Chelsey Smith
Greater D/FW WTS Chapter
WTSDFWAnnualAwards@gmail.com
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Greater D/FW WTS Chapter
WTSDFWAnnualAwards@gmail.com
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Please join us for our 2016 Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet, Boots on the Ground, Flats in the Board Room, on Thursday evening, April 21! This year our popular annual event includes a nationally-recongized keynote speaker, industry awards, scholarship awards, sit-down dinner, cocktail hour networking, silent auction, live auction (for a weekend hog hunting trip!) and other fun. Please scroll down to see our featured attendees and honorees.
All funds raised through the event provide scholarships to young women - high school and college age – who are interested in future careers in transportation fields. The networking reception begins at 6 p.m. and the banquet kicks off at 7 p.m. Seating is very limited. Discounted registration is available through April 4.
Keynote Speaker
Liz Levin is a transportation thought leader and co-author of "Boots on the Ground, Flats in the Boardroom." A must-read, this book presents leadership lessons from women who have changed our industry and the world.
Levin is president of Liz Levin & Company - a management consulting firm serving the transportation, design, and environmental community. She currently serves as co-chair of the WTS International Advisory Board and on the board of directors of Normandeau Associates. Levin previously served as president of WTS International, chair of the Massachusetts Government Appointments Project (MassGap), and a member of the MassDOT and MBTA boards of directors.
Emcee
Bianca Castro joined the NBC 5 team in March 2014 as “First at Four” co-anchor, alongside Kristi Nelson. She also reports on medical and health care topics that affect North Texas.
Prior to joining the NBC 5 team, Castro spent three and a half years as an anchor and reporter with ABC affiliate WFTV in Orlando, Fla.
Castro started her career in Waco, where she reported on a vast range of stories, from President George W. Bush’s visits to his Crawford ranch to issues facing our troops at Fort Hood in Killeen.
Award Winners
Member of the Year
Adrienne Williams, Pegasus Link Constructors, LLC
Woman of the Year
Alberta Blair, P.E., Dallas County Public Works
Employer of the Year
Lina T. Ramey & Associates, Inc.
Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award
Velina Willis
National Insurance Consultants, Inc.
Innovation Transportation Solutions Award
Pegasus Link Constructors, LLC
Public Information Team, Virtual Open House
Honorable Ray LaHood Award
Jon Engelke, P.E.
AECOM
Scholarship Winners
Wanda J. Schafer Graduate Scholarship $2,500 – Audrey Porter
Monique Pegues Graduate Leadership Scholarship $2,500 – Kasey St. John
DFW Undergraduate Scholarship $2,500 – Lisa Fielder
DFW Undergraduate Leadership Scholarship $2,500 – Brenda Torres
Transportation YOU Scholarship $2,500 – Jamie Griffin
Gorrondona & Associates Scholarship $2,500 each – Jennifer Derma, Leslie Acosta, Tailar Brown and Tania Maderos