Together with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), COMTO’s Careers In Transportation for Youth (CITY) Internship Program welcomes the class of 2012. These 17 college studentswill have an incredible opportunity to experience, first hand, the behind-the-scenes operations of the transportation industry – what it takes to make the country move.

COMTO’s CITY Program, sponsored by the FTA, is designed to promote public transportation as viable career options for the next generation of leaders. For ten weeks this summer, from June 4 to August 10, the interns will get hands on experience and personal mentoring from industry professionals. As a bonus, they will attend COMTO’s 41^st National Meeting and Training Conference, in Denver CO.

The transportation industry is nearing a workforce crisis. A large number of transportation professionals are retiring, leaving a void of experienced leaders for the 21^st century workforce. The CITY Internship Program addresses this issue and infuses new talent for the workforce pipeline. The program’s ultimate goal is to ensure that the nation is equipped with a diverse workforce to face the tough challenges of the next century.

This year’s class will intern in five locations: Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. The interns will work with a variety of industry stakeholders (public and private transportation agencies and companies) on an assortment of projects. The class represents 13 different colleges and universities and an array of majors, including accounting, business, communications, engineering, economics, geography, law, marketing, international business, Japanese studies, psychology, sociology and supply chain management.

"The industry definitely needs all of these skill sets and more,” stated Shirley DeLibero, COMTO Board Member and Former Board Chair.

For the 2012 CITY Internship Program, COMTO received 78 applications for 15 total positions. The applications came froma pool of highly diverse and talented students from across the country, representing 34 colleges and universities and 41 different majors. Impressed with the caliber of students interviewed, both COMTO National and the COMTO Colorado chapter each decided to fund an additional position, bringing the total number to 17 internships. Eligible students must have completed their sophomore or junior year in college.

Meet the 2012 Class:

Chynna Allen Junior/Tulane Psychology/Sociology Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority	Araya Jackson Junior/Spellman Spanish Federal Transit Administration	Monica Williams Senior/Clark Atlanta Accounting Federal Transit Administration

Destiny Hardney Senior/Spelman Sociology Denver Regional Transportation District	Amanda Mascarenas Junior/Colorado School of Mines Civil Engineering EE Engineering	Brandon Murray Senior/Adams State College Business Management LF International	Benjamin Sanchez Senior/Arizona State Geography/Economics Denver Regional Transportation District

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Houston

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James Lynn Senior/Univ of Houston Supply Chain Management Houston METRO	Juanice Watts Senior/Clark Atlanta Business Administration Texas Southern University Testing Center

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Philadelphia

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Jasmine Narcisse Senior/Temple Marketing/International Business Federal Transit Administration	Tolulope Olusada Senior/Villanova Communications Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

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Washington DC

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Terhas Clark Senior/American University Law & Society District Department of Transportation	Steven Garcia Senior/Morgan State Industrial Engineering Federal Transit Administration	Denzel Golden Senior/Temple Civil Engineering Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
John-Thomas Malachi Junior/University of Hawaii Japanese Studies/Intl Business District Department of Transportation	Khadijah Ottley Senior/Morgan State Business Management Intelligent Transportation Society of America	Mariah Stanley Senior/Trinity Washington Communications American Public Transit Association