NTM Principal Rachel Tereska, MS, PE has been named one of our region’s “25 Women of Influence” for 2015 by the Central Penn Business Journal. Rachel was selected as a member of this elite group of women due to her significant career accomplishments, leadership and mentoring skills, and community involvement. An independent panel of judges scored nominations according to each woman’s professional and personal achievements.
Rachel is an NTM owner who has over 15 years of water resources engineering experience, focusing on hydrologic studies, hydraulic modeling, bridge scour analysis, and waterway permitting. A licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and Delaware, Rachel conducted PennDOT’s first 2D model analysis using the Surface Water Modeling System software, and has assisted in developing several Joint Agency Guidance documents between PennDOT and the PA DEP. Rachel oversees PennDOT’s Hydrologic and Hydraulic Professional Development Series, a sequence of six customized courses related to bridge and culvert H&H design for highway projects.
Since co-founding NTM in December 2006, Rachel’s own technical ability, professional reputation, and management skills have been integral to the company’s early success and growth from four to 39 employees. Rachel’s water resources engineering expertise has helped NTM with its financial growth through acquiring project work, and she has been vital to the firm’s reputation as the “go to” water resources firm on Pennsylvania transportation projects.
Rachel is very active in her professional and family communities. She is a member of multiple industry organizations, served on the 2012 Harrisburg MS Leadership Class, and is a WTS Central PA Chapter Advisory Board member. Rachel is also involved with her church and daughter’s school. She serves as a mentor to other NTM personnel, especially the firm’s five other female engineers/designers.
As a Women of Influence award recipient, Rachel was featured in a video presentation at the Women of Influence event held on June 15. The accompanying photo from this event features (from left to right) NTM’s John Newell, Rachel Tereska, Donna Newell, Emily Bernzott, and Lino Magnelli.