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.
- Tyler Besch
Vice President, Deputy RBLL & Transit-Rail Division Manager, AECOM, Phoenix, AZ - Kelly Betteridge
Investment Areas Manager, Oregon Metro, Portland, OR - Thomas Brennan
Director of Business Strategy, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Portland, OR - Andrew Brennan
Vice President, National Transit and Rail Sector Consultant, HNTB Corporation, Boston, MA - 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, AICP
Director of Local Corridors and Hubs, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta, GA - Mark Dorn, P.E.
Executive Director, Engineering, Construction, and Planning, TriMet, Portland, OR - Jennifer Dougherty, AICP
Manager, Long-Range Planning, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA - Lani Eggertsen-Goff, AICP
Senior Transit Planner, David Evans and Associates, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT - Moira Egler
Program Manager, Place-Based Planning, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Pittsburgh, PA - Ryan Farncomb
Senior Planner, Parametrix, Portland, OR - Darlene Gonzales-Szabo, AICP, ENV SP
Senior Project Planner, Transportation, Mott MacDonald, Los Angeles, CA - David Goodman, AICP, RA
Active Transportation Program Manager, Jacobs, Arlington, VA - Arthur Guzzetti
Vice President - Policy and Mobility, American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Washington, DC - Ronnie Hakim
Senior Vice President, National Transit and Rail Market Sector Leader, HNTB Corporation, New York, NY - James (Jim) Hencke, ASLA, LEED AP
Design Studio Community Practice Leader, David Evans and Associates, Inc, Portland, OR - Arturo Herrera
Special Projects Manager, VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, San Antonio, TX - Jody Holton, AICP
Assistant General Manager, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA - Sharla Horton-Williams
Board Member, Trinity Metro, Fort Worth, TX - Thatcher Imboden
Director, Community Development, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA - Georg Josi, PhD, P.Eng
Partner, Structural Engineer, DIALOG, Edmonton, AB - Ryan Kelley
Manager, Transit Oriented Development, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, MN - Carol Ketcherside, AICP
Deputy Director, Service Planning & Innovation, Valley Metro, Phoenix, AZ - Stephen Klimek
Senior Planner, Metropolitan Council-Metro Transit, Saint Paul, MN - Randy Knapick, AICP
Director, Arcadis, Portland, OR - Paul Kulig
Principal Urban Design, Perkins&Will, Toronto, ON - Adelee Le Grand
Strategic Advisor, Intellectual Concepts, LLC, Atlanta, GA - David Longoria
Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ - John Loughran, AICP
Senior Vice President, National Urban Design and Placemaking Practice Lead, WSP USA, New York, NY - Shruti Malik, TE, PMP, ENV SP
Vice President, Urban and Mobility Practice Lead, Mott MacDonald, Oakland, CA - Breen Masciotra, AICP, EcoDistricts AP
Senior Project Manager, evolve environment::architecture, Pittsburgh, PA - Mark McLaren, ASLA
Vice President, Transit Market Director – West Region, HDR, Inc., Phoenix, AZ - Mary Kate Morookian
Transit Planner, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Raleigh, NC - Jenna Nichols, PE, LEED AP, CNU-A, LCI
Deputy Project Manager LYNX Silver Line, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC - Jon Nouchi
Deputy Director, Transportation Services, City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI - Sasha Page
Principal, Rebel, Washington, DC - Javier Paredes, AIA
Principal, Board Trustee, VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, San Antonio, TX - Corrie Parrish
Senior Planner, Kittelson & Associates, Inc, Portland, OR
Chair, Mpact Innovators - Al Raine, PhD
Vice President and National Practice Leader, AECOM, Boston, MA - Tesse Rasmussen
Managing Principal, InfraStrategies LLC, El Segundo, CA - Caitlin Reff, AICP, LEED AP, ENV SP
Major Projects & Partnerships Manager, City of Portland, Bureau of Transportation, Portland, OR - Shelley Richards, PE, ENV SP, STP
Vice President, Client Account Manager, Jacobs, Portland, OR - Dolores Roybal Saltarelli, AICP
Deputy Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO), Los Angeles, CA - Chris Sandvig
Executive Director, Mobilify Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA - Elizabeth Scanlon
Senior Program Manager, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Denver, CO - 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, AICP
Manager, Joint Development, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA - Therese Trivedi
Assistant Planning Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), San Francisco, CA - Eric Tunell
Urban Planner, Arcadis, Los Angeles, CA - Larissa Ulcar
Associate, DIALOG, Edmonton, AB - Monica Villalobos, PhD, AICP
Principal and Founder, Vicus Planning, Los Angeles, CA - Stacy Weisfeld
Senior Transportation Program Analyst, Policy Review & Development, Office of Budget & Policy, Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC - Daryl Wendle
Principal Consultant, Parametrix, Bellevue, WA - Jack Wierzenski, AICP
Assistant Vice President, Economic Development, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Dallas, TX - Amy Yoder
Planner, Transit Oriented Development, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN