IL Section T&DI Board Meeting
2024-11-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-06-10 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Board meetings are open to all members, if you plan to attend, please inform T&DI Chair, Josh Starzyk, at jstarzyk@GFNET.com.

IL Section ASCE T&DI November Luncheon - Commissioner Jamie Rhee - Chicago Department of Aviation
2024-11-14 11:30 - 13:30 | Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse – Rosemont, 5464 N River Road, Rosemont, IL, 60018, United States
For more information please go to the Registration Link

Sponsorships for this event are available.

IL Section ASCE, Technical Institutes, and Younger Member Group Holiday Party
2024-12-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Haymarket Pub & Brewing, 737 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Place: Haymarket Pub & Brewery (737 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60661)

Price – $75 per person / $25 per student

$300 sponsorship (Includes 2 Tickets & Advertisement at the Event and on Social Media)

Register HERE by December 5th.

Holiday Attire Encouraged!

Please bring unwrapped gift for Toys for Tots.

Open bar and heavy appetizers will be provided.

Information will also be available about the Illinois Section ASCE, Technical Institutes and Younger Member Group if you are interested in getting more engaged in the upcoming year.

Contact: Josh Young, communications.ymg@isasce.org

Holiday Party Flyer

IL Section ASCE T&DI February Luncheon - Trisha Thompson, IDOT Region 2 Engineer
2025-02-20 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
Registration Link: IS-ASCE T&DI February 2025 Luncheon: Trisha Thompson – IDOT Region 2 Engineer
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE T&DI March Luncheon - Manar Nashif, IL Tollway CEO
2025-03-26 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
Registration Link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/nbjwwux
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE T&DI April Luncheon - Jim Harper, CTA Chief Engineer
2025-04-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
Registration Link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/w9dv9ct
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

2025 Transportation for Illinois Coalition (TFIC) Legislative Lobby Day
2025-04-30 11:30 - 20:00 | IL
Please join us for the Legislative Drive Down on April 30th.

ASCE Illinois Section has been a part of the TFIC for nearly 15 years and has been a great partnership. We will have our 2022 Illinois Infrastructure Report Card on-hand to help inform our legislators about the status of our Illinois Infrastructure, which has been used by TFIC in their legislative outreach. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition unites stakeholders from business, labor, and local governments to educate policymakers and the public about the need for adequate investment in Illinois’ transportation infrastructure. The TFIC is the recognized authority on and unifying voice for transportation needs in Illinois. TFIC exists to achieve the best transportation systems in order to guarantee economic success. This includes and touches many aspects of the transportation network from roads/highways, bridges, airports, shipping/trucking, intermodal, rail, and agricultural needs. There will be Leadership Briefings and Legislator meetings setup by TFIC. In the evening there will be a legislative reception.

Tentative agenda:

11:30am: Welcome

12:45: Walk to Capital

1:00: Lobby Day Leadership Briefings

2:30: Legislator Meetings

5-8pm: Reception at Vinegar Hill Mall in Springfield, IL

Please Register for this event here. There is no cost to participate.

IL Section ASCE T&DI May Panel Luncheon – Championing Future Engineers
2025-05-28 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Summary:
Join Dr. Hadavi (Clinical Professor and Deputy Director of CEE at Northwestern) and Dr. Khudeira (Adjunct Professor at IIT/ Section Chief of Major Projects at CDOT) for a panel discussion on how the local universities are working to educate and promote civil engineering to the next generation, and what us as professionals can do to help foster the growth of these young engineers. Monica Crinion, PE (AECOM) and Matt Huffman, PE (CBBEL) will also be on the panel to provide an insight from the consulting engineers perspective.
Special Pricing for bringing an intern/EIT.
Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/us2sxnt/lp/cd3d42e4-054b-4b25-8e8a-1baf2f3041b0

Cost:
ASCE Member $65
General $75
Government $45
Student $35Champion Ticket $90 – Includes 2 Seats (One general ticket and one must be a future champion (young engineer (entry-level/EIT) or student)Bronze Sponsorship – Includes 1 Seat $135
Silver Sponsorship – Includes 2 Seats $250

Gold (Half) Sponsorship – Includes 4 Seats $450

Gold (Full) Sponsorship – Includes 8 Seats $750

Summary:

Join Dr. Hadavi (Clinical Professor and Deputy Director of CEE at Northwestern) and Dr. Khudeira (Adjunct Professor at IIT/ Section Chief of Major Projects at CDOT) for a panel discussion on how the local universities are working to educate and promote civil engineering to the next generation, and what us as professionals can do to help foster the growth of these young engineers.

IS-ASCE T&DI June Luncheon – Jose Rios (IDOT)
2025-06-25 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/96sjpmf/lp/5e3e8c5f-412d-43ba-b794-9a996cd274b0

IS-ASCE Golf Outing and Reception Par-Tee hosted by CI, T&DI and YMG
2025-08-27 09:00 - 17:00 | Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, 12294 Archer Ave, Lemont, IL, 60439, United States
The Construction Institute, Transportation and Development Institute and Younger Member Group are excited to invite you to the IS-ASCE Golf Outing this summer. Join us in the southwest suburbs for an afternoon of fresh air and good times with your fellow engineers. Golf will be followed by a reception Par-Tee in the pavilion where there will be plenty of Raffle Prizes to go around.
Plenty of Sponsorships Opportunities to advertise to your next future hire!
Registration: ASCE CI/T&DI/YMG Golf Outing
Time: Golf 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Par-Tee from 2:00-5:00 PM

T&DI September 2025 Luncheon with Sis Killen (Superintendent- Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways)
2025-09-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, 1028 N Rush St, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
IS-ASCE T&DI is pleased to announce our September 2025 Luncheon, which will feature a presentation by the esteemed Sis Killen – Superintendent- Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways (CCDOTH). With 26 years of experience, Sis has guided the Department’s transformation to a multimodal focus, co-led the County’s long-range transportation plan, and manages planning, design, construction, and maintenance of transportation facilities across the region.
Register Here!

