Gwinnett Advisory Committee Meeting with Gateway 85 CID Executive Director Marsha Bomar: RSVP for Nov 28

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Name: Gwinnett Advisory Committee Meeting with Gateway 85 CID Executive Director Marsha Bomar: RSVP for Nov 28
Date: November 28, 2017
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST
Registration: Sorry, public registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
Join the Council for Quality Growth's Gwinnett Advisory Committee Meeting with Gateway 85 CID Executive Director Marsha Bomar.

Marsha Anderson Bomar is the Executive Director of the Gateway 85 CID (previously known as Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District), the largest CID in the state of Georgia. Here her focus is on mobility, safe and security as well as Economic Development. Prior to the CID, she was the Founder and President of Street Smarts, Inc., a planning, engineering and design firm, and Data Smarts, a data collection and management firm, established in 1990, both of which she sold in 2010. Ms. Anderson Bomar is an International Past President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and is past Chairman of the Institute's Technical Council Design Department, Policy Committee, and Transportation Planners Council. She has been the Chair of the Goods Movement Council and author of the Urban Travel Characteristics chapter of the Transportation Planners Handbook. She was a Director of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association, as well as the American Trucking Associations' Scholar-In-Residence.

 

Marsha has received many awards of honor, distinction and recognition for her outstanding contributions and achievements throughout her career. Most recently she was awarded the ASCE William Wisely Civil Engineering Award. In 2008, Marsha was named one of Atlanta Woman Magazine’s 2008 Top 25 Professional Women to Watch. Marsha was awarded the Society for Women Engineers (SWE) Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2010, Marsha received the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Community Service Award for outstanding contributions to her community and her profession. Also in 2010, she received the Karl Bevins Distinguished Service Award from the Georgia Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) which is given to recognize highly competent and professional engineers who practice in the field of traffic and/or transportation over many years. Marsha was on the Board of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) in NY City in the early 1980s and was President of the Atlanta chapter from 1986-88. She served on the local WTS Board as well as the International Board. She received the Atlanta chapter WTS Woman of the Year and WTS Employer of the Year as well as the Leadership in Diversity award.

 

She is currently serving her third term as Council Member and third year as Mayor Pro Tempore for the City of Duluth, Georgia. Marsha earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Masters in Transportation Planning and Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. She also holds a Masters of Civil Engineering from Princeton University. Marsha is the author of hundreds of publications, articles and studies and an International speaker on technical subjects as well as Leadership and Ethics.

Thank you to our sponsor:

Location:
Andersen, Tate & Carr
One Sugarloaf Centre
1960 Satellite Boulevard, Suite 4000
Contact Information:
James Touchton
Fees/Admission:
Free for all Council Members, Elected Officials and Staff
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