Conference Committee
The 2015 Transportation Planning Application Conference Committee is comprised of current members of the TRB Transportation Planning Applications Committee (ADB50) and others who have made significant contributions to the conference. The scope of the committee is the application of new or improved transportation planning methods and techniques and their practical application at the regional, corridor, and site level of analysis.
Organizing Committee Members
Committee Chair (2014): Barbara Arens, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc
Committee Chair (2015): Julie Dunbar, Dunbar Transportation Consulting
TRB Staff Representative: Kimberly Fisher
TRB Section Chair: Chandra Bhat, The University of Texas at Austin
Conference Chair and Secretary: Pat Coleman, AECOM
Technical Chair: Erin Morrow, Metropolitan Washington COG
Local Committee Chair: Bethany Allinder, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Local Committee Coordinator: W. Thomas Walker
Web/Software Dev. and Coordination: Andrew Rohne, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional COG
Abstract Coordinator: Liza Amar, CDM Smith
Exhibit Coordinator: Rhett Fussell, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc
Treasurer: Montie Wade, Texas Transportation Institute
Fellowship Coordinator: Kathie Haire, HDR, Inc.
PE Credits Coordination: Janet Leli, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and W. Thomas Walker
AICP Credits Coordination: Joe Huegy, NCSU Institute for Trans Research and Ed. and Keith Killough, Arizona Department of Transportation
Local Events Coordination: Tim Chelius, South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization and Tom Marchwinski, New Jersey Transit
Conference Evaluation: Vince Bernardin, Jr., Resource Systems Group
Program Editor: Dena Berrios, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc
Other Members
Peter Bosa, Metro Portland, OR
Elisabetta Cherchi, Technical University of Denmark
Gehan M. Elsayed, West Virginia Department of Transportation
Jerry Faris (Emeritus)
Karen Faussett, Michigan Department of Transportation
Greg Giaimo, Ohio Department of Transportation
Charles Gorugantula, Mid-America Regional Council
Craig Gresham, Clearbox Forecast Group
Bob Hazlett, Maricopa Association of Governments
Chris Hiebert, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Jill Hough, Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc.
Nazrul Islam, Federal Transit Administration
David Kurth, Cambridge Systematics
Richard S. Marshment, University of Oklahoma (Emeritus)
Hanna Maoh, University of Windsor, Canada
Mark McCord, Ohio State University
Phil Mescher, Iowa Department of Transportation
Zachary Patterson, Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elizabeth Sall
Scott B. Smith, US Department of Transportation, Volpe Center
Sarah Sun, Federal Highway Administration
Nicholas Wood, Texas Transportation Institute
Yongping Zhang, Southern California Association of Governments