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TRB Seeks Nominations for Sharon D. Banks Award
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The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is seeking nominations by Aug. 31 for the Sharon D. Banks  Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation, given to recognize excellence in people-oriented initiatives throughout transportation.
TRB established the biennial award with support from DOT and other partners including APTA. It inaugurated the award in 2002 and will present it next during the Chairman’s Luncheon on Jan. 13, 2016, during the TRB 95th Annual Meeting.
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Banks was general manager of AC Transit, Oakland, CA, from 1991 until her death in 1999 and chaired the TRB Executive Committee in 1998. She was nationally known for her personal integrity, for nurturing and mentoring young transportation professionals and for bringing together people of diverse backgrounds and commitments in the pursuit of organizational excellence.
The award recognizes a transportation professional with a documented record of innovative and successful humanitarian leadership in areas such as education, training and mentoring of transportation professionals; community-sensitive transportation facilities and services; and other people-oriented initiatives. The list of past award recipients is here.
Information on the nomination process is here.
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