WTS

LEAP - Leadership for Emerging and Advancing Professionals 2024 

Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2

Applications are due to [email protected] by 5 p.m. on Monday, August 5. Applications can be downloaded here.

LEAP, or Leadership for Emerging and Advancing Professionals, is a two-day workshop focused on helping women in the early stages of their transportation careers further their personal and professional growth. Women with 2-5 years’ experience in the transportation field that are also WTS members in good standing are eligible. We are honored to announce Judy Clarke and Julie Gefroh are our facilitators for this leadership cohort. Learn more about our facilitators here. This event is eligible for up to 15 PDH credits and CM credits.

If you are interested, please submit the application form and your resume to [email protected] by 5 p.m. on Monday, August 5th. For any questions, please contact WTS Portland Leadership Development Chair Atousa Gorg.

More about the 2024 LEAP program:

  • The workshop will be held in person in Forest Grove, Oregon. Carpools are available upon request.
  • Tuition and a night lodging cost are sponsored by WTS Portland for the selected applicants.
  • This workshop is offered to WTS Portland Members only. If you are not a member and would like to apply for this program, you can join WTS Portland here.
  • If you are not a WTS Portland member but are an indigenous woman, a woman of color and/or a woman who speaks English as a second language, you can apply for a WTS Portland one-year membership scholarship as part of your LEAP application.