The Metro Savannah Rotary Club recently inducted its new slate of leadership for the 2018/2019 year and is proud to announce its new Club President, Whitney Shephard.
 
Shephard is the co-founder of Transport Studio, a Savannah-based planning and engineering firm, and has lived in Savannah for eleven years.  An alumnus of Georgia Tech in architecture and civil engineering, Shephard is a LEED Accredited Professional and Professional Engineer managing diverse projects.  With 20 years’ experience, Shephard’s focus is on multi-modal transportation, including transit, transportation and land-use master plans, travel demand, and advanced geographic information systems applications.
 
With her husband, Josh Yates, she also co-owns Savannah’s award-winning, Green Truck Neighborhood Pub, a restaurant featuring local and organic farmers and craft American brewers.  Together, they support a variety of community organizations.
 
A 2014 graduate of Leadership Southeast Georgia, Shephard serves on several boards including the Georgia Planning Association and Society of Women Engineers and is an active volunteer for the Forsyth Farmers’ Market, Savannah-Chatham Food Policy Council, and Healthy Savannah.
 
The 2018/2019 board includes President – Whitney Shephard (Transport Studio/Green Truck Neighborhood Pub), President Elect – Bret Bell (City of Savannah), Treasurer – Cody Tharpe (Tharpe Engineering), Secretary – Denise McCoy (O’Brien & Gere), Sergeant at Arms – Kevin Klinkenberg (K2 Urban Design), Service Chair - Sam Carroll (Carroll Construction), Communications Chair – Cecilia Arango (Thomas & Hutton), Membership Chair – Spencer Burch (Gulfstream), and Foundation Chair – Justin Hummel (J.S. Hummel LP).