About Our Steering Committee
Our National Steering Committee (NSC), 40+ professionals from across the United States and Canada, features some of the most brilliant minds and passionate individuals working in public transportation and community development.
They play a key role in planning our annual transit and community development conference and help guide the direction of our year-round learning and capacity-building programs.
- Omar Alvarado
Chief Delivery Officer, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART), Tampa, FL - Brooke Belman
Chief of Staff, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA - Tyler Besch
Vice President, Vice President, Deputy RBLL & Transit-Rail Division Manager, AECOM, Phoenix, AZ - Kelly Betteridge
Investment Areas Manager, Oregon Metro, Portland, OR - Margi Bradway
Deputy Director of Planning, Development and Research, Oregon Metro, Portland, OR - Thomas Brennan
Director of Business Strategy, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Portland, OR - Howard Brown
Senior Program Officer, Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation, Pottstown, PA - Monica Carney Holmes
Executive Manager, Corridors of Opportunity, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC - Tim Chan
Group Manager, Stations Planning, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Oakland, CA - Jessica Choi
Project Manager and Senior Transportation Planner, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Atlanta, GA - Jennifer Dougherty
Manager, Long-Range Planning, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA - Shantelle Dreamer
Sustainable Transportation Planner, WSP USA, Boulder, CO - Lani Eggertsen-Goff
Senior Transit Planner, David Evans and Associates, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT - Moira Egler
Program Manager, Place-Based Planning, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Pittsburgh, PA - Melissa Elefante-DuMond
Senior Planner, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Reston, VA - Ryan Farncomb
Senior Planner, Parametrix, Portland, OR - Andrew Gardner
Senior Vice President – Transportation Planning Practice Leader North America, Mott MacDonald, Vancouver, BC - David Goodman
Transit Program Manager, Jacobs, Arlington, VA - Steve Granson
Transit Project Development Practice Leader, HNTB Corporation, Houston, TX - Ronnie Hakim
Senior Vice President, National Transit and Rail Market Sector Leader, HNTB Corporation, New York, NY - James Hencke
Design Studio Community Practice Leader, David Evans and Associates, Inc, Portland, OR - Arturo Herrera
Special Projects Manager, VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, San Antonio, TX - Cole Hiniker
Multimodal Planning Manager, Metropolitan Council-Metro Transit, Saint Paul, MN - Jody Holton
Assistant General Manager, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA - Sharla Horton-Williams
Board Member, Trinity Metro, Fort Worth, TX - Henry Ikwut-Ukwa
Director, Capital Development, Valley Metro, Phoenix, AZ - Thatcher Imboden
Director, Community Development, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA - Georg Josi
Partner, Structural, DIALOG, Edmonton, AB - Ryan Kelley
Manager, Transit Oriented Development, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, MN - Carol Ketcherside
Deputy Director, Service Planning & Innovation, Valley Metro, Phoenix, AZ - Randy Knapick
Director, IBI Group, Portland, OR - Paul Kulig
Principal Urban Design, Perkins&Will, Toronto, ON - David Longoria
Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ - John Loughran
Assistant Vice President, WSP USA, New York, NY - Breen Masciotra
Senior Project Manager, evolve environment::architecture, Pittsburgh, PA - Mark McLaren
Vice President, Transit Market Director – West Region, HDR, Inc., Phoenix, AZ - Melissa Mullinax
Chief of Staff, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta, GA - Jenna Nichols
Deputy Project Manager LYNX Silver Line, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC - Corrie Parrish
Transportation Planner, Vicus Planning, Eugene, OR - Al Raine
VP and National Practice Leader, AECOM, Boston, MA - Tesse Rasmussen
Managing Principal, InfraStrategies LLC, Irvine, CA - Caitlin Reff
Major Projects & Partnerships Manager, City of Portland, Portland, OR - Shelley Richards
VP, Client Account Manager, Jacobs, Portland, OR - Dolores Roybal Saltarelli
Deputy Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO), Los Angeles, CA - Chris Sandvig
Executive Director, Mobilify Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA - Maggie Schilling
Director of Policy Review, Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC - Krute Singa
Principal Regional Planner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), San Francisco, CA - Bill Sirois
Senior Manager, Regional Transportation District (RTD), Denver, CO - Jamie Snook
Director of Major Projects, TriMet, Portland, OR - Christina Sookyung Jung
Program Manager - Planning and Sustainability, American Public Transportation Association (APTA) - Kenny Starr
Manager, Joint Development, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA - Therese Trivedi
Assistant Planning Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), San Francisco, CA - Larissa Ulcar
Associate, DIALOG, Edmonton, AB - Margaretta (Mia) Veltri
TPA, Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC - Monica Villalobos
Principal and Founder, Vicus Planning, Pico Rivera, CA - Daryl Wendle
Principal Consultant, Parametrix, Bellevue, WA - Jack Wierzenski
Director, Economic Development, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Dallas, TX - Paul Worley
Vice President, Transit Planning Practice Lead - North America, Mott MacDonald, Raleigh, NC - Amy Yoder
Planner, Transit Oriented Development, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN