Awards
Nominations for 2025 awards are now open.
Nominate by December 10, 2025.
The WTS Portland Chapter is committed to recognizing and honoring individuals and firms for their contributions to the transportation industry. Each year, we celebrate these transportation professionals with our awards program which includes:
- Woman of the Year - an outstanding role model and contributor to the advancement of women and minorities in transportation
- Leader in transportation and has made an outstanding contribution to the transportation industry
- Directly contributed toward the advancement of women and minorities through programs or opportunities in the transportation field
- Advanced the reputation and credibility of women in transportation through her career advancements and support of women in the industry.
- Download form - Member of the Year – extraordinary contributions to the success of the organization
- Showed extraordinary commitment to the goals and growth of WTS.
- Promoted the reputation of WTS within the transportation industry.
- Worked effectively to strengthen communication between local and international WTS levels or between chapters.
- Did an outstanding job of revitalizing or expanding a chapter or any of its functions.
- Download form - Innovative Transportation Solutions – Example setting innovative transportation project
- Illustrate the purpose of the initiative, solution, project or policy
- Key elements of the project and how the female project manager successfully implemented these elements
- Demonstrate how the female project manager successfully met and overcame challenges
- Describe how the project achieved its purpose.
- Download form - Employer of the Year – to honor an organization for recruiting, retaining and advancing women
- Enhanced the transportation industry through its commitment to excellence and quality in its services or products.
- Outstanding record of affirmative action in hiring and promoting at all employment levels.
- Supports continuing education of its employees through professional education, professional organizations and/or professional development opportunities.
- Encourages women students to enter the transportation field by providing internship opportunities.
- Has supported WTS.
- Download form - Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership - an individual, group, or organization that has made significant contributions in promoting diversity and cultural awareness
- An individual or organization that has exhibited outstanding and extraordinary efforts or initiative(s) in facilitating opportunities for women and minorities.
- Contributed significantly to promoting diversity, inclusion and multi-cultural awareness within their organization, the transportation industry or in a project or activity that supports the goals and mission of WTS.
- Download form - Secretary Ray LaHood Award - a man who has directly contributed toward the advancement of women and minorities in the transportation industry
- Lead by example in advocating for women to compete for key positions
- Contribute to the advancement of women and minorities through programs or opportunities
- Show outstanding contributions to the transportation industry
- Download form