The Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of ASCE is a specialty membership organization focused on transportation and development professionals and the transportation and development industry. It is one of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s nine specialty Institutes. T&DI is currently looking for a young member representative for the FY18 Board of Governors.
1-Year Younger Member Appointed Position: The member serving in the Younger Member position on the Board of Governors must meet the ASCE definition as a younger member. This definition is currently age 35 or under. A candidate for this position must meet the definition as a younger member at the time of appointment. Additional consideration will be given to a candidate that will be a younger member for the entire term. The Younger Member Governor is expected to participate in the 2-3 annual face-to-face meetings and also the monthly teleconference meetings of the Board. The Younger Member Governor may be appointed to serve as the Chair of the T&DI Younger Member Committee that is responsible for developing programs and services for the Institute’s younger members. The time required for this position is approximately 5-8 hours per month. Travel on authorized T&DI business is reimbursed in accordance with T&DI policy.
General Criteria: All positions require that the potential candidate be a member in good standing of both T&DI and ASCE at the time of nomination and must keep their membership in good standing for the entire time while serving on the Board of Governors. A candidate for the Younger Member position on the Board must meet the ASCE definition of a younger member in addition to being a member in good standing.
If interested in being considered as a candidate for any position on the Board of Governors you must submit a short (5 pages maximum) resume of your experience. If you have been active in T&DI’s activities those should be highlighted. You should also include activities in other organizations that would benefit T&DI along with a statement (150 words or less) of why you should be considered for the Board of Governors. Please submit the required information to Muhammad Amer, M.ASCE, Director, Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI), American Society of Civil Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191 or mamer@asce.org. Materials must be received no later than February 1, 2017.