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Contributors to the Transportation Vision and Strategy for the 21st Century Summit

AASHTO wishes to express appreciation to the many people who participated in this visioning initiative and to the Transportation Research Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program for its support.

Summit Presenters

Jane Garvey
Michael Gallis
Glen Hiemstra
Stephen Lockwood
Barry Barker
Jack Basso
Tony Kane
Hal Kassoff
Victor Mendez
Deb Miller
Charles Potts
Pete Rahn
Craig Rockey
Micheal Walton
John Horsley
Robert Darbelnet
William Millar
Greg Cohen
Bob Bergman
David Raymond
Peter Ruane
Stephen Sandherr
Colleen Landkamer
Marcia Marcoux
Dan Silva
Bill Graves
John Ficker
Kevin Mills
Jack Schenendorf
Frank McArdle

Summit Consultants

Kathryn Harrington Hughes and Gene Griffin, The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Michelle Houston, The Marcus Group
June Houseman, Houseman and Associates

Panel Leaders and Participants

In preparation for the Visioning Summit, AASHTO convened nine panel committees of transportation experts, who met to produce recommendations for consideration at the Summit. The products of those nine panel sessions are available on the AASHTO website and at www.transportationvision.org. Panel participants include the following.

 

The Big Picture Panel

Panel Committee

Debra Miller, Panel Chair, Secretary of Transportation
Kansas Department of Transportation

Leslie Blakey, Executive Director
Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors

Lillian Borrone, Chairman
Eno Transportation Foundation

Brian Deery, Senior Director,
Highway Division
Associated General Contractors

John Ficker, President
National Industrial Transportation League

Juan Flores, Freight Program Manager
AASHTO

Michael Gallis, Principal, writer
Michael Gallis & Associates

Lance Grenzeback, Senior Vice-President
Cambridge Systematics Inc.

 

 

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes,
Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Timothy Lynch, Senior Vice President
American Trucking Associations

Leo Penne, Program Director for Intermodal Activities
AASHTO

Eugene Pentimonti, Senior Vice President, Government Relations
Maersk Inc.

Craig Rockey, Vice President,
Policy and Economics
Association of American Railroads

Bill Toohey, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Paul Yarossi, President
HNTB Holdings Ltd.

Highways: Long-Distance Travel, Recreation, Tourism, and Rural Travel Panel

Panel Committee

Neil Pedersen, Panel Chair, Administrator
Maryland State Highway Administration

Dean Bowman
Bentley

Don Camph, President, writer
Aldaron, Inc.

Greg Cohen, President and CEO
American Highway Users Alliance

Derrick Crandall, President
American Recreation Coalition

Butch Eley, CEO
Infrastructure Corporation of America

Dave Gehr, Vice President,
Highway Market
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Anthony Giancola, Executive Director
National Association of County Engineers

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

 

John Horsley, Executive Director
AASHTO

Jill Ingrassia, Director, Federal Relations
AAA

Colleen Landkamer,
County Commissioner
Blue Earth County (MN)

Steve Lockwood, Principal Consultant
PB Consult

Kathleen Marvaso, Managing Director, Government Relations and Traffic
Safety Advocacy
AAA

Janet Oakley, Director of Policy and Government Relations
AASHTO

Charles Potts, CEO
Heritage Construction and Materials

Ted Scott, Director
American Trucking Associations

Sandra Straehl, Administrator, Rail, Transit, and Planning
Montana Department of Transportation

Freight and Passenger
Rail Panel

Panel Committee

Deborah Butler, Panel Chair, Vice President, Customer Service
Norfolk Southern

William Crosbie, Senior Vice President, Operations
Amtrak

Warren Erdman, Director, Corporate Affairs
KCS

John Gray, Vice President and General Manager Business Development
Union Pacific

Jane O’Hagan, Assistant Vice President, Strategy
CP

Lester Passa, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
CSX

 

Karen Phillips
Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs
CN

Peter Rickershauser, Vice President, Network Development
BNSF

Craig Rockey, Vice President, Policy and Economics
Association of American Railroads

Gordon Trafton, Vice President, Midwest Division
CN

Richard Timmons, President
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

Arthur Guzzetti, Vice President, Policy
American Public Transportation Association

Transit and Intercity Bus Panel

Panel Committee

J. Barry Barker, Panel Chair, Executive Director
Transit Authority of River City

Rachel Beyerle, Multi-State Technical Assistance Program Coordinator
AASHTO

Marlene Connor, Director of Public Transportation
Wilbur Smith Associates

Ron Epstein, Transit Bureau Director
New York Department of Transportation

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Art Guzzetti, Director, Policy and Advocacy
American Public Transportation Association

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Clyde Hart, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
American Bus Association

 

Karen Rae
Deputy Secretary for Local Land Area Transportation
Pennsylvania DOT, Bureau of Public Transportation

Beverly Scott, General Manager/ Chief Executive Officer
Sacramento Regional Transit District

Robert Stanley, Principal, writer
Cambridge Systematics

Peter Varga, Chief Executive Officer
Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid)

William Volk, Managing Director
Champaign-Urbana Mass, Transit District

Janet Weaver, Business Manager
Idaho Transportation Department—Division of Public Transportation

Rich Weaver, Manager, Planning and Programs
American Public Transportation Association

Chris Zeilinger, Assistant Director for
Governmental Affairs & Training
Community Transportation Association of America

