Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards has been recognized as Female Innovator of the Year and Female Executive of the Year in the government or non-profit category from the Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
These international awards, which were represented by 17 countries this year, “recognize outstanding women executives who have led their organizations to higher levels of innovation and achievement.”
“I am very grateful to the wonderful team at PennDOT whose outstanding accomplishments were recognized with this honor,” Richards says. “Together, we are delivering transportation services with efficiency and innovation, fulfilling Governor Wolf’s mandate of delivering government that works.”
Richards was cited for the following accomplishments:
“We are a team of nearly 12,000 dedicated people who are working hard to manage taxpayer resources wisely while doing our best to maintain and upgrade our very large transportation network,” Richards says. “On behalf of all of us, I welcome and am grateful for this international recognition of our accomplishments.”
