1974
Discussant: Committee on Science and Technology, delegate to the Sixth Pan African Congress. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, (Summer 1974)
Presenter: “Regional and Statewide Transportation Planning.” — Transportation Institute of North Carolina A&T State University Lecture Series. A&T University, Greensboro, North Carolina (March 1974)
HONORS, AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member of Georgia Tech’s Smart Cities Faculty Council, 2016 - present
Board of Advisors, Young Professionals in Transportation, 2016 -2018
National High-end Foreign Expert, Tongji University, IESD, China, 2015 – present
2015 Great Teacher, Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Thank a Teacher Program. July 23, 2016 Dr. Ross was presented with the Great Teacher award in appreciation of her teaching style and dedication to helping students.
Courtesy faculty appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (2014 – present)
University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research (IUR) Scholar
Member of Faculty Council on Data Science and Engineering (2014- present)
Georgia Power Professor of Excellence (2014)
Invitee: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Groundbreaking Ceremony and Reception. Washington, D.C. (February 2012)
Judge on the Federal Highway Administration's & Federal Transit Administration's 2010 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Panel. (February-May)
Council Member, the American High Speed Rail Alliance Thought Leadership Council
Committee Member, State Smart Transportation Initiative, 2010 -
Member of the Ivan Allen Prize Nominating Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)
CHOSEN Awards Women's History Honoree. Public choice award for being a trailblazer in education, urban planning/community development and business. (2010)
Nominator for the Heinz Award (2010)
White House Appointment to the “Advisory Committee for the White House Office of Urban Affairs, 2009-present. One of 27 people selected to advise the president on the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs
Invitee to the White House Office of Urban Affairs and the Domestic Policy Council Urban Policy Roundtable (2009)
Named to 2009 Atlanta’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence, Atlanta Business League (2009)
Named to Georgia Trend 2009 Notable Georgians (2009)
Steering committee member of Atlanta Regional Commission Fifty Forward Initiative (2008)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, SHRP 2 TCC Capacity Committee (2006-present)
Member of the New Orleans ORM Technical Advisory Committee (2006-2010)
Inductee: National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) (November 16, 2006)
Executive committee member and board member of the Georgia Conservancy (2005-2008)
Board Member of PRI (2003-2005)
ULI Library Award Recipient, CQGRD received copies of all ULI publications from 2004-2007
Executive committee member and board member of the Midtown Alliance (2006-present)
Participant: “Program Site Visit for the Department of City and Regional Planning” — University of California, Berkeley, (December 1-2, 2005)
Chair: “Atlanta Beltline Transit Panel”, 2005, appointed by Mayor Shirley Franklin
Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety’s (PEDS) Golden Shoe Award – Healthy Places Research Group (HPRG), 2005
ULI Academic Fellow, 2007 -2010
ULI Academic Fellow, 2004 -2007
Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety’s (PEDS) Golden Shoe Award – Context Sensitive Design, 2004
Awarded first endowed chair in the College of Architecture- Harry West Chair, 2003 to present
Board Member of the Atlanta Recreation Authority, appointed by Mayor William Campbell, 1998
Mt. Paran Northside Civic Association, Member, 1997 to present
Recipient of “Find the Good and Praise It Award”, presented by Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation for excellent work done as a member of the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey Team, February 9, 1998.
Leader of the Urban Planning Delegation to China. Citizen Ambassador Program. Tour Code: BMS-907. Fall 1997. Led a delegation of planners and architects to China for professional meetings with Chinese counterparts. The delegation visited Beijing, XI’AN and Shanghai.
Board Member of the Renaissance Atlanta Economic Corporation (AERC). This agency is funded by the City of Atlanta and it is partially focused on the generation of economic activity within distressed areas in the city, 1997 -1998.
Board Member of the Atlanta Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) a quasi-public organization focusing on fostering economic development within the City of Atlanta, 1995-1997.
Nominee for the Paul Davidoff Award for book entitled “The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development.” October 1997.
Member, Reaccreditation Site Visit Team for the Alabama A&M Planning Program, Alabama A&M University, 1996.
Committee Member, Transit Research Marketing TCHRP-H-6, Transportation Research Board, 1994-96.
Member, Reaccreditation Site Visit Team for the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, May 1995.
Member, Reaccreditation Site Visit Team for the College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans, January 1995.
Invited by President Clinton and Mrs. Hillary Clinton to the White House for awards presentation and reception for my service to the “Arts,” particularly the Presidential Design Awards Program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. 1994
President, National Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 1993 to 1995.
Eisenhower Fellowship Program, Panelist, sponsored by the USDOT, 1994.
