Indiana Chapter Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2New COMTO Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Garrett A. Morgan Youth Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Scholarship Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Indiana Chapter Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Thank You Sponsors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Julie A. Cunningham,President & CEO, COMTONational; Donna Brazile;Shirley A. DeLibero, NationalChair, COMTO Board ofDirectors

Maria Hinojosa

Reverend Dr. DeForest Soaries

37TH NATIONAL MEETING & TRAINING CONFERENCE REVIEWIndianapolis, IN

August 2008

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Indiana Chapter Members(L–R) Gil Holmes; Karen Holmes;Michael Terry; Stan Smith; OliverDavis; Gina Coleman; TommieJones; Anita Beverly; DebbieWilson; Judith Carmichael Brown;Keisha Pollard; Shirley A.DeLibero, National Chair; BruceCurry; Carla Brown; Roscoe Brown,Indiana Chapter President; andJulie A. Cunningham, President & CEO COMTO National.

Roscoe Brown,Indiana Chapter

President

National StaffBack row (L-R) Mack

Frost, Jr., CharleneCoffee, DarleneCook, Marjorie

Morgan, StephenEuell, Amelia

Seaton, AshleySimien, ChanelleNewell, Stephany

Simien. Front row(L-R) RamonicaMoore, Mariah

Stanley, Julie A.Cunningham,

President & CEOand Sophie

Simien.

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2008-2010 COMTO Board of Directors

(Back Row L-R) Aida Douglas, Presidents’ Council Representative, Warren

Montague, Presidents’ Council Representative, David Armijo, At-Large Member,

Cathy Hamilton-Kirkaldy, Presidents’ Council Representative, Al Brunson,

HUB Advisor, A. Bradley Mims, At-Large Member, Dwight Ferrell, At-Large

Member. (Front Row L-R) Loretta Kirk, Immediate Past Chair, Roosevelt Bradley,

Second Vice Chair, Shirley A. DeLibero, National Chair, Lester Woods, Jr.,

Secretary/Treasurer, Ricky Smith, First Vice Chair. (Not pictured – Frank T.

Martin, At-Large Member and Robert H. Prince, Jr., At-Large Member)

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Everyone hard at workduring the Garrett A.

Morgan YouthSymposium.

Committee MembersPatricia Barry, Tracey

Bessellieu, Barbara Byrd,Charles Cave, Aida

Douglas, Audrey Jefferson,Jennifer Jones, Frederick

Landell, Jettie Newkirk,William Orr, Keisha Pollard,

Joe Trottie, III.

COMTO Cup Winners(Back Row L-R) Warren Montague, ChairGolf Committee, Michael Hawkins, JasonWalker, Warren McMichael, CynthiaNichols, Zetti Davis, Alan Jones, VinceAllen. (Front Row L-R) Dr. Beverly Scott,Michael Majette, Atlanta ChapterPresident, Rose Brewster, Don Gadberry,Phyllis Spencer.

Tournament WinnersFirst Prize – Atlanta Chapter(Don Gadberry, Jason Walker, Warren McMichael, Michael Hawkins);

Second Prize – Atlanta Chapter (Alan Jones,Zetti Davis, Rick Edmond, Vince Allen);

Third Prize – Indiana Chapter (Stan Smith,Fred Craig, Alan Pyrz, David Girton);

Straightest Drive Female – Sara Ermeti;Straightest Drive Male – Hezekiah Harris;Closest to the Pin – Jason Walker; Longest Drive Female – Karen Holmes;Longest Drive Male – Victor Perkins

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2008 National Meeting & TrainingConference Planning CommitteeAnn AugustVincent BrownFreddie FullerCrystal GriggsBea HicksAliyah HortonCarol SmithHallene Williams

Fundraising CommitteeRoosevelt Bradley Dwight Ferrell Gilbert Holmes Linda Jordan Frank Martin Tom ParkerRobert Prince, Jr Diane SchmitzBrett Tyler Phillip Washington Hannie Woodson

