WTS Hampton Roads Chapter is pleased to host its annual Transportation Reception. Join us Thursday, November 7 at 6 pm as we celebrate this year's sponsors, award winners, and scholarship winners.
Registration and networking will begin at 5:30 pm. One drink ticket will be provided to each attendee.
EVENT SPONSORSHIPS
We have limited sponsorships available! If your organization would like to sponsor the event, please email [email protected] for an event sponsorship form.
RECOGNITION & SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
This year's honorees include...
- Employer of the Year: Elizabeth River Crossings
- Rosa Parks Diversity: My Lan Tran, MA, CED, CVET, CITS, Executive Director - Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce
- Woman of the Year: Captain Janet Days, USN (Ret.)
- Honorable Ray LaHood: Ryan Banas, PE, CCM - HNTB
- Member of the Year: Jamie Kiser - RK&K
- 2024 Scholarship Winners: Kota Laning & Bridgette Davis
SILENT AUCTION TO BENEFIT WTS SCHOLARSHIPS
The evening will include a silent auction to benefit the WTS HRC Scholarship Foundation. It's a perfect way to check off your holiday gift list and donate to the scholarship program!
AUCTION LINK: https://wtshrc.betterworld.org/
Winners need not be present to win and will be contacted after the event to arrange shipping/delivery/pickup of item(s).
DONATE TO THE AUCTION: If you or your company would like to donate an item for the silent auction, please contact us at [email protected] for a donation form or go directly to our Betterworld donation form to add the item to our auction site.
The Chapter's goal for this year is to raise $2,000 in donations associated with the Annual Reception. If you can't attend the event but would like to donate to WTS HRC Scholarships, click here to make a monetary donation.
Venue Parking: Waterman's provides complimentary valet parking in addition to the nearby public parking garages.
Featuring Keynote Speaker, Sidnee McGee, Chief of Education and Intern Development, Virginia Spaceport Authority
Sidnee McGee has worked tirelessly in the field of education for ten years, collaborating with teachers, administrators, and students in public and independent schools in the greater DC, Maryland, and Virginia area. Over the years she has gained experience teaching in the classroom and as an Admissions Director. After serving in K-12 schools, she decided to pursue a new challenge, and her passion for creating and innovating led to her current role as the Chief of Education and Intern Development for the Virginia Spaceport Authority (VSA).
In her capacity as the Chief of Education and Intern Development, she established the Education Department at VSA and seized the opportunity to revitalize the internship program and expand it to include high school students, improved the student and teacher experience at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), signed Memorandums of Understanding with universities, worked with local library systems to open avenues for homeschooled students to interact with the spaceport and continues to drive MARS to become an educational hub in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Ms. McGee has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from American University and two Masters degrees from Lesley University, one in Elementary Education and Teaching and one in Special Education and Teaching.
