Welcome to COMTO Colorado!

COMTO's mission is to provide full access to employment, career and contract opportunities for minorities and women within the transportation industry.

COMTO is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1971, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. COMTO was created to provide a forum for senior minority professionals in the transportation industry.

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Sponsorship Opportunities Available
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SAVE THE DATE!

"Investing in the Workforce - Rebuilding the Nation," COMTO‘s 41st Annual National Meeting and Training Conference will be held July 21-25, 2012, in Denver, CO. This year's conference will celebrate 41 years of transportation legacy.

Throughout the conference there will be plenty of sessions, workshops, and networking events, top industry executives, including Transit Board Members, CEOs, senior staff and management personnel that will come together to tackle the issues of leadership and equality in the transportation industry.
If you’d like to participate in this exciting event, there are a number of ways to do so:

• Volunteer for a committee (hurry, spots are filling up fast!)
• Sponsor an event/item (as an individual, HUB or Jointly)
• Become an Exhibitor
• Participate in the golf tournament
• Participate in the National HUB Connection (Reverse Trade Fair)
• And more!

Visit the link below to view the video presentation that left our National Board anxious to get to Denver!
**Please allow video to buffer before playing**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH9xIIN-XZw
For more information contact Maxine Pryor at 720-854-9989 or maxine@lflinc.com

Apply Now for the Robert E. Prince, Jr. Scholarship

We are now accepting applications for the 2012 Eno-COMTO Robert E. Prince, Jr. Scholarship! This scholarship, awarded annually to a senior leader in the transit industry with a career goal of becoming a transit General Manager/CEO in a rural, small urban, or urban transit agency, provides funding to attend the Eno Center for Transportation Leadership Transit Executive Seminar.

TO APPLY
To apply for the Robert E. Prince, Jr. Scholarship, candidates must complete the standard application for the Transit Executive Seminar, along with the scholarship application form and a statement of 500-750 words addressing the following topics:

• Agency size
• Funding need
• Their career goal to become a transit General Manager/CEO
• How participation in the Eno Transit Executive Seminar might help them meet the particular challenges faced by their organization

ABOUT THE ROBERT E. PRINCE, JR. SCHOLARSHIP
The Conference Of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) and AECOM have honored Robert E. Prince, Jr. for his dedication to the growth and development of emerging leaders in the transit industry by creating the Robert E. Prince, Jr. Scholarship. Mr. Prince has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to the education of the transit workforce in his roles as a leader in the public and private sectors of the transportation industry, in his volunteer commitment to youth in Boston, and as board member of COMTO and the American Public Transportation Foundation.

Apply for this prestigious scholarship today, and please feel free to forward this e-mail to other industry colleagues.

COMTO Colorado awarded Chapter of the Year!

The Colorado Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) was selected as Chapter of the Year during the 2011 National Meeting and Training Conference in Philadelphia, PA last month. The Colorado Chapter was chosen out of more than 35 nationwide chapters to receive the prestigious award that recognizes the organization's dedication and commitment to the industry and its improvement of the overall effectiveness of COMTO as a professional organization.

A crowd of more than 300 transportation industry representatives and decision makers from across the nation gathered at the Industry Awards Gala on July 19 to celebrate and congratulate the Colorado Chapter on this esteemed accomplishment. 

“We are thrilled to receive this type of recognition from COMTO National,” COMTO Colorado President Walter Bembry said. “We have a very dedicated group that has worked hard to make this chapter a successful organization. This award is for all of those individuals,” he added.

COMTO Colorado won the award based on several factors including its successful membership initiative over the last year, which increased the Denver-based chapter's membership by 75 percent. The chapter was also recognized for having raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for local minority and women students interested in pursuing careers in a transportation-related field.

The Colorado chapter will continue its fundraising efforts, networking opportunities and educational outreach in the year 2012, as well as playing host to next summer’s National Meeting and Training Conference.

COMTO Colorado delivers latest news, opportunities and events straight to your inbox

COMTO Colorado recently launched two new tools designed to keep members in the know and on top of the latest industry news, contract opportunities and networking events.

The COMTO Circulator, a quarterly e-newsletter that streams chapter and industry news, views and opportunities; and COMTO To-Go, a monthly "light" version of the e-newsletter designed to inform members of the latest local networking events and contract opportunities.

Miss an issue? Here's a list of past issues of COMTO's e-newsletters.

12/20/11 - COMTO To-GO Decemebr 2011

11/08/2011 - COMTO CIRCULATOR November 2011

10/11/2011 - COMTO TO-GO October 2011