2024 IPATH Board of Directors
Leading through Innovation
Changing a Culture
Leading through Innovation
Changing a Culture
The IPATH Board of Directors, including our trusted Advisors and the Executive Committee, are responsible for the overall fiscal, strategic and marketing communications of the organization. The Board is composed of a maximum of 15 active members (not fewer than 10), serving a two-year term with an option to extend for a second two-year term (total of four years served).
IPATH Advisors to the Board of Directors
Michael Replogle
Founder, Institute for Transportation Development & Policy
Former Deputy Commissioner for Policy
New York City Department of Transportation
United States of America
Michael Replogle is a globally recognized expert advisor on transportation policy and best practice implementation. His expert testimony framed and helped secure a historic 2024 legal agreement with Hawaii’s Department of Transportation for their production of a plan to decarbonize transportation by 2045, with a 50% cut by 2030, 5-year targets for GHG and VMT reduction, annual reporting, changes to funding priorities, completion of statewide bike and pedestrian plans in 5 years, and new spending on electric vehicle chargers. He is founder, director emeritus, and past president of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). Replogle has served on many US EPA and US DOT advisory committees. He also serves as President of SmartGo, a non-profit advancing diverse walkable communities served by healthy, safe and sustainable transportation.
As New York City’s Deputy Transportation Commissioner from 2015 to 2021, he developed Vision Zero policies that cut pedestrian deaths by 40%, repurposed 10,000 parking spaces for restaurants, negotiated a six-fold expansion of CitiBike to 36,000 shared bikes, and advanced innovative street, curb, and congestion management, freight, and electrification initiatives.
He co-founded and chaired the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transportation, winning a $175 billion 10-year commitment for more sustainable transport from multilateral development banks. As Transportation Director for the Environmental Defense Fund, he shifted substantial investment from roads to public transport, walking, cycling in cities worldwide. As
transportation coordinator for Montgomery County, Maryland, he pioneered sustainable transport scenario planning and innovations in transportation modeling.
Trained in civil engineering and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, he has served as a visiting professor at New York University and the China Academy of Transportation Sciences in Beijing.
Founder, Institute for Transportation Development & Policy
Former Deputy Commissioner for Policy
New York City Department of Transportation
United States of America
Michael Replogle is a globally recognized expert advisor on transportation policy and best practice implementation. His expert testimony framed and helped secure a historic 2024 legal agreement with Hawaii’s Department of Transportation for their production of a plan to decarbonize transportation by 2045, with a 50% cut by 2030, 5-year targets for GHG and VMT reduction, annual reporting, changes to funding priorities, completion of statewide bike and pedestrian plans in 5 years, and new spending on electric vehicle chargers. He is founder, director emeritus, and past president of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). Replogle has served on many US EPA and US DOT advisory committees. He also serves as President of SmartGo, a non-profit advancing diverse walkable communities served by healthy, safe and sustainable transportation.
As New York City’s Deputy Transportation Commissioner from 2015 to 2021, he developed Vision Zero policies that cut pedestrian deaths by 40%, repurposed 10,000 parking spaces for restaurants, negotiated a six-fold expansion of CitiBike to 36,000 shared bikes, and advanced innovative street, curb, and congestion management, freight, and electrification initiatives.
He co-founded and chaired the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transportation, winning a $175 billion 10-year commitment for more sustainable transport from multilateral development banks. As Transportation Director for the Environmental Defense Fund, he shifted substantial investment from roads to public transport, walking, cycling in cities worldwide. As
transportation coordinator for Montgomery County, Maryland, he pioneered sustainable transport scenario planning and innovations in transportation modeling.
Trained in civil engineering and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, he has served as a visiting professor at New York University and the China Academy of Transportation Sciences in Beijing.
