Welcome to COMTO Boston
Ensuring Transportation Serves All
COMTO’s mission is to provide full access to employment, career and contract opportunities for all within the transportation industry. Over the past fifty years, our mandate has evolved to include not only public transportation industry executives, but also professionals at every level of industry encompassing a variety of fields and disciplines. Now, as was then, members are encouraged to share information, opportunities and personal expertise. With 40 chapters in North America, our mission is as relevant today as we strive to provide full access to employment, career and contract opportunities for people of all lived experience within the transportation industry.
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Leadership
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Shawndell Hood
President
Shawndell (Shawn) Hood, MBA, serves as President of COMTO Boston for the 2026–2028 term and works with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). He is committed to strengthening access, opportunity, and representation for minority professionals, students, businesses, and historically underrepresented communities within the transportation industry.
Through his leadership, Shawndell is focused on rebuilding chapter structure, growing membership, supporting emerging professionals, strengthening partnerships, and increasing COMTO Boston’s visibility across the region. He also serves on the CMAA New England Board of Directors, where he supports professional development, industry collaboration, and opportunities within transportation and construction management.
Shawndell is a disabled U.S. Navy veteran and brings a practical, service-driven leadership style shaped by his commitment to access, opportunity, and community impact. He is passionate about creating pathways for others to grow, lead, and succeed in transportation.
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Derrick Brantley
1st Vice President
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Lidy Chan
Past-President / Chapter Transition Support
Lidy is the Risk Financing Manager at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). She is responsible for managing elements of the Department’s risk financing programs., including insurance programs and loss exposures, procurement and underwriting, cost of risk analysis and budgeting, and more.
She was the recipient of the “Financial Management Award” given by Mass Move 2000 and the City of Boston. She has also received numerous other awards, such as the “Special Achievement Award” and “Leadership Award” for her advocacy for the Filipino-American Community.
Lidy served as the State Chair of the National Federation of Filipino Americans Associations (NaFFAA) and currently serves as Arts, Culture and Entertainment Director. She served on the Board for an educational organization called Iskwelahang Pilipino in Bedford, MA.
She currently serves as Director of Philippine American Mainstream Advocacy for Non-Partisan Associations, Inc. (PAMANA).
She is a member of the St. Mary’s Choir and served as an Asst. Treasurer of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (Town of Foxborough).
Lidy received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Southwestern University and completed her Associate in Risk Management at the Insurance Institute of America.
She currently holds a position as a President of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) Boston Chapter since 2016. She is also a member of the Chapter Development Committee, COMTO National. She served as Treasurer for 2 terms 2012-2016 with COMTO Boston Chapter
She holds the title of Fil-Am Rhode Island Queen 2018 hosted by Fi-Am of Newport, and Mrs. American Pearl 2020 hosted by Mrs. Pearl Philippines USA, Inc.
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