Younger Members

Reasons to become a Younger Member of ITE

• Enjoy discounted membership under the age of 30 (see details here).
• Meet with professionals and other students at the local level and hone your networking skills.
  
• Join a mentoring program that matches you with a professional based on topic area and your personalized needs.
• Attend technical and professional development webinars on current topics delivered by content experts.
• Access the ITE Career Center to see new job and internship postings and attend Virtual Career Fairs.
• Receive a subscription to the ITE Journal, our award-winning monthly publication full of technical content, updates from ITE around the globe, and recognition of members just like you.
• Connect with members on the ITE e-Community, our virtual network connecting over 15,000 transportation professionals, and utilize ITE’s library of resources to research technical topics.

Find other resources for young professionals on the ITE website here.

Annual Younger Member Awards

The Mountain District annually selects a younger member to receive with the Mountain District Rising Star Award, in recognition of their contributions to the transportation profession and ITE. The winner of the Mountain District Rising Star Award will be forwarded on to ITE Headquarters for consideration for the international awards program.

District Rising Stars are also automatically recognized each year as one of ITE’s 20 Young Leaders to Follow. Young members who are not selected as District Rising Stars may still be selected to be part of the 20 Young Leaders to Follow list by applying or being nominated to the young leaders to follow program. Find out more about the Young Leaders to Follow program here. 

If you have questions or would like additional information about the Mountain District Younger Member Awards, please contact the Student and Younger Member Committee Chair 

Mountain District Mentoring Program

The 2025 Mentoring Program has recently wrapped up. Stay tuned for more details regarding the 2027 Mentoring Program!