ITE’s Rising Stars Program has been created to identify the next generation and new faces of the transportation profession. It is designed to recognize members under the age of 35 who have already made an impact on the profession, have demonstrated the ability to lead the next generation, and have implemented innovative techniques to solve transportation problems. Each year’s Rising Stars Class will consist of representatives from ITE’s Districts. Each year, one Rising Star will be selected for the Young Member of the Year Award.
For 2025, the Mid-Colonial District has selected MASITE’s Keith Meehan! Congratulations Keith!

Keith Meehan is a Senior Engineering Project Manager in the Traffic Engineering and Operations Department of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. He has been a member of ITE since 2014 and was appointed by the MASITE Board as the Local Membership Chairperson (served until 2017). Keith became the MASITE Golf Outing Coordinator in 2015, growing the attendance from 40 to over 100 recurring attendees and facilitating the MASITE vs ITSPA Golf Challenge that consistently provides annual charitable donations to organizations including the Central PA Food bank and Project Accelerate, a PA STEM initiative. Additionally, Keith served as Chair for the 2023 MASITE Annual Meeting in Hershey, PA which hosted 212 attendees and 14 vendors. He then lobbied the MASITE Board to use event proceeds to support attendance of a MASITE Young Professional at the 2024 ITE International Annual Meeting in Philadelphia through a scholarship program.
YEAR | MEMBER | SECTION |
2025 | Keith Meehan | MASITE |
2024 | Carrie Long | MASITE |
2023 | Chad Martin | MASITE |
2022 | Jon Crisafi | CAPSITE |
2021 | Adam Greenstein | CAPSITE |
2020 | ||
2019 | Burak Cesme | CAPSITE |
2018 | Vivek Hariharan | CAPSITE |
2017 | Jeffery Kupko | MASITE |
2016 | Seth Young | CAPSITE |
2015 | Nicole Kline-Elsier | MASITE |