Scholarship Committee Shedrick Baptiste, PatriciaBarry, Tracey Bessellieu,Barbara Byrd, Charles Cave,Veronica Daniel, Gloria Dixon,Annie Duron, Steven Edmond,Cathy Hamilton-Kirkaldy,Raynard Hughs, AudreyJefferson, Felicia Jones,Frederick Landell, HelenMcSwain, Jettie Newkirk,Keisha Pollard, Rahim Rahim,Maria-Teresa Roman, ParaleeSamson, E. Darlene Smith,Steven Wells.

Parsons BrinckerhoffGolden Apple Scholarshiprecipient Mariah Stanleyof Trinity WashingtonUniversity.

Scholarship Award Winners Chelsey Allen – Howard University

PBS&J Achievement Scholarship; Amber Brown – North Carolina A&T State University

Trailblazer Scholarship; Julian Emerson – Temple University Law School

Carmen E. Turner Scholarship; Kurt Fraser – Northeastern University

LTK Scholarship; Thomas Gonzales - Northwestern University

Rosa L. Parks Scholarship; Tanesha Marshall – North Carolina A&T State University

North Carolina A&T State University MatchingScholarship;

Semaj Rashad – Bowie State UniversityParsons Brinckerhoff Engineering Scholarship;

Mariah Stanley– Trinity Washington UniversityParsons Brinckerhoff Golden Apple Scholarship;

Jue Wang – University of California of BerkleyThomas Nuesom Scholarship

Rosa L. Parks Scholarshiprecipient Thomas Gonzales of

Northwestern University

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Indiana ChapterVolunteersChristine BacaJoyce BarlowDarren Boost Darren BostCarla BrownDiane BurchPaul BurchAl Burns Sheena CarothersJohn Castenada Gina ColemanRachel ColemanRussell ColemanAlthea CulbreathSade DortonRose DunlapJames EnglishSara ErmetiMary Jane GlaspyVeronica Griffin Sissy GuynnPaula Haskin Brent Humphress Joyce Ladell Charlotte LeavellBeth Lipinski Mary LoyAndrew McGee Mike MolesReynold Monestine Dena MorganValeria Neloms Roy NunnallyKeisha PollardDonna PooleLakisha RileyLionel Smith Ronnetta SpaldingBeverly StoutMichelle Sykes Vicki ThomasStephanie Tucker Charles WilliamsHallene WilliamsCorey WilsonTamara Valentine

Federal Transit Administration Leslie Rogers – Regional

Administrator for Region IX

Cheryl Hershey – Acting Directorfor the Office of Civil Rights,

Edwin Rodriguez – TransportationManagement Specialist,

Pete Rahn, AASHTOPresident and Directorof the MissouriDepartment ofTransportation

Leslie Rogers,Regional

Administrator,Region IX

Lucy Marius, CITYIntern, Mack Frost , Jr.,

CITY Intern and Edwin Rodriquez

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Thank You to Our Wonderful SponsorsLeadership Partner Sponsor

Quarter Century Club Platinum Club

Gold Club

Premier Sponsor

Silver Club SponsorsCH2M Hill

Continental Airlines

Clean Energy

Cleveland Airport System

Cummins

First Transit

Herzog Transit Services

Indiana Department ofTransportation

Michelin North America

Parsons Transportation

Siemens

STV, Inc.

William Smith, Second Vice Chair,COMTO Board of Directors

Bronze Club SponsorsACS

BAA, USA

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

City of Indianapolis

GFI Genfare

HNTB

Hudson Group

IndyGo

Jacobs

Regional Transit Authority ofChicago

South Florida Transit Authority

Veolia

Friends of COMTOClarian Health

Engaging Solutions

Indiana TransportationAssociation

Mesirow Financial Investments

S.L. King & Associates

Shrewsberry & Associates

Southbend TransportationCompany

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