Dr. Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D.

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Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. – “People and Communities Matter” 

CEO, Beverly Scott and Associates, LLC 

Founder, Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc 

Beverly A. Scott, PhD is the CEO of Beverly Scott Associates where she advocates for sustainable, equity-centered infrastructure, and provides infrastructure-focused executive management consulting, specializing in “people-readiness” and advancing practical approaches and solutions to challenging situations that advance equity and inclusion and help achieve positive outcomes for all people and communities.  In 2018, she founded Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc. (“iyai+”), a national non-profit dedicated to inspiring, educating, and actively engaging today’s youth to be tomorrow’s “community builders” – with a focus on vulnerable youth and under-represented groups in the infrastructure sectors – including women and people of color.

Her career in the public transportation industry spans forty years, including four appointments as CEO/General Manager – Boston (MBTA), Atlanta (MARTA), Sacramento (SRTD), and Rhode Island (RIPTA).  A past Chair, American Public Transportation Association (APTA), she is nationally recognized for her “equity-centered” leadership, commitment to quality, integrity, and courage.  Within the public transit industry she has been a strong, consistent voice for workforce development, and achieving better outcomes for “all” people and communities.

She is a frequent speaker, serves on several national Boards, and has received numerous national and local awards.  In 2011, she was appointed by President Obama to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC); and re-appointed by President Biden.  She currently serves as the California State Treasurer’s appointee to the California High Speed Rail Authority Peer Review Committee; a Transportation Author for the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment Report (NCA5) which is the final review stage, and also serves on the Sustainability Advisory Council, Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

Dr. Scott received the Sharon Banks Humanitarian Leadership Award in Transportation for her advocacy on behalf of public transit users and workers, and for her tireless efforts to improve the lives of others.  She was also named a “Transportation Innovator of Change” by President Barack Obama.  She is a past Chair of the Rail-Volution Board of Directors and currently serves on the boards of the American Public Transportation Association, Jobs To Move America, and Equiticity.  A past Founding Board member of the International Transportation Learning Center (a national labor-management consortium), she currently serves in an advisory capacity as a Senior Fellow.

Dr. Scott holds a doctorate in political science from Howard University; and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Fisk University (Phi Beta Kappa; magna cum laude). Finally, and to her -- most importantly – she is blessed to have a wonderful family that she both “loves” and “likes” as people.