T&DI January 2026 Luncheon: Conner Randy - Commissioner - CDWM
2026-01-29 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Join T&DI for a luncheon with Commissioner Chicago Department of Water Management, Randy Conner.
In 2026, Commissioner Conner will spearhead DWM efforts to deliver a robust capital improvement program to replace water mains, and sewer mains and renovate critical DWM facilities. He will ensure that the department will continue to increase the number of lead service line replacements throughout the City. This work is critically important as the nation looks to Chicago- the city with the most lead service lines at 406,000- for best practices on how to effectively address this legacy infrastructure issue.

For more information and registration, click here.
Price: $35-60 per individual; Sponsorships available
Register: here by 4PM on Monday, January 26th, 2026

Any questions, contact programs.tdi@isasce.org

IS-ASCE T&DI March Luncheon with CDOT's Acting Commissioner, Craig Turner, PE, PLS
2026-03-26 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Craig Turner, PE, PLS, is proud to serve as CDOT’s Acting Commissioner. He most recently served as CDOT’s First Deputy Commissioner and previously lead CDOT’s Division of Electrical Operations.
Craig brings a broad range of experience in transportation infrastructure, with a career spanning both public service and the private sector. He began his work in government at the Illinois Department of Transportation and later served at the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways. From 2002 to 2020, he held a variety of roles at private engineering firms, where he fulfilled roles from staff engineer to Director of Civil/Transportation. He joined CDOT in 2020 and has since risen to his current leadership position. Across both his work in the private sector and at the City, Craig played a critical leadership role in the successful delivery of the Chicago Smart Lighting Program.
Register by 4pm on Monday, March 23rd. If you want to learn more information about our speaker and event, click here.
Price: $35-$75
Register here!

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IS-ASCE T&DI April Luncheon with Illinois Tollway's Chief Engineering Officer, Manar Nashif, PE
2026-04-23 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Manar Nashif is the chief engineering officer with the Illinois Tollway and is responsible for the policies, practices and procedures of the Engineering Department, which oversees all maintenance, design and construction operations on the agency’s 294-mile system of five roadways serving more than 1.6 million daily drivers in Northern Illinois.
Currently, with more than 25 years as a professional engineer, he and his Engineering and Planning teams are responsible for delivering the Illinois Tollway’s 16-year, $15 billion Move Illinois capital program, now in its 15th year, as well as the 7-year, $2 billion Bridging the Future capital plan.
Nashif joined the Tollway in 2005 as a senior project engineer and later served as a deputy chief of program implementation. In that role, he took on responsibility for the design and construction of the Illinois Route 390 Tollway – the first entirely cashless roadway on the Tollway system – and the new I-490 Tollway as part of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project.

Register by 4pm on Monday, April 20th.

Price: $35-$75

Register here!

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IS-ASCE T&DI May Luncheon with CCDOTH's Associate Director of Project Development, Katie Bell, PE
2026-05-21 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Katie Bell, P.E. is a civil engineer with over 18 years of experience in the transportation industry. She has worked on a variety of multi-modal projects in the planning, design, and construction phases throughout her career. In her current role as Associate Director of Project Development at the Cook County Department and Highways (CCDOTH), she oversees the development of CCDOTH’s capital budget and multi-year program as well as provides leadership and oversight for technical Divisions which fall within CCDOTH’s Bureau of Project Development (Programming, Project Studies, Traffic Studies, and Mechanical/Electrical). Prior to joining CCDOTH, Katie also worked at the Chicago Transit Authority and AECOM.
Register by 4pm on Monday, May 18th. Register here!
Price: $35-$75

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IS-ASCE T&DI June Luncheon: José Rios, P.E. of IDOT
2026-06-18 11:30 - 13:00 | Maggiano’s Little Italy of Schaumburg, 1901 E. Woodfield Rd, Schaumburg, IL, 60173, United States
In January of 2021, Mr. José Rios was appointed the Region One Engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation, Region One in Schaumburg. As Region One Engineer, José leads approximately 1000 employees who handle high profile and multifaceted projects in a region that includes one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, consisting of six counties, over 270 municipalities and 100 townships. The state highway system in Region One encompasses more than 2700 miles of highways and more than 1440 bridges. The overall responsibilities of the position is to operate, maintain and build a safe and efficient highway system that enhances safety and the quality of life of its users by reducing congestion and increasing mobility.
José has over 27 years of experience and has been with the Department for 25 years. José has served in several positions within the Department in Region One. These positions included In-house Design Engineer, Land Acquisition Condemnation Engineer, Land Acquisition Bureau Chief, Program Development Engineer, and Operations Engineer.
José earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois and served six years with the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, receiving an honorable discharge at the end of his service.

Register by 4PM on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026.

T&DI September Luncheon with Tom Carney (IDOT)
2026-09-17 11:30 - 13:30 | Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, 1028 N Rush St, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
