ABSTRACT
At the Opening Session of each ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Paniati provides a "State of ITE" report. He wanted to take this opportunity to share the highlights of his presentation in New Orleans: Membership Is Growing -- Despite COVID-19, their membership continues to grow. They expect to exceed 16,500 members in 2022. If recent trends continue, they can reach 17,000 in 2023--which would be the highest membership in the more than 90-year history of ITE. Fueling their growth are new public agency members;the past year they added Caltrans;New York State DOT;Kentucky Transportation Cabinet;Connecticut DOT;City of Atlanta GA;City of Orange CA;City of Victoria, BC and City of Richmond Hill, ON, both in Canada;St. Charles County MO;and Douglas County, Castle Rock CO. With strong fiscal leadership by the International Board of Direction (IBOD) and the ITE staff, they have built their financial reserves from 20 percent of their annual operating budget in 2016 to 100 percent at the end of 2021. The considerable effort to create a more consistent member experience and organizational structure across their Districts, Sections, and Chapters is resulting in more effective Districts and stronger Sections.