From: Enfield, NY Family: Husband, Bob. Daughter, Tammy. Son-in-law, two granddaughters Quote to Live By: “When you give 110 percent, no one can expect more of you, not even you.”. Nancy's Father
"Ask Nancy Oltz’s coworkers at Tompkins Area Consolidated Transit to describe her and you will hear words like “dedicated,” “hard working,” “amazing,” “awesome,” “strong,” “generous,” “graceful.” TCAT mechanics love to tell the story how Nancy, now Tcat’s service development manager, pitched in on the third shift to help work on bus engines. At the end of the overnight shift, she was soaked in grease. She went home, showered, put on her business attire and went back to the office to attend her daily duties of making sure routes were running normally, safely and on time.
“She would get right out there and work with everybody,” on mechanic said."
"Nancy Oltz, TCAT Inc.'s service development manager, has worked at Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (and for pre-consolidation agency, Ithaca Transit,) for three decades. She started out as a bus driver and steadily rose through the ranks to become a top manager at TCAT overseeing service development -- a critical job in any public transit agency. She is tireless, extraordinarily dedicated, a great listener, a people person and she still manages to supply the office with chocolate. Born, raised and educated in Ithaca, Nancy is very involved in her community and with her family, including her husband Bob, who is retired from Ithaca City Department of Public Workers; her daughter Tammy, son-in-law and her two little granddaughters (the apples of her eye) who live in Massachusetts. After putting in a long day at TCAT it is not uncommon for Nancy to go to her home in Enfield and get on the snow plow to clear her driveway. That's just the kind of woman she is. She's tough, resourceful, competent as well as very kind and generous."
"Nancy has been a role model for all employees at TCAT. Nancy started out as a bus operator and advanced throughout the years to her current important function as service development manager. I have been with the company close to four years and have seen Nancy shovel snowy bus shelters, coordinating special functions, ready and willing to answer questions mornings, evenings, weekends, and even recently from a hospital she was visiting. Nancy has worked hard with the public and operations at TCAT to best serve the Tompkins community. Nancy is worthy of recognition and my nomination. "
" It is my pleasure to nominate Nancy Oltz for this prestigious award. Nancy is a warm and generous person who devotes herself to her job and community. As Devolvement Manager for TCAT, I have seen Nancy put numerous hours into a massive restructure in the company (even pulled an all-nighter). She currently has a daughter that has had back surgeries and her husband graciously moved in and is taking care of the family in Boston. This is about 3 months of recovery and Nancy commutes back and forth……. Nancy handles customer service concerns and does it with elegance. A genuine caring, compassionate and loyal mother, friend, co-worker and personable woman! "
"Nancy is a bright spot each and every day at TCAT Inc. She is one of the only people in this world that never has a bad thing to say about anyone! She is an inspiration to me!"
"I would like to nominate Nancy Oltz, Service Development Manager for TCAT, as one of the "20 Outstanding Women You Should Know." She began her career as a bus operator for Ithaca Transit long before the idea to form TCAT had ever been born, and has since worked her way to the head service planner for public transit serving all of Tompkins County. Most recently she oversaw the planning and implementation of the so-called "Transit Development Plan," a process taking over 2 years that involved a consultant, all of the TCAT staff, the public, and major employers and institutions in the Ithaca area. This required very hard work on Ms. Oltz's part; often grueling hours into the night and weekends, in order to make substantial changes to TCAT's system since its’ inception AND it happened on-time and on-budget. The new route system was implemented January 17 of this year. For all her hard work resulting in a public service that removes over 3 million car trips per year from the roads and enables countless people, many of whom do not have cars, to get to work, appointments, and shopping destinations, I nominate Nancy Oltz for this award."
Nominated by Mark Harmin, Pamela Johnson, Doug Swarts, Mary Myers, and Patty Poist
