What are best practices in hiring, supporting, retaining and empowering women in transportation? Are we really moving the needle to increase the number of women in our field? What are MobilityXX Pledge companies doing to increase the number of women in the transportation sector? 

Mobility XX is partnering with Iteris to present a webinar to help answer these questions and engage participants in how we promote diversity and a more inclusive transportation system. MobilityXX, a partnership between the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, WTS International, and The Ray, is engaging the transportation industry to increase the number of women in transportation by 10% over the next 10 years. The MobilityXX Pledge Program asks organizations to pledge their commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.  We know that a more diverse workforce creates a more diverse system. 

Iteris is a proud sponsor of MobilityXX and is hosting companies/organizations who signed onto the Pledge to share their ideas, success stories, best practices and challenges to advance women in transportation. Join us to hear from female transportation leaders about their progress on the Pledge, the impact on their organizations, and discuss future efforts to meet the 10% goal.   

Outcomes: Participants will hear about strategies and practices that can improve DEI within their workplace and learn more about the MobilityXX Pledge Program.  

Speakers:   

·         Tiffany Symes, Senior Director, Product Management, Iteris – Moderator  

·         Anita Vandervalk. PE, VP, Strategic Business Development, Iteris 

·         Beth Kigel, Vice President, Intelligent Transportation and Emerging Mobility Solutions, HNTB  

·         Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute  

·         Valerie Lefler, Executive Director, Feonix Mobility Rising 

What do gender and racial diversity look like across industries in the U.S. and in transportation particularly? What has the impact of COVID-19 been on workers and what are considerations for how we return to the workplace? What practices can companies implement to accelerate women’s progress and create a workplace where women feel valued?  

Despite important gains, women remain underrepresented in the workplace, even more so in leadership positions. Join us for a discussion with Kweilin Ellingrud of McKinsey & Company as she addresses these topics in our first event celebrating Women’s History Month. In this webinar, Kweilin will provide an overview of the latest 2021 Women in the Workplace Study and discuss research and findings as they relate to the transportation industry and the overall workforce.  

Participants will learn about tools to empower women in the workplace, ask questions, and engage in discussions with industry leaders about promoting women’s advancement and equality. 

Presented by: Kweilin Ellingrud 

Kweilin is a McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. She has led numerous research efforts including on gender and racial equality (Power of Parity), the Future of Work post-COVID-19, and the impact of COVID-19 on jobs. 

Kweilin has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude, from Harvard University. She worked at the Center for Women & Enterprise, a nonprofit to help women entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. She is a Board member of @Makers and the Greater Twin Cities United Way. Kweilin lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three daughters: 9-year-old and 6-year-old twins. 

Moderator: Kristin White, Chief Operating Officer, ITS America  

Why is it important to bring more women and diverse voices into transportation? Quite simply, we believe that to effectively solve the complex challenges of the transportation industry, all perspectives are valuable and essential – but today, women only make up 15 percent of the transportation workforce and even less at the CEO and C-suite level. The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), The Ray, and WTS International have joined forces to create MobilityXX, which is committed to increasing the number of women in the transportation industry by 10 percent over the next 10 years.

Please join us as we hear from transportation leaders about why they are passionate about strengthening equity in transportation across the country, the critical technologies that must be deployed, and a new program that will help us reach our goal!

Speakers include:
• Karen Philbrick, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute
• Jannet Walker-Ford, National Transit and Rail Leader, WSP
• Monica Jones, Chief Equity Officer, COTA
• Ramin Massoumi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Transportation Systems, Iteris
• Laura Chace, President & CEO, ITS America (moderator)

Join ITS America for a discussion with Seleta Reynolds, General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), and Stephanie Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer of LA Metro, on their vision for gender-equitable mobility and putting recent research into practice. From transit service to transportation technology, this session will highlight the role of agencies in driving change, the importance of collaboration and how removing barriers to travel can result in equitable systems for all.

