LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

JUNE 22, 2023

BIANCA R. GRAVES COMTO MICHIGIAN PRESIDENT

WELCOME TO COMTO MICHIGAN’S 11TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AND GOLF OUTING! WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HOSTING THIS GOLF OUTING AS ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT IS BOTH A FUN AND ESSENTIAL EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEXT GENERATION OF TRANSPORTATION LEADERS.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR 10TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AND GOLF OUTING, WE LOST A VITAL AND DYNAMIC MEMBER OF OUR CHAPTER, OUR VICE PRESIDENT SHARMYN ELLIOTT. TO HONOR HIS LEGACY AND COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING, MENTORING, AND PROMOTING YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY, COMTO MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED THE SHARMYN ELLIOTT LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP EACH YEAR COMTO MICHIGAN WILL AWARD A $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP TO A DESERVING STUDENT.

ONCE AGAIN, WITH YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT, WE SOLD OUT ALL OF OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES THANK YOU!! OUR GOAL FOR 2023 WAS TO MATCH OUR 2022 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS OF $15,000 WITH YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUR GOAL! COMTO MICHIGAN CONTINUES TO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR ENROLLED IN A TRANSPORTATION RELATED COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL. I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR SERVING AS STELLAR EXAMPLES OF HOW INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS VALUE AND INVEST IN ENSURING COMTO’S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF MINORITIES IN TRANSPORTATION.

OUR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE HAS SELECTED NINE DYNAMIC YOUNG PEOPLE AS RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR’S SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THEIR BIOS, TAKE TIME TO SPEAK WITH THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM AS THEY EMBARK UPON THEIR JOURNEY IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES AND THEIR FAMILIES! A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OUR EVENT SPONSORS AND GOLFERS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR THIS IMPORTANT EVENT. MANY THANKS FOR THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF OUR HARDWORKING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AND GOLF COMMITTEES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR DEE PARKER, AND GOLF COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS JASON LUKASIK AND MARK GRAZIOLLI YOUR DEDICATION TO ENSURING WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED HAVE A GREAT TIME TODAY AND “HIT ‘EM STRAIGHT AND HIT ‘EM LONG”!!

SINCERELY,

BIANCA R. GRAVES COMTO MICHIGAN PRESIDENT

11th Annual Comto Michigan

SCHOLARSHIP & GOLF OUTING

WELCOME

JASON LUKASIK, WSP

GOLF COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

COMTO MICHIGAN & COMTO NATIONAL UPDATE

BIANCA GRAVES, LEADING EDGE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC PRESIDENT, COMTO MICHIGAN

COMMITMENT TO GROWING DIVERSITY IN OUR INDUSTRY

MICHGAEL GRIFFIE - AECOM

PRAYER

NATIERA FARRINGTON, SOMAT ENGINEERING, INC.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

DEE PARKER, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR

RAM, SOMAT ENGINEERING, INC.

MELISSA LAMBERT, FISHBECK

KALAYA THOMAS, METRO CONSULTING ASSOCIATES

KIRK BRANSON, DLZ

CYRILL WEEMS, BURNS & MCDONNELL

LAURA RAMPERSAD, MODJESKI AND MASTERS

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTERS

GOLF OUTING PRIZES & AWARDS

JASON LUKASIK, WSP

MELISSA LAMBERT, FISHBECK

TROPHY SPONSOR PRESENTER

CLOSING REMARKS

BIANCA GRAVES, LEBS