THANK YOU TO OUR CHAPTER & COUNCIL VOLUNTEERS

A huge round of applause to all of the volunteer members who have worked so hard to make their chapters & councils so successful!

ACT Chapters provide members with regional-specific learning & networking opportunities through newsletters, meetings, and events hosted throughout the years. This year, many of our Chapters hosted elections and we’d like to welcome the new group of leaders and thank our exceptional volunteers who are leaving their positions.

“I look forward to serving as the President of the Midwest Chapter! As the chapter board, Chris Bongorno, Noah Fox, Kelly Morrell, and I have great things in store for Midwest members in 2021. Big thank you to Becky Alper for her leadership over the last 4 years as President. She helped paved the way to making the Midwest the MidBEST!” – Kevin Chau, Midwest Chapter President

“I want to thank Nicole Stern (ACHD Commuteride) and David Cook (University of Colorado) for their years of service on the Rocky Mountain ACT Board. Their friendly personalities and willingness to dedicate time to the chapter made our meetings always feel like a get-together with friends, despite our distance. I wish David a happy retirement and look forward to continuing to work with Nicole on other chapter initiatives! - Erika Benti, Rocky Mountain Chapter President

“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served on the Mid-Atlantic Chapter for the past seven years, with the last two years as Chapter President.  During my time on the board I have gotten to know and work with several of our members, which has helped me build confidence as a leader.” – Heather Reiners, Outgoing Mid-Atlantic Chapter President

ACT Councils serve as dedicated spaces for issue-focused research, education, and networking.  Council leaders are dedicated experts in their fields tasked with providing ACT members with additional learning opportunities with a focus on employers, teleworking, transportation management associations (TMAs), universities, and vanpooling.  All five of our councils just wrapped up elections for new & returning leaders in 2021. We’d like to thank the outgoing leadership for their excellent work and we are excited to see how they further impact TDM.

“I really enjoyed my time on the Telework Council and it has been amazing to see the growth of interest in telework over the years. Although news of a vaccine is amazing, I am hoping that the telework lessons of Covid-19 are all long lived.” – Elham Shirazi, Outgoing Telework Council Chair

“It’s been such a fun and challenging year but I’ve been so blessed to have been able to work with Joe Stainsby (Secretary) and Dezra Nauls (Chair).  They have made the council leadership so much fun to work on.  I will miss their smiley faces and quick wit on our leadership calls but wish them all the best in 2021 with their new endeavors!” – Michelle Althoff, Vanpool Council Chair