Metropolitan Mobility and Congestion Issues Panel

Panel Committee

Pete Rahn, Panel Chair, Vice President, AASHTO
Director, Missouri Department of Transportation

Grace Crunican, Director
Seattle Department of Transportation

Wayne Wentz, Director of Traffic Management
Seattle Department of Transportation

Bob Fogel
Associate Legislative Director
National Association of Counties

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Timothy Lomax, Mobility Analysis
Texas Transportation Institute

Michael Meyer, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, writer
Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Morris, Director of Transportation
North Central Texas Council of Governments

Susan Mortel, Director, Bureau of Transportation Planning
Michigan Department of Transportation

 

 

Mark Pisano, Executive Director
Southern California Association of Governments

John Poorman, Director
Capital District Transportation Committee

Shelley Poticha, President and CEO
Reconnecting America

Mariia Zimmerman, Vice President for Policy
Reconnecting America

Ted Scott
American Trucking Associations

Kent Van Landuyt, Assistant to the Director
Missouri Department of Transportation

Rich Weaver, Manager, Planning and Programs
American Public Transportation Association

Jeff Zupan
Regional Plan Association

Janet Oakley, Director of Policy and Government Relations
AASHTO

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Sustainable Transportation Panel

Panel Committee

Hal Kassoff, Panel Chair, Senior Vice President
Parsons Brinckerhoff

J. Barry Barker, Executive Director
Transit Authority of River City

Gordon Bell, Seattle, writer

David Burwell, Partner
BBG Group LLC

Douglas Foy, President
DIF Enterprises

David Greene, Corporate Research Fellow
Center for Transportation Analysis, National Transportation Research Center

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

 

Jack Lettiere, Senior Vice President
Edwards and Kelcey

Ian Lockwood
Glatting-Jackson

Gary McVoy, Director, Office of Operations Management
New York Department of Transportation

Janet Oakley, Director of Policy and Government Relations
AASHTO

Dan Sperling, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California—Davis

Gary Toth, Director, Project Planning and Development
New Jersey Department of Transportation

Advanced Technology and Innovation Panel

Mike Walton, Chair in Engineering
University of Texas at Austin

John Conrad, Assistant Secretary
Washington State DOT

Ananth Prasad, Chief Engineer
Florida DOT

Marcus Bowman
International Access Corporation

Neil Schuster, President and CEO
ITS America

Mike Doyle, CEO
Econolite Control Products

Harry Voccola, Senior Vice President
NAVTEQ
Navigation Technologies

John Busel. Director, Composites Growth Initiative
American Composits Manufacturers Association

Steve Underwood
Center for Automotive Research

Pat Flaherty, Former Director
USCAR

Sheryl Wilkerson, Vice President Business Development and Government Affairs
Ygomi, Inc.

John M. Inglish, General Manager
Utah Transit Authority

Byron Lord, Highways for Life Program
FHWA

Phil J. Tarnoff, writer
University of Maryland

Highway Safety Panel

Panel Committee

Susan Martinovich, Panel Chair, Director
Nevada Department of Transportation

Rebecca Brewster, President and COO
American Transportation Research Institute

Anthony Giancola, Executive Director
National Association of County Engineers

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Barbara Harsha, Executive Director
Governors Highway Safety Association

Jill Ingrassia, Director, Federal Relations
AAA

Anthony R. Kane, Director of Engineering and Technical Services
AASHTO

Robert Lange, Executive Director, Vehicle Structure & Safety Integration
GM

Kathleen Marvaso, Managing Director, Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy
AAA

 

Anne McCartt, Senior Vice President, Research
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Tim Neuman, Vice President and Chief Highway Engineer, writer
CH2M Hill

Richard Pain, Transportation Safety Coordinator
Transportation Research Board

Darrin Roth, Director, Highway Operations
American Trucking Associations

Keith Sinclair, Highway Safety Programs Manager & FHWA Safety Liaison
AASHTO

Larry Tibbits, Chief Operations Officer
Michigan Department of Transportation

Theodore Trepanier, Co-Director Maintenance & Operations
Washington State Department of Transportation

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Funding Vision Panel

Panel Committee

Victor Mendez, Chair, President, AASHTO
Director, Arizona Department of Transportation

Jack Basso, Director of Management and Business Development
AASHTO

Dr. William Buechner, Chief Economist
American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Gregory Cohen, President and CEO
American Highway Users Alliance

The Honorable Mortimer Downey, Chairman
PB Consult

Gene Griffin, Director
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Associate Research Fellow
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

 

Tamar Henkin, Director, writer
TransTech Management

Frederick Kessler, Partner
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott

Gary Maring, Senior Associate
Cambridge Systematics

Ronald Marino, Director
CitiGroup/Public Finance Division

Darrin Roth, Director, Highway Operations
American Trucking Associations

T. Peter Ruane, President/CEO
American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Janette Sadik-Khan, Senior Vice President
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Stephen Sandherr, Chief Executive Officer
Associated General Contractors of America

Partnering Sponsors

AAA
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
American Council of Engineering Companies
American Public Transportation Association
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
American Trucking Associations
Association of American Railroads
The Associated General Contractors
of America
Bentley
CH2M Hill
HNTB
IAC Transportation
Baker
Infrastructure Corporation of America
Merrill Lynch
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Country Coach