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ARTBA Women Leaders Council Overview and Update ARTBA National Convention September 2014 Overview The council started with ARTBA Board approval in 2010 The ARTBA Women Leaders Council promotes leadership and career advancement for

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ARTBA Women Leaders Council Overview and Update

ARTBA National Convention September 2014

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Overview

 The council started with ARTBA Board approval in 2010  The ARTBA Women Leaders Council promotes leadership

and career advancement for professional women in the transportation design and construction industry through networking, mentoring, recognition and educational activities in partnership with ARTBA and other stakeholders

 Chair – Melissa Tooley, Texas A&M Transportation Institute  Current members include individuals from such companies

as: Wright Brothers Construction, HNTB, AECOM, CC Myers, Corman Construction, PB and more

 We currently have 30 council members and are always

looking for more!

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Women Leaders Council Activities and Goals

 Meetings at ARTBA National Convention and Federal Issues

Program (some with guest speakers from government and industry)

 Host and co-sponsor ARTBA webinars featuring women

leaders in transportation

 Sponsorship of ARTBA receptions, breakfasts, etc.  Annual Awards Program with three categories:

 Lifetime Achievement (Ethel Birchland)  Company/Organization Award (Glass Hammer)  Student Award (Future Industry Spotlight)

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Women Leaders Council Activities and Goals, cont.

 Facilitate the appointment of women to ARTBA’s

divisions and Councils

 Create a strong virtual presence for the Women

Leaders Council on the ARTBA Website

 Create mentoring program and work closely with

ARTBA’s Young Executive Leadership Council on similar activities

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2014 Award Winners

 ARTBA Women Leaders in Transportation Design

and Construction Awards

 16 nominations  Glass Hammer Winner:

 CH2M Hill

 Ethel S. Birchland Winners:

 Linda Figg, FIGG  Katherine Nees, TXDOT

 Future Industry Spotlight Winner:

 Eirini Kastrouni, University of Maryland, College Park  Sadaf Khosravifar, University of Maryland, College Park

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Update on Recent Activities

 Meeting at ARTBA 2014 Federal Issues Program  2014 Spotlight on Women Leaders Webinars

 Phaedra Boinodiris - IBM Serious Games and Smarter

Transportation (February)

 Emily Bensinger – Social Media Webinar (June)  Lorraine D’Angelo – DBE Best Practices/Compliance

(September)

 Pat Harned – National Business Survey of the U.S.

Construction Industry: Gauging Industry Practices and Identifying Ethics Challenges

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Update on Recent Activities, cont.

 Meeting and Activities at ARTBA 2014

National Convention

 Co-Mentoring Program with YELC  WLC Meeting  Hand out WLC Awards at ARTBA Foundation Awards

Luncheon

 Update at 2014 Regional Meetings

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Update on Recent Activities, cont.

 Women Leaders Council on ARTBA

Website

 Includes overview, mission, focus Includes

testimonials from ARTBA Women Leaders

 Webinar links  Council’s strategic plan  How to get involved/Contact Information  Awards information (current application and past

winners)

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WLC in the News

 U.S. DOT’s Public Roads magazine featured the

Women Leaders Council in the March 2014 publication

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Incoming WLC Chair

 Jihane Fazio, AECOM

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Contact Information

ARTBA 1219 28th Street NW Washington, DC 20007 202-289-4434 ext. 305 Jihane Fazio ARTBA Women Leaders Council Chair

AECOM Jihane.fazio@aecom.com

Allison Klein ARTBA Vice President, Member Services awenograd@artba.org