Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D.

– “People and Communities Matter”

Founder, Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc

Dr. Beverly A. Scott’s career in the public transportation industry spans more than three decades in the United States, including four appointments as CEO/General Manager – Boston (MBTA), Atlanta (MARTA), Sacramento (SRTD), and Rhode Island (RIPTA). In 2018, she founded Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc. (“Iyai+”), a non-profit dedicated to inspiring, educating, and engaging today’s youth to be tomorrow’s “community builders” -- American infrastructure leaders, skilled workforce, innovators, and entrepreneurs, – with special emphasis on improving the active participation of our most vulnerable youth and historically underutilized groups in infrastructure careers – people of color and women (www.iyai.org).

Throughout her career, she has received numerous national and local awards and recognitions. Nationally, in 2022, she was recipient of the WTS International Mary Peters Inspirational Leader Award, the American Public Transportation Authority’s Hall of Fame in 2020; Hubert Humphrey Award for Distinguished Service, American Political Science Association (APSA), Sharon A. Banks, Humanitarian Service Award, Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences; Woman of the Year, Women’s Transportation Seminar International (WTS); Women Who Move the Nation, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO); and recognized as a “Transportation Agent of Change” by President Barack Obama/USDOT in 2012.

Nationally recognized for her “equity-centered” leadership, public service, and emphasis on “shared prosperity” for all people and communities, Dr. Scott is a frequent speaker. She is a past Chair, American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Past Chair and Board Member, Rail-Volution, now Mpact. Former Board Member, Conference of Minority Transportation Official (COMTO), Women’s Transportation Seminar International (WTS). Serves on the national Board of the American Public Transportation Association, emeritus, APTA (www.apta.com); Equiticity Board of Directors (www.equiticity.org); International Transportation Learning Center (labor-management workforce development consortium) Founding Board Member and current Senior Advisor (www.transportcenter.org); Research Associate, Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University (www.minteta-institute@sjsu.edu); Jobs To Move America, JMA, Board of Directors (www.jobstomoveamerica.org); Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation (AHPF) Board, Advisory Council (https://africatownhpf.org) and was recently appointed, Co-Chair, of the Foundation’s Governance Committee.

In 2011, she was appointed by President Obama to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), a panel of experts including top business executives, leading academics and local government officials who report to the White House through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with responsibility for making policy recommendations to protect and preserve the physical assets that are critical to the U.S. economy and national security. In 2012, she was appointed NIAC Vice-Chair by President Obama. She co-chaired the NIAC’s “Workforce and Talent Management Study” (September 2021), (cisa.gov/publication/national-infrastructure-avisory-council-workforce-and-talent-management-study). In 2022, she was reappointed by President Biden to continue her service as a NIAC member, and co-chaired the NIAC’s 2024 “Electrifying the Workforce”report.

In 2021, she was appointed by the U.S. Global Change Research Program as an Author, Transportation Chapter, Fifth National Climate Assessment, congressionally mandated quadrennial state-of-the science synthesis of climate impacts and trends across US regions and sectors. In 2019, she was appointed by State Treasurer Fiona Ma to the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) Peer Review Group (www.cahsrprg.com), established by California Law 3034 to evaluate the Rail Authority’s funding plans and report to the Legislature on its assessment of the Business Plans issued by the Authority. She also serves on the Pacific Gas &Electric (PG&E) Sustainability Advisory Council (www.pge.com) to help guide the company’s sustainability efforts. The Council provides input and recommendations to the utility on its climate and clean energy, economic development, and community vitality initiatives.

Dr. Scott holds a doctorate in political science from Howard University; and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Fisk University (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa).