T.Y. Lin International Wins Employer of the Year and Diversity Leadership Honors at Women’s Transportation Seminar Awards

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Diego Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) honored T.Y. Lin International (TYLI) as Employer of the Year at its annual WTS Awards Banquet June 9th. In addition, the organization recognized TYLI’s San Diego Office Manager Mark Ashley, P.E. with the Diversity Leadership Award.

The awards mark the first WTS honors for the TYLI San Diego office, which expressed pride in winning two of the five annual award categories.

“As a manager, you are always focused on evaluating staff performance and hoping for some feedback occasionally,” said Ashley regarding the Diversity Leadership Award. “It was very encouraging to be nominated by staff for this award and it reinforces the importance and value of diversity in our organization."

The WTS awards program is based on contributions made to the transportation industry with regard to providing employment and growth opportunities to a diverse group of employees, particularly women. The awards committee evaluated each nominated firm and individual on criteria including consideration of family issues such as leave time and flex work hours, inclusive training opportunities, and equal promotional opportunities for all employees. All transportation and engineering firms were invited to submit nominations for the annual awards program.

The WTS is a national organization of 3,500 professional men and women in the transportation industry whose goal is to elevate the recognition of women in the field of transportation.

Founded in 1954, T.Y. Lin International is an internationally recognized, multi-disciplined transportation planning and engineering firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global transportation infrastructure market. With more than one thousand employees working in offices throughout the United States and Asia, the firm is able to provide support on projects of varying size and complexity.