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WTS-Boston is proud to announce that Reed Brockman, Vice President at AECOM, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award. This honor recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity within the transportation industry.

Reed Brockman exemplifies the spirit of the Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award through his sustained, hands‑on commitment to creating opportunity, expanding access, and elevating underrepresented voices within the transportation industry and beyond.

As a past President of BSCES and current chair of its DEI Committee, Reed has shaped initiatives that broaden participation in STEM. He leads the Model Bridge Competition and the Future City Competition—two major outreach programs that introduce thousands of students, many from underserved communities, to engineering. These programs celebrate diverse perspectives and help students envision themselves as future innovators.

Reed’s work with WTS and Transportation YOU further advances opportunities for women and minorities. Through bridge tours, demonstrations, and direct engagement with engineers, he provides meaningful early exposure for girls, building confidence, dismantling stereotypes, and sparking early technical curiosity.

Reed’s commitment also extends into meaningful community service. As a Board Member of World Unity, Inc., he supports programs that promote self‑awareness of bias through positive, inclusive messaging—an approach that enhances multicultural understanding without political or ideological framing. His service on the Board of MassHire Metro North, part of the ABCD network, enables him to support employment pathways for residents from historically marginalized communities, strengthening economic mobility and workforce inclusion.

He also expands access to minority youth through his summer program with Boston Green Academy, mentoring students as they complete real engineering projects and present their work to professionals at AECOM, the MBTA, and MassDOT. This experience provides rare professional visibility and skillbuilding for high school students from diverse backgrounds.

Across all these efforts, Reed models inclusive leadership rooted in access, equity, and respect. His work has broadened representation in STEM outreach, strengthened community engagement, and aligned directly with the core mission of WTS. Reed’s impact on diversity and inclusion is both deep and enduring, making him a truly outstanding awardee of the Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award.

About the Award Recipients

Reed Brockman, P.E., is a Structural Engineer and Vice President at AECOM in Boston, where he oversees numerous bridge and tunnel inspection and rating contracts. He has extensive experience in asset management projects and has presented on the topic at several professional conferences.

Reed is a Past President of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) and currently leads both its Public Awareness & Outreach Committee and its Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He is the author of From Sundaes to Space Stations: Careers in Civil Engineering, a career‑exploration book for high school students, and serves as the technical advisor for the Scholastic Press children’s book How To Build: Bridges.

He directs two major STEM outreach programs: the BSCES Model Bridge Competition and the New England Region of the Future City Competition. Reed is also the incoming chair of the MassHire Metro North Workforce Board and serves on the Board of World Unity, Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting self‑reflection and reducing bias through inclusive messaging.

Reed earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.

WTS-Boston congratulates Reed Brockman on this well-deserved recognition and celebrates his invaluable leadership in building a more inclusive and equitable transportation future for all communities in Massachusetts.

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