WTS
GOLD

Board of Directors

2023-2024

Executive Board of Directors

President

Heather Anderson, PE, HNTB

Vice President, Programs & Recognition

Mahsa Pan, PE, CCM, LEED GA, Port of Los Angeles 

Vice President, Membership & Communications

Brad Owen, PE, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Vice President, Professional Development & Student Outreach

Eileen Ryder, Parsons

Secretary

Andie Tempelis, PE, HNTB

Treasurer

Sharlane Bailey, Foothill Transit

Immediate Past President

Jenelle Saunders, Berg & Associates

Committee Chairs

Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner Chair

Rashanda Davis, AECOM

Awards/Recognitions Chair

Julie Nieto, Metrolink

College Outreach Chair

Janeen Obeid, PE, QSP/QSD, Arcadis

Communications Chair 

Lindsay Kraft, Rincon Consultants

Corporate Relations Chair

Allison Kooiman, Psomas

Historian/IT

Darlene Gonzalez-Szabo, Mott MacDonald

Legislative Chair

Andrée Blais, Nossaman LLP

Membership Chair

Lynn Feng, AECOM

Mentorship Chair

Yesenia Arias, Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority

Professional Development Chair

Ashley Morales, KDG Construction Consulting

Programs Co-Chairs

Ana Rios, HDR
Damian Becerra, CMIT II, Atlas

Scholarship Chair

Jenny Jing, Longi

Small Business/EDI Chair

Monica Villalobos, Vicus Planning 

Transportation YOU Chair

Ashlien Savage, Foothill Transit

Volunteers Chair

Margrit Lehmann, CM Solutions 

Directors at Large

Lisa Bahr, Metrolink 

Dina Aryan-Zahlan, PE, PMP, Port of Los Angeles

Samantha Bricker, Los Angeles World Airports

Theresa Dau-Ngo, Port of Long Beach 

LaDonna DiCamillo, California High-Speed Rail Authority 

Cynthia Guidry, PE, Long Beach Airport

Lisa Levy Buch, Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority

Dr. Roxana Javid, University of Southern California

Mark Pestrella, PE, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Gloria Roberts, Caltrans District 7

Julie Sauter, PE, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering

Eric Shen, PE, PTP,  Eco-Rapid Transit

Dr. Allison Yoh, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

WTS International Pacific West Regional Council Representative 

Jenelle Saunders, Berg & Associates  

Special Advisors to the President

Tina Backstrom, PE, Los Angeles World Airports

Lynda Bybee, LSA

Sheila Given, PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. 

Lisa Karwoski, PE, Mott MacDonald

Desarae Jones, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Kathy Simons, LKG-CMC

Nancy Smith, JD, Nossaman LLP