Time to nominate someone outstanding and deserving of a WTS Award!

Who has made an impact on the transportation industry?

The WTS San Francisco Chapter Awards honor and recognize outstanding individuals, organizations, and projects/programs that advance women and minorities in transportation. Please show your appreciation by submitting your nomination today! 

Chapter Awards will be presented at the WTS Annual Event, date and time TBD so stay tuned!  Winners are selected based on the WTS International Award categories* listed below. All winning nominations are then submitted to WTS International for consideration in the International Awards competition.

Award categories below are linked to online nomination forms. Submissions are due November 30th.

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• Employer of the Year Award
• Honorable Ray LaHood Award
• Innovative Transportation Solutions Award
• Kathrine G. Johnson Trailblazer Award*
• Lifetime Achievement Award*
• Member of the Year Award
• Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award
• Woman of the Year Award

*These two awards are only specific to the WTS SF Chapter and will not be submitted to International.

Please submit your nominations to Beth Clement at [email protected] or contact her with any questions.

2024 Award Winners

• Jacobs, Employer of the Year
• Jeff Watson, Senior Vice President - West Division President at HNTB, Honorable Ray LaHood (Man of the Year)
• San Mateo County Express Lanes, JPA, Innovative Transportation Solutions
• Jeanne Krieg, RETIRED Chief Executive Officer at Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority, Katherine G. Johnson Trailblazer
• Carol Kuester, Director, Electronic Payments Director, Electronic Payments, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Lifetime Achievement
• Rachael Keish, CEO of Keish Environmental, Members of the Year (Women's Leadership Program Committee Chair)
• Bisa Grant, President and CEO, Anchor, Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership
• Dina El-Tawansy, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), District 4 Director, Woman of the Year

2024 Scholarship Winners

Graduate Scholarships:

• Erica Casillas – Helene M. Overly Graduate Scholarship - $5,000 + chapter nominee for International, SJSU
• Iulia Panescu Quiazon – Jannet Walker-Ford Leadership-Legacy – chapter nominee for International, SJSU

Undergraduate Scholarships:

• Catherine Xiang – Sharon D. Banks Memorial - $5,000 + chapter nominee for International, Stanford
• Adriana Reyes – Jolene Molitoris Leadership – chapter nominee for International, SJSU

Community College/Trade School:

• Sophia Furtado – $2,500 + chapter nominee for International, Santa Rosa Community College, Santa Rosa

Transportation YOU High School Senior:

• Zoie Quach – $2,500 + chapter nominee for International, George Washington High School, San Francisco