Year      Recipient

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2025      Benesch
 

2024      Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways

2023      J A Watts, Inc.

2022     Program Management and Cost Services, LLC

2021      TranSmart, Inc.

2020    SQN Associates

2019     AECOM

2018     IDOT

2017     HDR

2016     HNTB

2015     Parsons Brinckerhoff

2014     Jacobs

2013     Ricondo & Associates, Inc.

2012     Union Pacific Railroad

2011      Singh & Associates, Inc.

2010     Collins Engineers, Inc.

2009    Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

2008    R.M. Chin & Associates

2007    IDOT

2006    HDR