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YOUNG LEADERS
TO FOLLOW
Operations Research and the Management Sciences (IMPORMS) Franz
Edelmen Finalist Award (2017). Asheque is an Alumnus of LeadershipITE
(Class of 2017), as well as the New York University Rudin Center for
Transportation Policy and Management's Emerging Leaders in Transportation
(Class of 2017) programs. At the New York City Department
of Design and Construction (NYC DDC), Asheque serves as the agency's
first ever traffic engineer and is responsible for developing and
managing NYC DDC's Traffic Engineering Unit. Committed to working
with young people, Asheque is practitioner advisor to the City College
of Technology Civil Engineering Club (American Society of Civil Engineers
Met Section), as well as advisory board member for the High
School for Construction Trades, Engineering & Architecture, as well as
a long time mentor in the City College of New York Alumni Mentoring
Program. Just for fun, below is just a sample of Asheque's poetic
stylings. To read the full poem, visit http://bit.ly/urbanfreight_poem.
The State of Freight, Urban Freight
Allow me to narrate / The state of freight, urban freight
The food you just ate / That was on your plate
Was delivered through freight, urban freight
That's just one example mate / Most things around you to date
Were delivered through freight, urban freight.
Kellie Reep, P.E. (M)
Senior Transportation Engineer, Stantec
Kellie has exhibited leadership in many ways across
all of ITE. She is currently a member of the LeadershipITE
Curriculum Committee and the ITE Younger
Member Committee, where she played a leading
role in the development of the ITE Matson and Hammond Mentoring
Program. She is currently on the North Carolina Section's Board
of Directors, the Scholarship Committee Chair, was previously the
Section's Traffic Engineering Council Chair, and served on the SimCap
Users Group and Traffic Analysis Tools Task Force. Recently, she started
a North American Microsimulation Modeling Users Group to educate
and coordinate simulation modeling efforts throughout her company.
She does an excellent job training other engineers and has been
instrumental in assisting offices across Stantec with complex design
evaluations. Kellie has led the model development for several significant
projects such as major design build pursuits, the Buffalo Skyway
Project in New York, NC 150 in Mooresville, NC, and I-526 and a BRT
system in Charleston, SC, USA.
Kelly Schaefer, P.E., PTOE (M)
Senior Traffic Engineer, Lochmueller Group
Missouri Valley District Rising Star
Kelly has been a longtime volunteer with the
TEAM Chapter that is now the Gateway Section of
ITE, and she joined the board of directors in 2019.
She served on the Local Arrangements Committee for the Joint
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Missouri Valley District of ITE (MOVITE) and Midwestern District
Meeting held in St. Louis, MO, USA. In the past year, she helped with
the elevation of her Chapter to a Section by helping to write their
policy manual and creating an officer's manual to help guide board
members in their roles. She was the recipient of MOVITE's 2020
Young Transportation Professional of the Year award. Her supervisor,
Tyson King, recognized Kelly for her " commitment to advancing
the transportation engineering industry, continued efforts to share
her expertise with partners and clients, and sustained involvement
with professional organizations, especially ITE. She is recognized as
an expert in the region relative to traffic signal operations, and has
consistently broadened her knowledge base by participating or
leading various projects including signal/lighting design, neighborhood
studies, traffic calming, multimodal infrastructure, and
conceptual corridor studies. "
Kate Shearin, P.E., PTOE (M)
Metro Atlanta Signal Operations Engineer,
Georgia Department of Transportation
Southern District Rising Star
Kate is an enthusiastic supporter and leader of
the Georgia Section of ITE (GAITE), the Southern
District of ITE, and ITE International. She served as president of the
Georgia Section in 2020, successfully leading her Section during
the pandemic, navigating to a virtual platform, while maintaining
the high level of professional development and networking opportunities
that GAITE has come to expect. She is a 2016 LeadershipITE
graduate and helped plan the GAITE Summer Seminar Conference
in 2017. In addition, she participated in the GAITE Leadership
and Mentoring Programs and received the GAITE Marsha Anderson
Young Member of the Year Award in 2016. Throughout her
entire career, Kate has devoted tremendous amounts of time and
effort to advancing traffic operations within the state of Georgia.
" Through Kate's leadership and forward-thinking approach, GDOT
has led the nation in innovative operations systems and programs
that make its arterial signal systems one of the most efficient in
the country, " her supervisor noted. " With a program that influences
more than 2,000 signalized intersections, Kate has also delivered
infrastructure enhancements to the entire state that connect more
than 8,000 traffic signals-one of the largest systems in the country.
In addition to operations, Kate's expertise help enhance and
improve the safety of signalized intersections through meticulous
and consistent engineering design. Kate's impact in the advancement
of the profession is significant at this stage in her career,
and her passion for innovation and inclusion makes her an ideal
candidate for this award. " itej
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