TransIT Employee Wins TAM Unsung Transit Employee Award

TransIT Services of Frederick County has announced Sandy Ruark, a TransIT employee, is the recipient of the 2017 Unsung Transit Employee Award from the Annual Transportation Excellence Awards hosted by the Transportation Association of Maryland. TAM is a statewide organization dedicated to improving mobility for Maryland residents. Annually the organization hosts a conference and award ceremony to recognize local transit organizations, transit employees, and programs.

TAM’s Unsung Transit Employee Award is intended to recognize an employee of a TAM member organization who is not a driver and does not occupy a top management position but is a support employee such as a dispatcher, trainer or administrative personnel.

Ruark has been an administrative assistant for TransIT since 2011 handling a variety of tasks such as complex procurement, human resources, and building management.

TransIT Director, Nancy Norris, stated, “Sandy is always willing to stop what she is doing to assist a coworker. She is a supreme multi-tasker who easily switches between tasks and juggles many projects at once, while never missing a deadline."

In recognition for being selected as TAM’s Unsung Transit Employee Award, Ruark received a commemorative plaque and was celebrated at the TAM Awards Luncheon in Ocean City, Maryland.