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2024 WTS-DC Board

WTS-DC relies completely on volunteers to make our events and programs happen. Our chapter thanks our 2024 volunteers on the Chapter Board!

Executive Board

  • Sophie Guiny, InfraStrategies LLC - President 
  • Shelley Wynne, Dewberry - Vice President
  • Cerasela Cristei, EXP - Treasurer
  • Ellie McCurdy, WMATA - Secretary 
  • Katie Kraft, Thompson Coburn LLP - Immediate Past President

Advisors 

  • Avital Barnea, LA Metro
  • Adrienne Ameel, Kimley-Horn of DC
  • Brittney Gick , Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  • Jamie Rennert, FRA
  • Neela Babu, MDOT
  • Susan Gygi, WSP

Communications, Newsletter, and Social Media

  • Morgan Bassford, WMATA (Co-Chair)
  • Katie Masetti, Mead & Hunt (Co-Chair)

Corporate Relations and Program Sponsorship

  • Shelley Johnson, Epstein Creative Group (Chair) 
  • Cherie Gibson, HNTB (Deputy Chair)

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

  • Audra Bandy, FHWA (Chair)
  • Deepika Fields, Stantec (Deputy Chair)
  • Amanda Roberts, Avid-Core (Volunteer)
  • Robyn Jackson, DDOT (Volunteer)

Holiday Party

  • May Elkhattab, Burns Engineering (Chair) 
  • Chetna Sinha, TYLin (Deputy Chair)

Legislative

  • Kate Roetzer - WMATA (Volunteer)
  • Ally Castaneda, U.S. House of Representatives (Volunteer)
  • Brianne Eby-Stockert, NEC Commission (Volunteer)
  • Jill Kinder, Kimley-Horn of DC (Volunteer)
  • Laura Luo, AECOM (Volunteer)

Membership

  • Laura MacNeil, DDOT (Chair)
  • Poonam Patel, Kimley-Horn of DC (Deputy Chair)
  • Jane Morris, WMATA (Volunteer)

Mentoring

  • Roxanne Feige, AtkinsRealis (Co-Chair)
  • Ruochang Huang, Jacobs (Co-Chair)
  • Melissa Kim, WMATA (Volunteer)
  • Rachel Hensler, Kimley-Horn of DC (Volunteer)

Professional Development

  • Lindsey Robertson Lentz, Evans Consulting (Chair)
  • Nadiya Kutishcheva, Foursquare ITP (Deputy Chair)

Program Logistics

  • Laura Duke, Foursquare ITP (Chair)
  • Liz Patel, FWHA (Volunteer)
  • Valentina Farias, GMU (Volunteer)

Recognitions

  • Jamie Rosen, WMATA (Chair)
  • Edith Tapia, RVB+A (Deputy Chair)
  • Dhvani Patel, DDOT (Volunteer)

Scholarship and Fundraising

  • Alanna McKeeman, Foursquare ITP (Chair) 
  • Regis Stinson, Dewberry (Deputy Chair)
  • Niloo Parvinashtiani, Iteris (Volunteer)

Transportation YOU

  • Melanie Flores, Assedo Consulting (Chair)
  • Circe Torruellas, Gannett Fleming (Volunteer)
  • Kyla D'Sa - Kimley-Horn (Volunteer)
  • Melissa Kim - WMATA (Volunteer)
  • Nadia Anderson, Silicon Valley Leadership Group (Volunteer)
  • Polly Hanson, APTA (Volunteer)

If you are interested in serving on the WTS-DC Board, please contact Sophie Guiny, WTS-DC President, at [email protected].