The WTS-Boston Leadership Award is an annual award given to a woman who has made significant contributions to the transportation industry that aligns with the mission and core values of WTS.  WTS-Boston honors the awardee as the keynote speaker at a standalone event.

Past Recipients

2024: Stephanie Pollack, USDOT Senior Adviser and former Massachusetts DOT Secretary

2023: Victoria Sheehan, Transportation Research Board, Executive Director

2022: Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Lt. Governor of Massachusetts

2021: Loretta Girard Doughty, New Hampshire DOT

2020: Andrea D'Amato, Massachusetts DOT Assistant Secretary for Operational Excellence

2019: Judith Nitsch, PE, LEED AP BD+C, Nitsch Engineering, Founding Principal

2018: Dorri Giles Raposa, President, HDR Senior Vice President

2017: Lisa Brothers, Nitsch Engineering, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

2016: Anne Aylward, USDOT Volpe Center, Deputy Associate Administrator for Research and Innovation

2015: Ann Hershfang, Former MA Undersecretary of Transportation; Former board member of the Massachusetts Port Authority and MA Turnpike Authority; Walk Boston Co-Founder

2014: Anna M. Barry, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Deputy Commissioner

2013: Jane Garvey, Meridiam Infrastructure, North America Chairman

2012: Lucy Garliauskas, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment

2011: Luisa Paiewonsky, Massachusetts DOT Highway Division Administrator

2010: Mary Jane O'Meara, Director of Transition to MassDOT for the Massachusetts Port Authority

2009: Leslie Kirwin, Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance

2008: Therese Murray, State Senate President

2007: Gloria Larson, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Chair

2006: Kerry Healey, Lt Governor of Massachusetts

2005: Patricia McGovern, Former State Senator

2004: Anne Paulsen, State Representative

2003: Carol Murray, New Hampshire DOT Commissioner

2002: Betty Desrosiers, Massachusetts Port Authority, Director of Aviation Planning and Development

2001: Virginia Buckingham, Massachusetts Port Authority, Executive Director and CEO