Come join us for our 2023 Annual Banquet Celebration at Carnivale!
Registration closes at 4 PM on Monday, January 16th
The Illinois Section of ITE is excited to announce our 2023 Annual Banquet. The evening will include dinner, a three hour open bar, a silent auction + raffle, and an awards presentation along with the installation of the new ILITE board for 2023! We are also pleased to announce Jennifer "Sis" Killen will be our keynote speaker.
The banquet will be held at Carnivale in Chicago on Thursday, January 19th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there!
6:00 PM - Reception
7:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 PM - Program
Keynote Speaker
Jennifer “Sis” Killen is the current superintendent of Cook County’s Department of Transportation and Highways (DoTH) and is DoTH’s first female superintendent in the department’s 108-year history.
Killen started her career at the County as Bureau Chief for DoTH’s Transportation and Planning section in 2012 where she oversaw the traffic, project studies, programming, agreements and right-of-way divisions. In 2013, she was promoted as the first female assistant superintendent of DoTH where she assisted the superintendent with all department functions, overseeing six bureaus that perform planning, design, construction, maintenance and administrative activities. Killen co-led the completion of the department’s first long-range plan in over 75 years, creating a multimodal policy framework to guide transportation investments.
Killen is a registered Professional Engineer and Professional Traffic Operations Engineer. In 2019, Killen was honored as ‘Woman of the Year’ by the WTS Greater Chicago Chapter of the International Transportation Organization and is a 2019 graduate of the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy.
Before making the move to the County, Killen spent 13 years in private consulting providing engineering services to municipal clients. Before she began her consulting work, Killen completed a cooperative education internship at Chicago Area Transportation Study now known as Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning where she served as Chairwoman of the Transportation Committee from 2015-2018 during the development of the region’s ONTO 2050 planning update.
Killen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1999 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The event will comply with any applicable Cook County mandates and Carnivale's policies regarding masks and COVID-19 vaccinations on the date of the event.
If you are interested in donating prizes for the silent auction or raffle, please contact the IL ITE Activities Co-Chairs, Jakob Boxberger and Karyn Robles at illinoisite+activities@gmail.com.