Samuel I. Schwartz, PE
Chief Executive Officer, Sam Schwartz Pedestrian Traffic Management LLC
Founder Sam Schwartz Engineering
United States of America
Sam is CEO of Sam Schwartz Pedestrian Traffic Management LLC. He also founded Sam Schwartz Engineering. He wrote a column on transportation for The New York Daily News from 1990 to 2022. Previously Mr. Schwartz was New York City’s Traffic Commissioner and was the Chief Engineer of the NYC Department of Transportation. He started his transportation career in the late 1960’s as a NYC cabbie and joined the Traffic Department, as a junior engineer, in 1971. Mr. Schwartz, often referred to by his nom de plume “Gridlock Sam,” released the word “Gridlock” into the lexicon during the 1980 NYC Transit strike.
Sam’s most recent books, No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future (2018) and Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and The Fall of Cars (2015) lay out a recipe for cities faced with rapid changes in modes, automation, demographic shifts and travelers’ preferences. He has long highlighted the inextricable link between public health and transportation and has been a member of the International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH). He is the principal author of Public Transit and Covid-19 Pandemic: Global Research and Best Practices.
Sam has been an adjunct professor for 40 years at some of New York City’s most respected colleges and universities including Cooper Union, Long Island University, Hunter College and Brooklyn College. He is a Charter Board Member of the Institute of Design & Construction (IDC) Innovation Hub at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering, Dept. of Civil & Urban Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at Brooklyn College and received a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Florida.
Chief Executive Officer, Sam Schwartz Pedestrian Traffic Management LLC
Founder Sam Schwartz Engineering
United States of America
Sam is CEO of Sam Schwartz Pedestrian Traffic Management LLC. He also founded Sam Schwartz Engineering. He wrote a column on transportation for The New York Daily News from 1990 to 2022. Previously Mr. Schwartz was New York City’s Traffic Commissioner and was the Chief Engineer of the NYC Department of Transportation. He started his transportation career in the late 1960’s as a NYC cabbie and joined the Traffic Department, as a junior engineer, in 1971. Mr. Schwartz, often referred to by his nom de plume “Gridlock Sam,” released the word “Gridlock” into the lexicon during the 1980 NYC Transit strike.
Sam’s most recent books, No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future (2018) and Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and The Fall of Cars (2015) lay out a recipe for cities faced with rapid changes in modes, automation, demographic shifts and travelers’ preferences. He has long highlighted the inextricable link between public health and transportation and has been a member of the International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH). He is the principal author of Public Transit and Covid-19 Pandemic: Global Research and Best Practices.
Sam has been an adjunct professor for 40 years at some of New York City’s most respected colleges and universities including Cooper Union, Long Island University, Hunter College and Brooklyn College. He is a Charter Board Member of the Institute of Design & Construction (IDC) Innovation Hub at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering, Dept. of Civil & Urban Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at Brooklyn College and received a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Florida.
E. Owen D. Waygood, PhD
Associate Professor
Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Transport Engineering
Quebec, Canada
Owen graduated in 2009 with a PhD in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan). After a position as a research associate and then research fellow at the Centre for Transport & Society at the University of the West of England (Bristol, U.K.), he held first a position of Assistant and then Associate Professor of Transport Planning at Laval University (Quebec, Canada). In 2018, Owen was recruited by Polytechnique Montréal as an Associate Professor of Transport Engineering. He has published research on children’s transport, physical activity, and social connections, sustainable transport, and transport behaviour change. He has been a co-guest editor for special issues on transport and child wellbeing, and transport and wellbeing published with the journal Travel Behaviour and Society. He conducts research on sustainable transport modes and how to increase their use.
Associate Professor
Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Transport Engineering
Quebec, Canada
Owen graduated in 2009 with a PhD in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan). After a position as a research associate and then research fellow at the Centre for Transport & Society at the University of the West of England (Bristol, U.K.), he held first a position of Assistant and then Associate Professor of Transport Planning at Laval University (Quebec, Canada). In 2018, Owen was recruited by Polytechnique Montréal as an Associate Professor of Transport Engineering. He has published research on children’s transport, physical activity, and social connections, sustainable transport, and transport behaviour change. He has been a co-guest editor for special issues on transport and child wellbeing, and transport and wellbeing published with the journal Travel Behaviour and Society. He conducts research on sustainable transport modes and how to increase their use.
