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VHB CEO Carragher Receives WTS-Boston Honorable Ray LaHood Award
BOSTON, MA — VHB's Chief Executive Officer, Mike Carragher, has been named the winner of the 2021 Honorable Ray LaHood Award presented by the Boston chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS). This award recognizes a male in a leadership role with an outstanding commitment to the WTS' mission to build the future of transportation through the global advancement of women.
Carragher has dedicated himself to enhancing the nation's complex transportation networks and enriching the A/E/C industry through a diverse workforce with unique ideas and voices during his 30-plus-year career. Since joining VHB 22 years ago, Carragher has endeavored to foster a workplace where the support for women goes beyond the numbers and the metrics. His membership in WTS-Boston has significantly influenced VHB, where women serve in all levels of leadership, playing key roles in leading strategic initiatives.
“WTS is an empowering organization that has meant a great deal to VHB, to many of our employees, and to me personally," Carragher said. “I especially value the diversity of thought and perspectives that WTS supports within the transportation industry."
Carragher fulfills his commitment to diversity and inclusiveness through a variety of efforts, including spearheading an A/E/C industry Diversity and Inclusion Working Group with Woodard & Curran and RS&H alongside VHB Chief People Officer Keri Kocur; co-leading VHB Community Conversations about social justice, mental health, and other important topics; and organizing and chairing a VHB DEI Steering Committee. Carragher has served as a mentor for rising professionals in the transportation industry through formal programs, such as the WTS Mentor Match Program.
New England Construction PeopleCarragher has dedicated himself to enhancing the nation's complex transportation networks and enriching the A/E/C industry through a diverse workforce with unique ideas and voices during his 30-plus-year career. Since joining VHB 22 years ago, Carragher has endeavored to foster a workplace where the support for women goes beyond the numbers and the metrics. His membership in WTS-Boston has significantly influenced VHB, where women serve in all levels of leadership, playing key roles in leading strategic initiatives.
“WTS is an empowering organization that has meant a great deal to VHB, to many of our employees, and to me personally," Carragher said. “I especially value the diversity of thought and perspectives that WTS supports within the transportation industry."
Carragher fulfills his commitment to diversity and inclusiveness through a variety of efforts, including spearheading an A/E/C industry Diversity and Inclusion Working Group with Woodard & Curran and RS&H alongside VHB Chief People Officer Keri Kocur; co-leading VHB Community Conversations about social justice, mental health, and other important topics; and organizing and chairing a VHB DEI Steering Committee. Carragher has served as a mentor for rising professionals in the transportation industry through formal programs, such as the WTS Mentor Match Program.
