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News from WTS-DC
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A Message from the President
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Dear WTS-DC Chapter Members and Friends,
I hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather and additional daylight. It’s been a busy spring as the chapter continues to host exciting events with top leaders in the transportation industry.
As we celebrate
Infrastructure Week
across the country, the chapter is sponsoring four members to attend the Hub of Ingenuity WTS Annual Conference in Boston this week. This event will provide opportunities for our members to connect with over 700 corporate and governmental transportation leaders worldwide and learn more about how climate change is impacting transportation and how technology is changing the transportation industry at a record pace. Thank you to our corporate sponsors who allow us to provide this sponsorship for well-deserved members.
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Nominations Now Open: 2019 Recognition Award
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Each year, WTS-DC recognizes individuals, projects, and employers that support our local WTS-DC chapter and advances its mission and goals. Nominations are now open for deserving colleagues, organizations, or even transportation idols as part of WTS-DC’s six recognition awards. The awardees will be honored at our chapter's most prominent and widely attended event, the WTS-DC Holiday Party in December 2019.
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Support the WTS-DC Scholarship Fund
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$20,000 by 2020!
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The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) seeks to attract, sustain, connect, and advance women’s careers to strengthen the transportation industry.
Please join us in supporting the next generation of female transportation professionals by helping us reach our goal of raising $20,000 for scholarships by 2020. All donations to the WTS-DC Scholarship Fund are tax-deductible as allowed by the Fund’s 501(c)3 designation.
Learn more about how you can donate today!
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Executive Women's Roundtable
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WTS-DC is thrilled to have hosted the fourth Executive Women’s Roundtable (EWR) on March 1. This invite-only event brought together top-ranking women in the transportation industry in a facilitated forum to interact, network, and discuss common issues.
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The Evolution of Mobility with APTA’s Paul Skoutelas
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On February 7, the WTS-DC Chapter hosted a breakfast event titled “The New Mobility Paradigm: A Conversation with APTA’s Paul Skoutelas” in partnership with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The sold-out event featured speaker Paul Skoutelas, President and CEO of APTA, and was an exciting opportunity for participants to speak directly with a national thought leader on this transportation topic of significant relevance and interest.
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McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center (MPSTOC)
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On February 15, the Transportation YOU program traveled to Fairfax, Virginia to visit the McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center (MPSTOC). The MPTSOC, which operates as a partnership between Fairfax County DOT and Virginia DOT, houses agencies and operations that work to improve public safety response, traffic congestion management, and emergency response to major events.
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Women's Visibility at Work
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On March 12, Cerasela Cristei and Khatereh Vaghefi, chair and co-chair of the Professional Development Committee, and Sahar Nabaee, chair of the Diversity Committee, attended the recording session of Harvard Business Review’s (HBR) Women at Work podcast. The podcast, “Step into the Spotlight,” was moderated by Amy Gallo and consisted of a panel of four female professionals discussing women’s visibility at work.
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Coffee Chat with Amtrak's Caroline Decker
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On March 22, WTS-DC held a Coffee Chat with Caroline Decker of Amtrak. Caroline is currently the Vice President of the Northeast Corridor Service Line, and was previously the Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Communications at Amtrak, where she worked with Congress and other stakeholders to secure funding for Amtrak. In addition to her day-to-day job, Caroline also founded Notch 8, an Amtrak-wide women’s professional development group.
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Diversity Spotlight: LGBTQ & Pride Month
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The month of June commemorates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month and is celebrated annually to recognize the contributions that LGBTQ+ individuals have made nationally and internationally. This year marks the 50
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anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village, which was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the U.S.
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Audra Bandy,
WTS-DC holiday party committee chair, was recently promoted within Fairfax County’s Department of Transportation to Team Leader/Senior Transportation Planner IV.
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WTS-DC's job postings are periodically updated with opportunities in the area. It is also free to post a job.
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