2012 Western District Officer Election Results
Election results for District positions were announced at this year's Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara. The winners were Walter Okitsu, President; Karen Aspelin, Vice President; and Carlos Ortiz, Secretary-Treasurer. They each will serve a 1-year term through the next Annual Meeting in Phoenix. Jenny Grote was elected to serve a [...]
Cathy Leong & Jonathan Upchurch Honored at District Meeting
Among the honorees at this year's Western District Annual Meeting were Cathy Leong and Jonathan Upchurch. Ms. Leong, who built the Western District Student Endowment Fund to over $300 thousand, was presented with the District's Individual Achievement Award. Mr. Upchurch, a former International President and long-time educator, was presented with the District's Lifetime Achievement [...]
Upcoming Annual Meetings
The New Mexico Section has been selected to host the 2016 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. Our future meetings will be 2013 Phoenix, Arizona; 2014 Rapid City, South Dakota (joint meeting with Midwestern District); 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada; 2016 Albuquerque, New Mexico; and 2017 San Diego, California. Our upcoming meeting in Phoenix [...]
New Committee Chairs
We have new committee chairs serving the District. Neelam Sharma will be our new Career Guidance Chair, Justin Link will be our Website Manager, and Past President Alyssa Reynolds will chair the Advisory Committee. Danielle Scharf has been reappointed to serve a new term chairing the Student Initiatives Committee.
Going to Atlanta?
If you are attending the Atlanta ITE International Annual Meeting, please join our Western District President Walter Okitsu Sunday, August 12, 7:30pm at a small reception for Western District members. The reception will take place in Walter's hotel room, and sponsored by KOA Corporation, who will provide a bathtub full [...]
Remembering Paul Box, Willa Wilcox Mylroie-Fassett, and Rich Romer
Paul Box, Willa Wilcox Mylroie-Fassett, Rich Romer Our District has recently lost three distinguished members. We will miss these colleagues and friends: Paul Box (1923-2012) was a recipient of ITE's Burton W. Marsh Distinguished Award. His memorial service will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona July 29th. He is [...]
2012 Award Winners
The following is the complete list of award winners at this year's Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara. Congratulations to all the winners! Award 2012 Awardee Individual Achievement Award Cathy Leong Lifetime Achievement Award Jonathan Upchurch Student Endowment Fund Contributor Recognition Northern California Section, Washington Section, Whitlock & Weinberger Transportation, Inc., [...]
Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Jul/Aug
Thank you to all of our supporters at the recent Western District Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA! We kicked off the meeting on Saturday afternoon with 10 student and 7 family/friends teams competing in the next installment of the MiteY Race. Teams started the race at the Fess Parker Doubletree [...]
