WTS
GOLD

Board of Directors

2025-2026

Executive Board of Directors

President

Mahsa Pan, PE, CCM, LEED GA, Port of Los Angeles 

Vice President, Programs & Recognition

Eileen Ryder, Parsons

Vice President, Membership & Communications

Andie Tempelis, PE, HNTB

Vice President, Professional Development & Student Outreach

Sharlane Bailey, Foothill Transit

Secretary

Julie Nieto, Metrolink

Treasurer

Alva Carrasco, Burns Engineering

Immediate Past President

Heather Anderson, PE, HNTB

Committee Chairs

Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala Chair

Aliz Horvath, Mott MacDonald

Awards/Recognitions Chair

Monica Villalobos, AECOM

College Outreach Chair

Ashlien Savage, Foothill Transit

Communications Chair 

Rachel Cranfill, WSP

Construction Chair

Jennifer Weidel, Morgner Construction Management

Corporate Relations Chair

Rebecca Hardy, Pacifica Services

Historian/IT

Nan Hua, Mott MacDonald

Legislative Chair

Elinor Eizdi, Nossaman LLP

Membership Chair

Yolanda Baber, JGM, Inc.

Mentorship Chair

Yesenia Arias, Los Angeles Department of Transportation

Professional Development Chair

Lynn Feng, STV

Programs Co-Chairs

Ana Rios, HDR
Rayna Feliciano, Hill International

Scholarship Chair

Sara Bashir, Intueor

Small Business/EDI Chair

Melissa Holguin, Arellano Associates

Special Events Chait

Rashanda Davis, LA Metro

Transportation YOU Chair

Janeen Obeid, PE, QSP/QSD, Arcadis

Volunteers Chair

Kezia Suwandhaputra, LADOT

 

Directors at Large

Lisa Bahr, Metrolink 

Sue Lai, PE, Port of Los Angeles

Crystal Lee, PE, Los Angeles World Airports

Theresa Dau-Ngo, Port of Long Beach 

LaDonna DiCamillo, California High-Speed Rail Authority 

Lisa Levy Buch, Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority

Dr. Roxana Javid, University of Southern California

Mark Pestrella, PE, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Gloria Roberts, Caltrans District 7

Ted Allen, PE, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering

Dr. Allison Yoh, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Claudia Lewis, Long Beach Airport

Kome Ajise, Southern California Association of Governments

LaShawn King Gillespie, Foothill Transit

Laura Rubio-Cornejo, LADOT

WTS International Pacific West Regional Council Representative 

Heather Anderson, PE, HNTB

Issues and Intergovernmental Liaison

Lillian De Loza Gutierrez, LA Metro

Special Advisors to the President

Tina Backstrom, PE, Office of Mayor Karen Bass

Sheila Given, PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. 

Lisa Karwoski, PE, Mott MacDonald

Nancy Smith, JD, Nossaman LLP

Avital Barnea, LA Metro

Jenelle Saunders, Atlas

Eric Shen, USC