National Endowment for the Arts, Panelist, Presidential Design Awards, 1991.
Vice President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 1991 to October 1993.
Chairperson, Planning Accreditation Board, Accreditation Site Visit Team, May 1991.
Board Member, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, (COMTO), 1991 to 1995.
Chair, Subcommittee on the Recruitment and Retention of Women and Minorities, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 1991 to present.
Member Southern Association Reaffirmation Committee for Southern University, 1991.
Principal Investigator Incentive Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990-1991.
Member, Southern Association Reaffirmation Committee for Tulane University, 1990.
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluator for Design Review Panel 1989.
Co-Chair, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Subcommittee on Women and Minorities, 1989 to present.
Board Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Southeastern Representative 1987 to 1990.
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Review and Appraisal Committee, 1988.
Member, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Fellowship Evaluation Panel, 1988 to 1999.
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Committee on Retention and Recruitment of Women/Minority Faculty and Students, 1987 to 1990.
Co-Chairperson, Fulton County Zoning Task Force, 1987-1988.
National Research Council, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1988.
National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Member of the Transit Bus Maintenance Committee (A3C02), 1987 to 2004.
One of three initial recipients of $1000 Outstanding Research Award at Georgia Tech, College of Architecture, 1987.
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluator for Design Review Panel Proposals, June 1987.
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluator for Design Advancement Proposals, July 1986.
National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Member of Steering Committee for the Conference on Surface Transportation Education Issues, 1986.
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) Site team member, 1985present.
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluation Panel for the “Design Arts Demonstration Panel,” June 1985.
Member, Edward E. McClure Prize Committee, ACSP, 1985.
Listed in Who’s Who Among Black Americans, 198081.
Listed in Who’s Who Among American Women, 1982.
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies at Cornell University, September 1975 May 1976.
Ford Foundation Fellowship for graduate study at Cornell University, September 1971 May 1973.
Member of the Steering Committee on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium Sized Communities, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1982.
National Nominating Committee of the American Planning Association, October 1980.
One of seven persons selected nationally to serve on a jury to select outstanding project focusing on women sponsored by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, May 1980.
Treasurer, Planning and Women Division of the American Planning Association, 1981 to 1983.
Founder of the Planning and Women Division of the American Planning Association, February 1979.
Journal of Planning Education and Research, Editorial Board, 1983 to 1990.
Journal of Urban Affairs 1983 to present, reviewer.
Journal of the American Planning Association 1987 to present, reviewer.
National Science Foundation 1983 to 1988, reviewer.
ADMINISTRATION/COMMITTEES AT GEORGIA TECH (selected)
Member, The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) Faculty Council, 2017 – present
Member, Institute Awards Committee, 2017
Member, Regents Selection Committee, Spring 2016
Member, School of City and Regional Planning (SCARP) Executive Committee, 2015
Member, School of City and Regional Planning (SCARP) Transportation Faculty Candidate Search Committee, Spring 2015
Member, GT-ADVANCE Professors, 2015
Advisory Committee Member, Vice President Institute Diversity, 2011-present
Member, School of Architecture (SOA) Chair Search Committee, Spring 2015
Member, Data Science and Engineering Faculty Council, 2014 2015
Member, Frederick L. Olmsted Chair Finalists Interviewing Committee, Spring 2015
Member, DBL Director Candidate Interviewing Committee, Spring 2015
Faculty Mentor for SCARP tenure-track faculty, - present
Advisor or Committee Member in the School of City and Regional Planning / School of Civil and Environmental Engineering to 20 Ph.D. or Master Students
Courtesy Faculty Appointment, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fall 2014 – present
School of Architecture Chair search Committee 2014- 2015
School of City and Regional Planning Faculty Search Committee – 2014-
College of Architecture, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Spring 2014
Regents Professor Selection Committee Meeting, March 2014
Advisory committee member, Vice President Institute Diversity, 2011-present
Ivan Allen Prize for Social Courage Nominating Committee, 2010-present
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Professor, College of Architecture, 2009 - Present
Task Force on Research Centers and Academic Programs, 2007
COA Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2006-2007
College of Architecture Dean Search Committee, 2007 - 2013
Georgia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB), 2007 -
Vice Provost for Academic Diversity Search Committee, 2007
Transportation Faculty Search for Civil Engineering, 2005-2007
Chair, (College of Management) Review Committee, 2004
Member, Architecture Program Search Committee, 1998, 2003
Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998 -2002
Institute Strategic Planning Committee, Georgia Tech, 1995
Member, GA Tech Athletic Board, 1994-1997
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Affairs, 1994.