Seleta Reynolds, General Manager of LADOT, presents Changing Lanes, LADOT’s recent study of gender equity in access to transportation in Los Angeles. The study highlights the connections between gender and systemic inequity that limit women’s freedom to travel and provides actionable strategies for solving gender-based barriers to mobility.

Reynolds and the leaders of the study team will discuss opportunities and innovative solutions for addressing these challenges.

Speakers include:

• Seleta Reynolds, General Manager, LADOT

• Naria Kiani, Senior Planning Coordinator, Kounkuey Design Initiative

• Madeline Brozen, Deputy Director, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

• Jessica Schoner, Ph.D., Data Science Practice Lead, Toole Design Group

View the full study here: https://ladot.lacity.org/changinglanes

"Why Women Matter in Mobility Innovation" panel at this year’s Miami CoMotion - a conversation featuring Regina Clewlow of Populus AI, Beth Kigel of HNTB, Jessica Robinson of Assembly Venures, and Candice Xie of Veo.

Transportation is a thread woven through all facets of our lives, tied to economic opportunity, access to health care, education, and other critical services. However, women face a wide range of disparities resulting from a system not designed for our mobility needs and travel patterns – a system in which consideration for our safety will impact our access to good travel choices and one where simply being a woman increases the cost of travel compared to men. Women comprise only 15% of the 14.8 million transportation workforce and even fewer are in executive and decision-making roles. In order to have transportation that effectively serves everyone’s needs, we must have a diverse leadership team at the table. MobilityXX, a partnership between ITS America, The Ray, and WTS Foundation, is dedicated to bringing awareness to these issues and to spark change within the transportation industry.

The speakers will be:

• Sara Stickler, Executive Director, WTS International

• Laura Chace, Chief Operating Officer, Intelligent Transportation Society of America

• Allie Kelly, Executive Director, The Ray

Join the MobilityXX founders for a discussion on the vision and mission of the initiative, why it’s important, and how your organization can be a part of the solution.

Join ITS America, The Ray, and WTS Foundation on April 14, 2021 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET for the next presentation in our MobilityXX series.

Speaker Jodi Godfrey summarizes her research on the presence of women in the transportation workforce that was produced for the Mineta Transportation Institute. This research focused on background information and statistics that describe the current atmosphere of the transportation industry, and subsequent actionable recommendations to successfully attract and retain a more diverse workforce.

Join ITS America, WTS International Foundation and The Ray on February 23rd as we continue to expand the discussion on gender inequities within transportation as part of our initiative: MobilityXX- Equality Can’t Wait.

ITS America is honored to have NYU Rudin Center’s Sarah Kaufman present her work on gender differences in mobility; including data collection, safety on public transit, and challenges of caregiving. She will discuss ongoing and planned efforts toward more equitable transportation in our cities. Following her presentation, Sarah will lead a discussion with female transportation leaders to discuss the challenges these inequities present as well as possible solutions.

Speakers Include:

Sarah M. Kaufman, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation
Seleta Reynolds, General Manager, Los Angeles DOT
Leslie Richards, General Manager, SEPTA
Veronica Vanterpool, Chief Innovation Officer, Delaware Transit Corporation

In Part 1 of the Mobility XX Webinar- Why Equality Can't Wait, we will hear from McKinsey & Company on trends and the latest research on Women in the Workplace, specifically in the transportation industry- including the impacts of COVID-19 on women. Following up in Part 2, voices from the industry in both the public and private sectors share their experiences and the tools they use to amplify women's voices.

Transportation is woven through every facet of society, yet:
- Women pay more for transportation than men as they balance work, home, family and travel
-Women's safety concerns shrink their transportation choices
-Women's economic opportunities are reduced because of inequities in transportation

Join us for this 2 part series to discuss how we should address the fact that women make up a staggering 15% of the transportation industry, and even less in the CEO/ leadership positions? How has COVID-19 impacted women's standing in the transportation industry, and how has it impacted women travelers?

In Part 1 of the Mobility XX Webinar - Why Equality Can't Wait, we will hear from McKinsey & Company on trends and the latest research on Women in the Workplace, specifically in the transportation industry- including the impacts of COVID-19 on women.