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Rani, Gillis Named White House 'Champions'
APTA members Susan Park Rani, president, Rani Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, and Greer Gillis, Washington, DC, area manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), were among the 10 individuals honored by the White House as “Champions of Change” for Transportation at a May 13 event.
 Rani was born in South Korea and, as a child speaking no English, moved to the U.S. with her family. She ultimately earned a degree in civil engineering and in 1993, at age 34, founded one of the first woman- and-minority-owned engineering firms in Minnesota with two employees. Today, Rani Engineering employs 50 people, grosses more than $5 million a year, and was named Minnesota DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Contractor of the Year in 2012. Rani is a member of the APTA Public-Private Partnerships Committee.
 Gillis oversees transportation services staff in the Washington metropolitan area in managing infrastructure, planning, and design projects while also leading client relations management, business development, and financial oversight. She is national chair of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials’ “Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation” Awards Committee, vice president of COMTO’s Washington chapter, and a past president of the Washington chapter of WTS International.
The White House created the Champions of Change program to recognize individuals who are doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. Find details here.
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