GVF's Leadership Awards

GVF's Leadership Awards recognize regional leaders in the transportation industry that are working to improve mobility choices for all.

GVF's 2025 Leadership Award Recipients:

• Connected Communities Award - Ernie McNeely, Manager, Lower Merion Township

• Innovation Award – Brian Hamill, Head of Corporate Services, Vanguard

• Planning Leadership Award - Lower Providence Township

• Private Sector Leadership Award - GSK

• Advocacy Award - Laura Manion, President and CEO, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry

• Public Sector Leadership Award - SEPTA

• Engineering Leadership Award - Bowman Consulting Group

• Peter P. Quinn Leadership Award - Suzanne Ryan, Regional External Affairs Manager, PECO

• GVF Praetor Award - Jeff Guzy, GVF Board Past President, Executive Director, RK&K

GVF's 2024 Leadership Award Recipients:

• Elected Official Leadership Award - PA State Senator Amanda Cappelletti

• Elected Official Leadership Award - PA State Representative Ben Sanchez

• Elected Official Leadership Award - PA State Representative Matt Bradford, Democratic Majority Leader

• Advocacy Award - Pamela Sarne McCormick, SEPTA

• Public Sector Leadership Award - North Coventry Township (accepted by Township Manager Erica Batdorf)

• Private Sector Leadership Award - BET Investments (accepted by Mike Markman, President, and Peter Clelland, Vice President of Development)

• Planning Leadership Award - Whitpain Township (accepted by members of the Board of Supervisors, Jeff Campolongo, Scott Badami,  Joyce Keller, and Sara Selverian)

• Connected Communities Award - Horsham Township (accepted by Bill Whiteside, President of the Township Council; Bill Walker, Township Manager; and Larry Burns, Director of Community and Economic Development)

• Engineering Leadership Award – Pennoni (accepted by Brian Keaveney, Vice-President, and Joe Mastronardo, Vice-President)

• Innovation Award – Conshohocken Borough (accepted by Kathleen Kingsley, Borough Council Vice President, and Tina Sokolowski, Borough Council President)

• GVF Board Leadership Award - Terrence Foley

• Peter P. Quinn Leadership Award - PA State Representative Tim Briggs

• GVF Legacy Award - Jeff Guzy, GVF Board President