IPATH Executive Committee
Stephen P. Mattingly, PhD
IPATH President
Associate Director of Research
Center for Transportation Equity Decisions and Dollars
University of Texas at Arlington
Steve is Associate Director of Research at the Center for Transportation Equity Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD). He joined the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in September 2002. Prior to joining UTA he served on the faculty at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) for two and a half years, and also served as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. While at UAF, Steve helped found the FAA Air Transportation Centers of Excellence Program: Center for General Aviation Research. He teaches undergraduate courses in transportation engineering and transportation planning as well as graduate courses in analytical models in transportation, system evaluation and decision making, transportation planning and bicycle and pedestrian facility planning and design. In 2013, he joined in a consortium that formed the Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities through the USDOT University Transportation Centers Program. In 2016, Steve led UTAs participation in the National Institute for Transportation and Communities a national center funded through the USDOT University Transportation Centers Program.
Steve's areas of research include a wide variety of interdisciplinary projects. His most recent research projects address a variety of interdisciplinary topics including developing an app for crowd-sourcing bicycle and pedestrian conflict data, transportation public health performance measures, policy and infrastructure improvements resulting from bicycle and pedestrian fatality crashes, linking physical activity levels to travel modes, transportation mobility for the transportation disadvantaged, and the development of planning and transit performance measures for access to opportunities. Some of his previous research includes the technical and institutional evaluation of traffic control and operations systems, bicycle and pedestrian safety, aviation safety, and managed lane pricing and weaving.
IPATH President
Associate Director of Research
Center for Transportation Equity Decisions and Dollars
University of Texas at Arlington
Steve is Associate Director of Research at the Center for Transportation Equity Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD). He joined the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in September 2002. Prior to joining UTA he served on the faculty at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) for two and a half years, and also served as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. While at UAF, Steve helped found the FAA Air Transportation Centers of Excellence Program: Center for General Aviation Research. He teaches undergraduate courses in transportation engineering and transportation planning as well as graduate courses in analytical models in transportation, system evaluation and decision making, transportation planning and bicycle and pedestrian facility planning and design. In 2013, he joined in a consortium that formed the Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities through the USDOT University Transportation Centers Program. In 2016, Steve led UTAs participation in the National Institute for Transportation and Communities a national center funded through the USDOT University Transportation Centers Program.
Steve's areas of research include a wide variety of interdisciplinary projects. His most recent research projects address a variety of interdisciplinary topics including developing an app for crowd-sourcing bicycle and pedestrian conflict data, transportation public health performance measures, policy and infrastructure improvements resulting from bicycle and pedestrian fatality crashes, linking physical activity levels to travel modes, transportation mobility for the transportation disadvantaged, and the development of planning and transit performance measures for access to opportunities. Some of his previous research includes the technical and institutional evaluation of traffic control and operations systems, bicycle and pedestrian safety, aviation safety, and managed lane pricing and weaving.
Eleanor M. DiPalma, PhD, LCAT, BC-DMT
IPATH Vice President
Retired: New York City Department of Transportation
Executive Director of Innovative Programs
United States of America
In service to more than eight million New Yorkers including 5,500 DOT employees, Eleanor has served as executive director and leader of innovative programs and policies at the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). She brings a unique transdisciplinary perspective that promotes synthesis of disciplines to create anew. She designs and develops transportation services using holistic behavioral-science paradigms of dance-movement psychotherapy and movement analysis.
Eleanor is the first to earn a doctoral in dance movement psychotherapy at New York University. She is adjunct professor at the State University of New York at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Her research interests are focused on the psychophysical effects of active transport, in particular dance movement psychotherapy in green spaces. Eleanor’s distinguished public service career celebrates innovations linking health and transport. She created the first NYCDOT Customer Service/Language Access recognized as a Citywide prototype by the New York City Council. Eleanor advanced the plain language movement in City government as a primary component of language access. She established the NYCDOT Learning Center, the first centralized staff development and training program. Before NYCDOT, Eleanor pioneered health programs in New York State agencies. She founded creative arts psychotherapy for people with developmental disabilities and for people with psychiatric illness. The NYC Department of Education recognized her movement interventions, including those adopted in urban green spaces, and incorporated them into the Citywide curriculum as effective psychoeducational strategies to reach children with special needs.
