Our committees are the life of our chapter! Through their hard work, we are able to accomplish great things throughout the year. See the description of each of our committees below and consider joining one!

Garrett A. Morgan Career day activities

Garrett A. Morgan brings students and professionals together to learn and share. The committee reaches out to area schools to develop key learning environments.

Chair: Lydia Grose

Golf Committee

The committee is under the umbrella of special events and will have a separate committee to coordinate the chapters signature event - the Annual Golf Outing.

Chair: Kim Kennedy

Business development (Legislative Committee)

Legislative directives to promotes area leaders with policies and programs that advance minority participation of local leaders with initiatives the organization, as well as the mission, vision and strategic plan.

Chair: Ty McGilberry

Membership Committee

The committee is responsible for welcoming new members via phone calls and membership events, mentoring of the new members, and serving as liaison to the various activities, benefits, and committees of COMTO. Committee will organize membership drives or campaigns, setting up direct mail campaigns and conducting membership surveys. This committee will give updates at membership meetings on the National Membership Committee and potential strategies for recruitment.

Chair: Francis Fattah

business development (Minority Business COMMITTEE)

Assist with developing and maintaining a comprehensive and energetic program to promote the use of HUB vendors throughout the procurement process

Chair: TBD

The committee maintains the COMTO Philadelphia website, develops additional communication tools (e.g. email updates), integrate different types of media and coordinates with other committees to promote upcoming programs via announcements and website updates, develop and share information about the chapter events and other topics of interest to the local chapter.

Chair: Bill Webster

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE

Networking Committee

Organizes programs that creatively address a locally defined need to create, enhance, and restore awareness of the transit industry through informative and educational sessions.

Chair: Toyin Ogunfolaju

The committee serves to inform, inspire, and connect the Philadelphia chapter and communities to chapter activities and updates. The committee is responsible for editing and producing the newsletter every quarter, for electronic distribution, and for posting on the website.

Chair: TBD

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

Scholarship Luncheon Committee

The committee is charged with planning, developing budget, formalizing location, acquiring MC, Honorary chair, organizing menu, timeline, program booklet, facilitating volunteers for event, publicizing, soliciting sponsorships, and coordination with Scholarship Application Processing Committee.

Co-Chairs: Tummona Fisher, Darryl Wade, Angela Smith

The committee is charged with planning, developing budget, formalizing volunteers, develop marketing strategy for Thanksgiving Baskets, Adopt-A-Family, and new emerging activities to give back to communities.

Co-Chairs: Warren Montague, Ayesha Hassan

SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE

The committee solicits applicants starting in January of each year, and then reviews applications, conducts interviews, and recommends recipients for various scholarship awards. The committee is responsible for cultivating scholarship opportunities for middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate students.

Chair: Mibin Anthony

Scholarship application processing

The committee facilitates support of students, middle school, high school, technical, college, and universities to pursue careers in the transportation industry. Committee will develop a student membership directory and create strategies to engage students to chapter initiatives.