Getting Ready For Prime Time!
Date & Time: Sunday, July 22 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Doris McMillion, McMillon Communications, Washington, D.C.
In the work place, everyone is checking you out. You're being judged on three things: How you Look, How You Sound and What You Say!  If moving up the professional ladder is important to you and you'd like to tweak your style, sign up for the Getting Ready for Prime Time workshop. Space limited.

Eno Workshop
Psychology 101 for Leaders: Enhancing Your Technical Expertise with an Understanding of the Psychology of Leadership
Date & Time: Monday, July 23 10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Dr. Barbara Gannon, Executive Vice President, Eno Center for Transportation, Washington, DC
Advancing in a transport organization requires a shift from the comfort of technical expertise to the more challenging role of managing and leading people, working with teams and across organizations and being able to better understand the human side of the enterprise. This session will provide an open forum to discuss key psychological principals and concepts needed to build on participants’ fine technical expertise and bring some understanding to the role of a leader.

National Transit Institute
Date & Time: Monday, July 23 10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Joan Martin, Senior Instructor, National Transit Institute, New Brunswick, NJ
Each year NTI presents modules from its training courses to help COMTO members improve their effectiveness as managers and professionals.  The following modules are being presented from NTI’s Senior Leadership course.
Ethics and Integrity
One of the biggest issues for public agencies and corporations today is the ethical behavior of their staffs. We will review the principles of what constitutes ethical behavior. This will be presented in the context of the work that transportation professionals perform as part of their regular duties. The importance of maintaining high ethical standards and what constitutes ethical behavior will be discussed.
Time Management
In doing more with less, how do you manage your time to succeed? We will present tips that help you become more efficient and better management your workflow each day. You will how you can reduce your stress and concentrate on the things that matter the most.

FTA Workshop
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 24 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Linda Ford, Acting Director, Office of Civil Rights, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC
Amber Ontiveros, Senior Equal Opportunity Specialist and Team Lead for Title VI, EEO, and DBE, Office Civil Rights
What’s New in DBE and Title VI Compliance
Civil rights have been a focus of the Obama Administration. As a result, changes to guidelines, policy and regulations are underway or have been completed. This session will discuss Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) compliance as well as Title VI compliance and achieving environmental justice. Representatives from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will discuss trends in DBE compliance, review findings, how FTA is addressing those issues, and how you can be prepared when faced with similar issues. In addition, FTA will provide an overview of its revised Title VI Circular and the new Environmental Justice Circular.

DBE Panel Discussion
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 25 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Moderator:  Shelby Scales, Executive Director, Airport Minority Advisory Council, Arlington, VA
Representatives from the Airport Minority Advisory Council will facilitate a panel discussion on recent policy and legislative development impacting the DBE and ACDBE program in Aviation as well as cross transportation modes. Panelist will address the small business component, FAA Administrator requirement to report on Airport DBE participation to Congress, and FAA Reauthorization Bill. The AMAC panel will also discuss industry specific challenges that impact all modes of transportation officials in providing continuous program support, policy development, predicate evidence and resources needed.