WTS Foundation and Terracon Foundation announce partnership

$25,000 grant to support WTS Foundation’s Transportation YOU program

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The WTS Foundation and the Terracon Foundation announce a partnership between the organizations to support the advancement of women in transportation through a generous $25,000 National Partner Grant from the Terracon Foundation. The grant will support Transportation YOU, a hands-on, interactive, mentoring program that offers young girls ages 13 – 18 an introduction to a wide variety of transportation careers.

“Terracon is honored to provide the WTS Foundation with a national partner grant,” said Scott Kolodziej, P.G., chair of the Terracon Foundation and environmental manager in the Dallas office. “We value the opportunity to spur interest and support young women’s efforts to seek careers in transportation.”

The Terracon Foundation encourages employees to submit grant requests each year for organizations focused on education and the built and natural environment. To date, the Terracon Foundation has granted more than $3.5 million to community organizations, universities, dependents of employees, and for disaster relief efforts.

“We are honored and grateful to receive the National Partner Grant from the Terracon Foundation,” said Sara Stickler, President & CEO of WTS International. “This Grant will allow us to impact more young women through our Transportation YOU program, by expanding our DC Summit and allowing us to provide additional activities and educational opportunities. We thank the Terracon Foundation for their support and partnership in encouraging young women to seek careers in transportation.”

For more information about recent additional grants made by the Terracon Foundation, visit terracon.com/about/foundation/

The Terracon Foundation was established with a goal to reach out and become a real part of the lives of Terracon employees and the communities where they live and work. Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 5,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 175 locations with services in all 50 states. Terracon currently ranks 24^TH on Engineering News-Record’s list of Top 500 Design Firms.

WTS International is a member organization that works to attract, sustain, connect, and advance women in transportation through its 8,500 members and 65 chapters across North America. The WTS International Foundation is the 501(c) 3 arm of WTS that works to attract the next generation of young women into transportation. To learn more, visit wtsinternational.org/mission/foundation.