EXCELLENCE IN INDIVIDUAL AWARDS H. ROBERT BURTON DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Joanna Kervin 3rd Party Technical Director, Crosslinx Transit Solutions This year’s winner has distinguished herself through her involvement with ITE over the last 30 years. Joanna started her membership in ITE through the student chapter at the University of Waterloo. She held executive positions with the Toronto Section and the Canadian District, including International Director. She was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian District Executive and was the first woman President of CITE. She continues to work on ITE International Committees and is a Fellow of ITE. She was one of the leads for the CITE Site Development Guidelines for Sustainable Transportation project which become an ITE Recommended Practice.
Presenting: Bruce Belmore & Michael Sanderson
She started her long career in transportation consulting and subsequently worked as Manager of Transportation Planning focusing on inter-regional transit at the City of Toronto in the Transportation Planning division. Until recently, Joanna was Director of Third Party Planning and Property with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and led the team that implemented a $3.2B extension of the TTC’s Line 1 subway from Sheppard West Station to the new end of the line at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. She is now 3rd Party Technical Director for Crosslinx Transit Solutions working to deliver the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, where she is responsible for all third party matters across the project. Joanna enjoys sharing her experiences with students through guest lectures at University of Toronto, York University, and University of Waterloo.
Every year, CITE bestows its most prestigious award, the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award, which is named after a man who dedicated much of his life to the transportation profession. Bob Burton spent his entire career practicing and promoting traffic engineering. A founder of the original Canadian Section in 1951, he was still attending CITE Toronto Section meetings right up to his death at the age of 101 years. CITE recognizes members who have shown these same qualities and demonstrated a notable career in the field and a record of service with CITE.
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Joanna with past receipients of the honour (left-right): Al Swanson, Dave Richardson, Alf Guebert & Dan Havercroft
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION
RISING STAR AWARD
Sean Nix, Toronto Section
Irini Akhnoukh, Southern Alberta Section
TRANSPORTATION TALK | SUMMER 2018
