NEW YORK — WSP, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, is proud to highlight several of its U.S. professionals who have earned recognition recently by industry organizations for their exceptional leadership qualities, achievements, innovations and potential to pioneer groundbreaking ideas for the future.
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Jannet Walker-Ford, business line executive for Advisory and Planning, was named to the executive committee of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). She will serve a three-year term as the national transit association’s secretary-treasurer from 2025-2028.
Walker-Ford has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2016 and previously served as a member of the APTA Executive Committee and as chair of the APTA Foundation.
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Jannet Walker-Ford
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Luke Yang
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APTA recently welcomed Luke Yang, PTP, ENV SP, senior vice president for fleet facilities, into its Leadership APTA program for 2026. Leadership APTA is the premiere professional development program designed to develop and support the next generation of public transportation industry leaders.
Yang is one of 25 members that will participate in the year-long program.
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Stephanie Messerli, PE, AICP, senior vice president and Texas Transportation leader is one of seven Leader of the Year honorees for Bisnow’s 2025 Austin Women Leading Real Estate Awards. She leads the firm’s multi-disciplinary transportation portfolio in Central Texas.
The fourth annual award is a celebration of female leaders in architecture, engineering and construction who live and work in Austin, whose exceptional work shapes the future of the city’s built environment. She will be honored at a Sept. 4 ceremony.
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Stephanie Messerli
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Scyller Borglum
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Scyller Borglum, PhD, vice president and national underground storage market sector leader was named one of The Top 50 Women Leaders of South Dakota for 2025 by Women We Admire, a membership organization comprised of accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada.
Borglum, who ranked 24th on the list, was recognized for her involvement in salt cavern development for temporary gas storage as well as carbon dioxide sequestration projects using injection wells and depleted reservoirs, hydrogen storage and compressed air energy storage.
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Christina Lail, PE, HFDP, assistant vice president of mechanical engineering, has been named to the Consulting-Specifying Engineer 40 Under 40 list for 2025 in recognition of her “community impact, providing service that exceeds expectations and finding future-forward solutions to every challenge.”
Lail is a member of the ASHRAE PC 170 Temperature and Humidity Breakout Committee and the Dallas, Texas, chapter of Women in Healthcare where she is the board’s treasurer-elect.
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Christina Lail
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Tanya Adams
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The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) honored Tanya Adams, senior vice president and director of strategic partnership for Advisory and Planning at WSP in the U.S., as one of its Women Who Move the Nation for 2025.
Adams is currently serving her second term as COMTO’s national board chair. COMTO previously honored Adams as Corporate Executive of the Year and a President’s Excellence award winner.
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About WSP in the U.S.
WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting its engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity. From local beginnings to a globe-spanning presence today, WSP operates in more than 50 countries and employs approximately 73,000 professionals, known as Visioneers. WSP in the U.S.’s team of 19,000 professionals pioneer solutions and deliver innovative projects across the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water, and mining and metals sectors.
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