Beverly Scott

With more than three decades of experience, Dr. Beverly Scott has impacted public transportation across the country. She served as a transportation GM/CEO in Boston, Atlanta, Sacramento, and Rhode Island. Additionally, Scott was inducted into the American Public Transportation Authority's Hall of Fame, named COMTO's "Women Who Move the Nation", and recognized as a "Transportation Agent for Change" by President Barack Obama in 2012. Scott also founded Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc. in 2018, a non-profit dedicated to inspiring, educating, and engaging youth to become the future leaders, workforce, innovators, and entrepreneurs in American infrastructure.

Rodney Slater

Rodney Slater has worked in transportation since 1987 and got his first experience when he was appointed to the Arkansas Highway Commission by then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. He was later named director of the Federal Highway Administration and eventually US Secretary of Transportation by President Clinton. In 1997, Slater launched the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program, with the goal to prepare youth (primarily women and people of color) for careers in transportation.

Nichelle Nichols

Best known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols was a pioneer on and off camera. Her performance on Star Trek inspired generations of women and people of color to pursue the sciences. Following the cancelation of the original Star Trek series, Nichols volunteered her time with a NASA project to recruit women and people of color to the agency. The project has been an incredible success, recruiting several firsts for NASA including the first American female and first African-American astronaut. In the 1980s, she served on the board of governors of the National Space Society, a non-profit, educational space advocacy group.