Gannett Fleming Wins WTS Philadelphia Employer of the Year Award

Bob Scaer and Laurie Matkowski take the stage to accept the award at the Winter Wonderland Gala.

Nurturing an equitable workplace that empowers, supports, and mentors women to achieve career and personal success is paramount at Gannett Fleming. We passionately embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) and strive to create a positive employee experience to build and retain our talented team.

Gannett Fleming is honored to be recognized by WTS Philadelphia, a gold chapter of WTS International, with the 2022 Employer of the Year Award for our commitment to DEI&B and the advancement of women in transportation.

This honor was bestowed at the WTS Winter Wonderland Awards Gala on Dec. 1 and was accepted by Gannett Fleming Director of Connected and Automated Vehicle Services Laurie Matkowski, the 2014 WTS Philadelphia Woman of the Year, and Chairman and CEO Bob Scaer, PE, recipient of the 2022 WTS Central Pennsylvania Honorable Ray LaHood Award.

This achievement marks the fourth time that Gannett Fleming has received the WTS Employer of the Year Award. The firm earned this prestigious award from WTS Central Pennsylvania in 2021, WTS Pittsburgh in 2019, and WTS South Florida in 2018.

WTS and Gannett Fleming share a similar vision for the future, which is why we’ve been a proud partner of the organization for more than 20 years in the U.S. and Canada. We recognize that women are a crucial part of creating safe, efficient, and reliable transportation systems that will sustain our communities for generations to come.

Gannett Fleming is a driving force in leveling the playing field and improving equity and equality for women, resulting in an increase of female employees by 33% since 2017. We continuously work to create equal opportunity for diverse employees in many ways, including:

• Four award-winning employee resource groups, including Connected Women at Gannett Fleming™ and LGBTQ+ of Gannett Fleming.
• A gender-inclusive mentorship program, Connected Relationships™.
• Mandatory annual unconscious bias training that promotes employee engagement and equity in the workplace.
• Encouraging professional organization leadership positions and active involvement in the transportation sector.
• An annual collegiate internship program, which includes a “buddy” mentorship program hosted by the Future Generations of Gannett Fleming.
• Two established annual engineering scholarships targeting architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) students from under-represented groups.

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