Not awarded every year
Professor Bills is an Assistant Prof at UCLA with a joint appointment in Engineering and Public Affairs (a feat in itself to be in two different Colleges). She has been doing rigorous, equity-driven travel demand modeling since her PhD in 2013. She’s passionate about outreach to underserved populations and transport impacts on disadvantaged communities. She serves on numerous committees to contribute her equity expertise (the TRB Equity Committee, to name one). In addition to brilliant, traditional academics (papers, NSF grants), she has testified to congress and has written a popular press blog, and is even highlighted in a coloring book.
Selected by the 2023 Outstanding Industry Contributor Committee (Pedro Camargo, Outer Loop Consulting; Rachel Copperman, Cambridge Systematics; Johanna Zmud, Blue Door Strategy and Research) · Board Facilitator: Amanda Stathopoulos
Note: This award was previously called the Outstanding Contributor Award. In 2023, the award was renamed and updated to focus on an individual early in their career.
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