Kent Seminar Distinguished Lecture: Marsha Anderson Bomar
By Marsha Anderson Bomar on 04/29/2026 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in 1017 Civil and Environmental Engineering Building
Illinois Center for Transportation is proud to present the Kent Seminar Distinguished Lecture Wednesday, April 29. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. with a reception to follow at 5 p.m. (CT).
Presenter: Marsha Anderson Bomar, President, American Society of Civil Engineers
Presentation title: Infrastructure Assessments to Avoid Bumps in the Road
Location: 1017 Civil and Environmental Engineering Building, 301 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL. A reception will follow in the Kavita and Lalit Bahl Smart Bridge.
This presentation will also be live-streamed on Zoom.
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Meeting ID: 856 1731 4207
Passcode: 019160
Bio:
Marsha Anderson Bomar is president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a transportation strategic adviser with GHD, an international consultancy. She previously served as interim commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation and as assistant general manager for capital program delivery at MARTA, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
She also founded Street Smarts Inc., a planning, engineering and design firm, and Data Smarts, a data collection and management firm, and later served as a sustainability practice leader at Stantec. Her career has spanned consulting, public-sector leadership and service at the highest levels of the transportation profession.
In addition to serving as president of ASCE, Bomar is a past treasurer of the organization and a past president of ASCE’s Transportation and Development Institute. She is also a past international president of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and has been active with the Transportation Research Board for decades.
Her public service has included four terms as a council member for the City of Duluth, Georgia, where she also served three times as mayor pro tempore. She holds degrees from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Princeton University and the University of Georgia and is a frequent speaker on transportation, leadership and ethics.
Abstract:
Telling the story of infrastructure in ways that citizens and legislators can understand is vitally important. The ASCE National Infrastructure Report Card is a long-standing tool that uses publicly available data to help explain infrastructure conditions at a given point in time. Volunteers at the national and state levels prepare these reports periodically and use them to educate the public and elected officials. This presentation will review the 2025 U.S. Report Card, highlight an example from Georgia and conclude with examples of advocacy with legislators and engagement with students and faculty.