Presidential Search Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994
Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Affairs, 1993
Co-Chair, City Planning Search Committee, Graduate City Planning Program, 1993-1994
Chair, Program Search Committee, Graduate City Planning Program, 1990-1991.
Chair, Director’s Search Committee, Graduate City Planning Committee, 1990-1991
Member, Master Plan Committee, Georgia Tech, 1990-1991
Director, Doctoral Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988-1993
College of Architecture Representative to the Institute Graduate Committee 1989 to 1991
Member, Doctoral Program Recruitment Committee, College of Architecture, 1988-1992
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure, College of Architecture, 1989.
One of six faculty to serve as a member of the Georgia Tech Presidential Selection Committee, 1987.
Member, Georgia Tech Faculty Steering Committee for the Centennial Campaign, 1986
Member, College of Architecture, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1985 - 1987
Chairperson, College of Architecture, Advisory Committee, 1984 - 85
Member, College of Architecture, Advisory Committee, 1979 - 1984
Member, College of Architecture, Curriculum Committee, 1981 - 1996
Member, Executive Board, 1984 - 1988
Member, Academic Senate, 1984 - 1988.
Member, General Faculty Assembly, 1984 - 1988
Member, Institute Statutes Committee, 1982 - 1984
Participant, National Advisory Board, 1985 - 1990
Auto Club Group Board Member, 2011-present
Member, Auto Club Group, Audit, Compliance & Ethics Committee, - present
Member, Auto Club Group, Nominating & Governance Committee, - present
Member, Auto Club Group, Georgia Advisory Council, - present
AAA Executive Advisory Board, 2006 - 2011
Alliance of Regional Stewardship, 2004 - present
American Association of University Women, 1990 - present
American Planning Association (APA), 1976 – present
Member, Association of American Geographers (AAG)
American Public Transportation Association (APTA), 2000- 2005
Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT), 2000 - 2005
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), 1978 to present-Past national president
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO), 1999 to present
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Health Steering Committee Meeting, - present
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2003 - 2007
Atlanta Rotary Club, 2001 – present
Atlanta Streetcar Board of Directors, 2005 - 2007
Board Member of the Emory University Board of Visitors, 2000 - 2002
Board Member of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 2001 – 2003
Board Member Georgia Forward, 2011 – present
Member, Green Chamber of the South
Member, International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
Board Member of the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS), 2001 - 2003, Atlanta Chapter
Board of Director Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross, 2000 - 2003
Board of Directors Clean Air Campaign, 2000 to 2003
Board of Directors Eno Transportation Foundation, 2001 - 2003
Board of Directors High Museum of Art, 2000 - 2006
Board of Directors Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 2001 - 2003
Board of Directors Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech 2000
Conference of Minority Transportation Official (COMTO), 1983 - 2007
European Urban and Regional Studies, 1996 - 1999
Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies, 2000 – 2004
Fulton County Criminal Justice Blue Ribbon Commission, 2004 - 2006
High Museum of Art Education Department Board Committee, 2004 – 2006
Home Depot, Sustainable Cities Institute 2010 - present
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1995 - present
Kent State University Foundation, 2004 – present
Lambda Alpha International Atlanta Chapter, Honorary Land Economics Society, 2010 -
League of Women Voters, 2001 - present
Metro Atlanta Quality Growth Task Force, 2004 - 2005
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Board of Directors, 1999 - 2003
Midtown Alliance Board of Directors, 2004 – present
National Academy of Public Administration, 2006 to present
National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board of Directors, 2000 – 2004
National Advisory Board Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), 2002 - 2004
National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), 2002- 2004
National Association of Professional Women 2015- present
National Transit Institute (NTI),
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2002 – present
Planners Network, 1980 - present
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), 2001
President’s Council of Cornell Women, 200-2003
Progressive Redevelopment, Inc. Board of Directors, 2005 –to present
Robert Ferst Center for the Arts Advisory Board, 2001 to present
Sigma Xi, National Scientific Research Society, 1988 to present
Southern Growth Policies Board, 2006
State Smart Transportation Initiative, 2010 -
The Georgia Conservancy, 2004 – 2009
Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Federal Highway Administration, 2010
Member, Transportation Research Board
Urban Affairs Association (UAA), 1990 - present
Urban Land Institute (ULI), 1990 - present (District Council Steering Committee)
Westminster Strategic Plan Committee, 2003 - 2005
Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) – Atlanta Chapter Women of the Year, 2000
PhD students
Committee Member, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (20)
Primary Advisor, School of City and Regional Planning, (10)
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