
Celebrate History-Making as the State DOT Level
Thu, Feb 25
|ZOOM Meeting


Time & Location
Feb 25, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
ZOOM Meeting
About the Event
COMTO celebrates history in the making with our special panel discussion featuring 4 of our African American State Department of Transportation (DOT) leaders. Something that may have been unheard of 50 years ago. We will discuss the progress that African Americans have made in transportation, particularly at the state level, and what we can do to ensure more African Americans continue to thrive in this space. They will also share personal insights into their career journey and their thoughts on COMTO’s 50 years of Moving the Nation!
Moderator
Phillip A. Washington is the Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. As the CEO of Metro, he leads an agency that runs the United States’ third-busiest transit system with 2,200 clean air buses, six rail lines covering 98 miles and four additional rail projects in construction.
Phil was instrumental in the 2016 effort to pass Measure M —…