About Us

Welcome to COMTO

  • Our mission is to ensure opportunities and maximum participation in the transportation industry for minority individuals, veterans, people with disabilities and certified MWDBE businesses through leadership training, professional development, scholarship and internship funding, political advocacy, partnership building and networking opportunities.

  • Our vision is to ensure full access for minorities in transportation while preparing and positioning leaders for rapidly evolving global opportunities.

  • The 2022–2025 COMTO Strategic Plan outlines our roadmap towards a vision of full access and maximum participation in transportation for the underrepresented. Key goals and indicators around engagement, professional development and advocacy place COMTO at the forefront of a constantly transforming industry.

Membership

COMTO has more that 3,000 members in forty (40) chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Members include individuals, transportation agencies, academic institutions, industry non-profits and Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs). From highways and roads to mass transit systems; from subways to rail systems; and from port authorities to airports, COMTO members represent every facet of the transportation industry. They are the presidents and chief executive officers who determine the direction of major transportation systems and the mechanics and operators who ensure the safe passage of millions of transportation riders every day.

Leadership

COMTO’s leadership includes the National Chair, the President & CEO, the Board of Directors, Board Advisors, and COMTO’s Council of Presidents, which is made up of the Presidents of COMTO’s chapters nationwide.