To close out programs for 2022, the WTS Charlotte Metro Chapter is pleased to host Randi Gates, AICP, MPO Administrator for the Gaston Cleveland Lincoln MPO, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022!

In her current role, Randi oversees the MPO’s budget and planning work program, hosts the meetings of local elected officials who serve on the GCLMPO TAC, and provides staff support and input for local and regional transportation planning studies, long range plans, and project submittal for STI prioritization. Randi will speak to her career trajectory and will highlight a few of the key projects of interest in the Gaston Cleveland Lincoln MPO region including Catawba Crossings feasibility study, I-85 widening and other special projects.

Grab your lunch with WTS Charlotte Metro to learn more about Randi’s career path and the key transportation initiatives that she is leading at GCLMPO.

Engineers attending this program could earn 1.0 Professional Development Hour. 

Each year the Charlotte Metro Chapter of WTS solicits applications for the WTS Foundation National Scholarships and offers a local $2,000 scholarship, the Mary N. Clayton Honorary Scholarship, which is selected from the National Scholarship applications at the collegiate and graduate levels.  We also provide an additional $750 local scholarship for high school seniors. 

Please forward this scholarship opportunity to any women who may be interested in a career in a transportation-related field and live in the greater Charlotte area, the Triad, and central North Carolina.  The application deadline is December 28, 2022.

Join WTS International and GPI for the "Ask Me Anything!" Student Webinar on December 3rd at 2 p.m. EST, where transportation professionals from GPI will moderate an exciting program of expert panels and facilitate an open discussion about how undergraduate and high school students can become the next generation of industry leaders. Registration for students is free! 

The 2023 Annual Conference Call for Abstracts and Posters is now open! Consider submitting presentations, panels, or posters detailing your most successful partnerships, promoting innovative research, discussing multimodal experiences, and championing projects that make communities better. Consider specifically our 2023 theme — the "great intersection" between equity and transportation.

Click the button below to find out more information and submit your contributions by Friday, December 16, 2022. 

2023 Southeast Rail Forum - Call for Sponsors

The Southeastern States and Women’s Transportation Seminar North Carolina Triangle Chapter (WTS) will hold its bi-annual Southeast Rail Forum (SRF) March 22-24, 2023, in Arlington, VA.

We look forward to a positive commitment from your organization and supporting this effort. Please visit the SRF Website for details on the various levels at which your organization can support us and pledge your commitment today! 

CORPORATE SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

We would like to thank DAVENPORT for being a 2022 WTS Charlotte Metro Gold Sponsor!

Founded in 2002, DAVENPORT is a leading engineering, design, and consulting firm focused on providing transportation, environmental, and specialty services to clients throughout the Southeast.

Inspired to evolve his career as a Traffic Engineer Consultant, and armed with the mindset to do more for the world around him, CEO John Davenport, Jr. started DAVENPORT from his home with immeasurable faith and trust he could build an organization that would not only serve clients, but also build leaders with a passion for helping others. At DAVENPORT this belief spans both the commitment to our employees, as well as through the ministry volunteer work we provide to the communities in which we work and serve.

DAVENPORT has continued to grow and evolve our services to benefit our clients, while maintaining our transportation focus. As a Minority-Owned Business, DAVENPORT now operates 7 offices across North Carolina, Virginia and Florida. We are a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, and Minority Business Enterprise and part of a number of associations including the American Council of Engineering Companies and International Council of Shopping Centers.