ANNUAL REPORT 2025
LETTER FROM THE CEO
APRILRAI
President & CEO
We gained four new industry partners, welcomed our 41 chapter, celebrated the most internship applications in our history, launched a new membership platform, and expanded our staff welcoming former USDOT Director Tyra Redus as COMTO’s first ever Deputy CEO. st
To our volunteers and chapter leaders, you are the heartbeat of our organization I am grateful for your passion and commitment to our mission. To our sponsors and partners, thank you for standing with us. COMTO is not a temporary task force. We are an ocean undercurrent, driving change from the inside of this industry
Dear COMTO family,
For the past 4 years, it has been a pleasure and privilege serving as your President & CEO I am thankful for the visionaries who guided this organization for over 5 decades I carry on that great legacy with pride and purpose, while steering COMTO into the future and its endless possibilities.
2025 confirmed the strength of this organization and our network of chapters across North America. In a year of uncertainty impacting the transportation industry and non-profits nationwide, I am pleased to report COMTO experienced continued growth
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4 NEW INDUSTRY PARTNERS NEW CHAPTER NEW TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDING DEPUTY CEO
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
VISION
To ensure transportation serves all by connecting stakeholders, developing leaders, and fostering an efficient multi-modal transportation ecosystem through training, advocacy, and partnerships.
MISSION
To be the leading voice shaping a transportation network that is people centered, safe, resilient, innovative and a driver of economic prosperity.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
In 2025, COMTO navigated an unusually dynamic external environment affecting non-profit associations. These national shifts created uncertainty across the transportation industry impacting our major conference sponsorships and several membership categories
Importantly, these trends were not driven by dissatisfaction with COMTO’s value or performance, but rather by industry-wide conservative funding decisions
COMTO responded proactively and strategically, including investing in staff and reorganization where necessary, while keeping administrative expenses under control
New Industry Partnerships were secured, and we are entering 2026 with a more focused brand narrative, a more diversified pipeline of supporters, and a stronger alignment with the needs of agencies, firms, and practitioners across all modes of transportation.
2025 Income Comparison
2025 Expense Comparison
MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW
The COMTO family is strong and showed continued growth in 2025.
41 chapter, COMTO San Diego, established and COMTO Alabama relaunched.
Free transitional membership offered to 20 furloughed federal employees.
MAJOR
ORGANIZATIONAL MILESTONE - Launch of COMTO Connect, an interactive online platform designed to elevate the member experience.
With expanded membership, stronger chapter engagement, and a major digital transformation underway, COMTO ends 2025 on a trajectory of growth and innovation. These accomplishments set the stage for deeper connections, increased member value, and continued advancement of our mission in 2026 and beyond.
INDUSTRY PARTNERS
COMTO’s success and steadfastness in uncertain times garnered the trust and support of four new industry partners.
COMTO events continue to perform well. We sold out the Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation awards breakfast, executed a successful conference in New York, and held our first hybrid A View from The Hill legislative briefing.
14th Annual Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation
May 21, 2025
Washington, D.C.
54 National Meeting th & Training Conference
July 12-15, 2025
New York City
September 25, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Attendees: 515
Attendees: 958
Attendees:
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
COMTO continues to serve as a national capacity builder in the USDOT Thriving Communities Program helping 16 cities and towns nationwide advance their transportation and community development projects.
VISITS
Year 2 represents a decisive phase of the program centered on execution, delivery, and follow-through. Community priorities have been defined, partners engaged, and scopes of work already established. The upcoming year focuses on completing the work that communities committed to undertake.
NEXTGEN PROGRAMS
NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS $98,900
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STUDENTS
CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIPS (13 REPORTING) $225,500
COMTO CHAPTERS COLLECTIVELY AWARD CLOSE TO $500,000 ANNUALLY IN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS THE
INCREASE IN INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS 85%
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Social Media Followers
Followers vs Engagements
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
From December 2021 – January 2026 COMTO grew from 3 staff to 20 staff over this period, an increase of nearly six-fold, representing approximately 567% growth.
