This year's WTS Annual conference moves to "Transportation Crossroads" in midtown Atlanta May 14-16. From having a team of women overseeing major transportation systems to the world's busiest airport, Atlanta will connect attendees with accomplished keynote speakers and multi-faceted panels of experts, as well as, offer technical tours to showcase achievement in areas such as aviation and rail. In addition, AICP has approved the conference for CM credit. To register online for the conference, click here. To see more details about the conference click here for the preliminary program.
Dr. Catherine L. Ross will present “Transportation Crossroads and Mega Regions,” Wednesday, May 14th. Ross is the Director of Georgia Tech's Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD). She has also served Georgia Tech by teaching, acting as the vice provost for academic affairs, associate vice president for academic affairs, co-director of the Transportation Research and Education Center, and director of the College of Architecture's Ph.D. program.
Ross was the first executive director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) and founded a consulting company. At the national level, she served on the Executive Committee as a senior policy adviser to the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board, is past president of the National Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and served on the Board of Directors for the ENO Transportation Foundation. For more information about Dr. Ross, click here.
Thursday morning keynote speaker Cynthia Good will showcase “Professional and PINK: Women in the Workplace.” Good the CEO, founding editor and co-owner of PINK magazine, a publication focused on professional women in business, has worked to make a difference in the lives of women and their families throughout her career.
She has launched two magazines, PINK and Atlanta Woman – both winners of the Magazine Association of the Southeast's highest award, the Grand GAMMA. PINK has won numerous other industry awards for its magazine and website.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Good anchored and reported the evening news at TV stations across the country. She also created her own television show, Good for Parents, and syndicated TV news stories on issues confronting women and families. She has written six books, including Words Every Child Must Hear. She was named Author of the Year by the Georgia Writers Association for her book Vaccinating Your Child. For more information about Cynthia Good, click here.
CH2M Hill is sponsoring the presentation by Marilyn Moats Kennedy, “Workplace of the Future,” at the Thursday lunch plenary Kennedy is founder and managing partner of Moats/Kennedy, Inc., a 35-year-old management consulting firm in Wilmette, Illinois. She makes more than 100 presentations a year on issues that affect the evolving workplace, such as age diversity, trend spotting, leadership vs. management and organizational politics. For 16 years she also published Kennedy's Career Strategist, a subscription newsletter on career planning, job hunting and office politics. Her training sessions have reached more than 200,000 people.
Kennedy's 36 years' experience includes university faculty member, business owner, consultant and nationally-known speaker. For 18 years she was the job strategies columnist for Glamour magazine. She has written nine books and is currently a columnist for several professional journals. She is often quoted in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Fast Company magazines. She has appeared on "20/20" and "Good Morning America." For more information on Marilyn Moats Kennedy, click here.
IN THIS ISSUE…
- Read about the history of transportation in Atlanta
- Find out why the 2008 Leadership Training Program participants were dubbed the “High Energy” class
- Discover some significant events that led to celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month
- See which Members are On The Move
- And much more...
