Contribution to Transportation Award
Recipient is an individual not affiliated with NCSITE in any capacity who has contributed significantly to transportation through professional and/or political activities.
Past Award Winners
2008 Lyndo Tippett (NCDOT Secretary of Transportation)
2007 William A. "Beau" Mills
2006 Nancy Dunn
2005 J. Douglas Galyon (NC Board of Transportation)*
2004 Dr. Downey Brill (NCSU)
2003 Rep. Jim Crawford
2002 Rep. Nelson Cole
2001 Senator Wib Gulley
2000 Dr. Gorman Gilbert
1999 Mayor Rebecca Smothers
1998 Deputy Secretary David King
1997 Congressman Howard Coble
1996 (no award recipient)
1995 Seddon “Rusty” Goode, Jr.
1994 Secretary Sam Hunt
1993 Mayor Avery Upchurch
1992 Senator William Goldston
2008 Award Winner: Mr. Lyndo Tippett, NCDOT Secretary of Transportation
NCDOT Secretary of Transportation Lyndo Tippett was presented the Contribution to Transportation Award. Lou, Mr. Tippett’s wife, was in attendance for the presentation. Secretary Tippett served on the N.C. Board of Transportation for eight years as the chairman of the Audit and Contract Committee. Governor Mike Easley appointed him as Secretary of the N.C. Department of Transportation in January 2001 and re-appointed him for a second term in January 2005. He also currently serves as chair of the N.C. Turnpike Authority. Secretary Tippett earned his bachelor of science degree with a concentration in accounting from Barton College, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
He was instrumental in the development of the North Carolina Moving Ahead! program, a $700 million transportation program to improve safety and mobility across the state; and the creation of the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP), a nationally recognized partnership with the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Through the EEP, the state has protected more than 40,000 acres of high-quality assets throughout North Carolina, and has also supplied mitigation for NCDOT projects years in advance of construction, allowing the department to move forward with nearly $4 billion in improvements without a single delay due to mitigation permitting problems.
Secretary Tippett led the Department’s transformation efforts. As part of this effort, he is focusing on improving transportation project delivery, seeking innovative solutions to meet the state’s growing transportation needs, protecting the environment, implement
*Mr. J. Douglas Galyon receiving the award from Mr. Bill Martin in 2005.
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