Society members recently voted Marsia Geldert Murphey as the ASCE 2023 president-elect.

Clearly, her accomplishments and vision for the organization spoke volumes.

But what many members might not know is that six years ago, Geldert-Murphey wasn’t running for ASCE office; she was just hoping to get out of bed, after an accident left her in a coma.

In episode 120 of the ASCE Plot Points podcast, Geldert-Murphey reflects on how that accident changed her life and her journey into ASCE leadership.