Connie Kozlak, Ann Johnson, Laurie McGinnis
CTS Awards
Ray L. Lappegaard Distinguished Service Award
Each year the Ray L. Lappegaard Distinguished Service Award is presented to a transportation professional who displays outstanding leadership, mentorship and support to the profession. The award is named in honor of Ray L. Lappegaard, chair of the CTS Executive Committee from its creation in 1989 until his death in April 1993. Lappegaard held numerous high-level positions in state government and the private sector, and was a mentor to many in the transportation field.
2011 Recipient
Ann Johnson “is the quintessential professional and leader and a friend to all who know her,” said Connie Kozlak, the 2008 recipient. Johnson is the faculty director of the University’s Construction Management degree program and the CE department’s outreach coordinator, as well as mentor to hundreds of students. Johnson said she was humbled to look through the list of previous recipients, many of whom served as mentors to her. “Every day I teach, I just can’t believe I get to do this job,” she said.
Past Recipients
2010
Ferroll Robinson, Part-time Fellow, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
2009
Doug Weiszhaar, Vice President for special projects at WSB & Associates
2008
Connie Kozlak, Systems Planning and Programming Manager, Metropolitan Council
2007
Donna Allen, Director, Mn/DOT Office of Transit
2006
Jeff Hamiel, Executive Director, Metropolitan Airports Commission
2005
Michael Sheehan, County Engineer, Olmsted County
2004
Natalio Diaz, Director, Metropolitan Transportation Services
2003
Peter Fausch, Principal engineer, SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
2002
Richard Hansen, Public works director/highway engineer, St. Louis County’s Public Works Department
2001
Gene Ofstead, Assistant commissioner, Mn/DOT (retired)
2000
Darryl Durgin, Former deputy commissioner, Mn/DOT
1999
Douglas Differt, Vice president/director of transportation engineering, BRW, Inc.
1998
Charleen Zimmer, President, Zan Associates
1997
Chuck Siggerud, Short Elliot Hendrickson Inc.
1996
Ernest Olson
1995
Robert J. McDonald
1994
Jim Newland, CTS Interim Advising Committee
1993
William Smith, CTS committee member