Event Recap: WTS-Boston 2022 Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet
The Annual WTS Awards and Scholarship Banquet was held on June 22, 2022, at the Marriott Copley Hotel in Boston. The event had a great turn out with almost 200 people in attendance to celebrate and recognize those in our community who have or will have a great impact on our transportation industry. The award recipients and scholarship winners shared their inspiring speeches illuminating their appreciation for WTS and their commitment to advancing transportation. It was an honor to share the room with these inspiring and deserving winners, encouraging all of us to save a seat, work together, commit, and always, always, always continuing to learn. The evening also provided a vital opportunity to reconnect with colleagues we hadn’t see ‘in person’ since 2019! Congratulations again to all our award recipients and scholarship winners. And a big thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers who made the event possible. Check out the WTS-Boston Flickr accounts for photos of the event: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzVCxL
The 2022 WTS Boston Annual Award recipients:
- Woman of the Year
- Katie J. Choe, MBTA
- Claire Barrett Member of the Year
- Erica Blonde, HNTB Corporation
- Employee of the Year
- HNTB Corporation
- Honorable Ray LaHood Award
- Jonathan Gulliver, MassDOT
- Innovative Transportation Solutions Award
- MBTA Bus Facility Modernization Program, accepted by Alexandra Markiewicz
- Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award
- Shilpa Sen
We received a record number of highly qualified applications for the 2022 scholarships. The decision-making process is always very difficult, and this year was no different. The 2022 WTS‐Boston Scholarship winners are:
- Transportation YOU High School Scholarship
- Grace Russell, Bourne High School
- Jacquelyn R. Smith Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
- Sarah Widrow, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- Ann M. Hershfang Graduate Scholarship
- Farah Zaremotekhases, University of New Hampshire
- Mary Jane O'Meara Member Graduate Scholarship
- Efthymia Kostopoulou, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
