Women in Tanks: Traci Johnson

IMTT’s VP for environment, health, safety and security, Traci Johnson, shares her journey from chemical engineering into terminals and leadership Traci Johnson began her terminals career with IMTT as an assistant during her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. ‘It was the Christmas break of my freshman year, and my dad asked me what I was planning on doing that summer,’ recalls Johnson. ‘Of course, I had no idea.’ Luckily, her father reminded her of an aunt that worked in the HR department at IMTT. Johnson reached out, and was brought on as an assistant – to an assistant – in the department that handled engineering and environmental compliance. ‘I started as a runt in the office and worked my way up.’ [caption id="attachment_62028" align="alignleft" width="240"] Traci Johnson, VP for environment, health, safety and security at IMTT[/caption] Being a mechanical engineer, Johnson’s father had worked in plants and refineries for a long time. ‘He always said that the top plant manager was a chemical engineer – so both my sister and I pursued chemical engineering at college,’ says Johnson. ‘Oddly enough, we both ended up getting advanced degrees...