IPATH Vice President
Retired: New York City Department of Transportation
Executive Director of Innovative Programs
United States of America
In service to more than eight million New Yorkers including 5,500 DOT employees, Eleanor has served as executive director and leader of innovative programs and policies at the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). She brings a unique transdisciplinary perspective that promotes synthesis of disciplines to create anew. She designs and develops transportation services using holistic behavioral-science paradigms of dance-movement psychotherapy and movement analysis.
Eleanor is the first to earn a doctoral in dance movement psychotherapy at New York University. She is adjunct professor at the State University of New York at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Her research interests are focused on the psychophysical effects of active transport, in particular dance movement psychotherapy in green spaces. Eleanor’s distinguished public service career celebrates innovations linking health and transport. She created the first NYCDOT Customer Service/Language Access recognized as a Citywide prototype by the New York City Council. Eleanor advanced the plain language movement in City government as a primary component of language access. She established the NYCDOT Learning Center, the first centralized staff development and training program. Before NYCDOT, Eleanor pioneered health programs in New York State agencies. She founded creative arts psychotherapy for people with developmental disabilities and for people with psychiatric illness. The NYC Department of Education recognized her movement interventions, including those adopted in urban green spaces, and incorporated them into the Citywide curriculum as effective psychoeducational strategies to reach children with special needs.
Karyn M. Warsow, MSc., MPH, DrPH(c)
IPATH Founder/Executive Director
Founder & Executive Director TPH Link/ICTH/IPATH
DrPH Candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Health Policy Management and Leadership
United States of America
Karyn is a transdisciplinary professional with 15 years of experience, in trauma and critical care medicine; specifically, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries due to motor vehicle crashes and interpersonal violence. With this experience, she successfully crossed over to the field of transportation after advocating for policy change in her local community. Karyn brings to the field of transportation, a unique perspective that merges best practices and lessons learned from multiple disciplines to devise innovative solutions. Over the years, she has developed an exceptional network of high-level national and international multimodal transportation, urban planning and public health contacts. Karyn is a strong results-based leader. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Transportation Public Health Link (TPH Link), which administers the International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) and the International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH).
IPATH Founder/Executive Director
Founder & Executive Director TPH Link/ICTH/IPATH
DrPH Candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Health Policy Management and Leadership
United States of America
Karyn is a transdisciplinary professional with 15 years of experience, in trauma and critical care medicine; specifically, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries due to motor vehicle crashes and interpersonal violence. With this experience, she successfully crossed over to the field of transportation after advocating for policy change in her local community. Karyn brings to the field of transportation, a unique perspective that merges best practices and lessons learned from multiple disciplines to devise innovative solutions. Over the years, she has developed an exceptional network of high-level national and international multimodal transportation, urban planning and public health contacts. Karyn is a strong results-based leader. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Transportation Public Health Link (TPH Link), which administers the International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) and the International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH).
IPATH Board of Directors
Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, MSc., MSc., PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, Canada
Jacob is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. He is trained in health administration, public policy, area studies and population health from the universities of Ghana (Ghana), Durham (UK), Oxford (UK) and Saskatchewan (Canada). Jacob is an interdisciplinary activist scholar interested in how transport policies produce health inequities and the political aspects of transportation related public policy. He is interested in transport accessibility, safety and equity particularly in rural and remote contexts. Jacob has also worked on the role of intersectoral collaboration in promoting active transportation in urban contexts in Canada. His work is heavily focused on influencing transportation policy to promote accessibility and equity and has involved consultation and engagement with governments (federal, provincial and municipal), civil society organizations and marginalized communities.
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, Canada
Jacob is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. He is trained in health administration, public policy, area studies and population health from the universities of Ghana (Ghana), Durham (UK), Oxford (UK) and Saskatchewan (Canada). Jacob is an interdisciplinary activist scholar interested in how transport policies produce health inequities and the political aspects of transportation related public policy. He is interested in transport accessibility, safety and equity particularly in rural and remote contexts. Jacob has also worked on the role of intersectoral collaboration in promoting active transportation in urban contexts in Canada. His work is heavily focused on influencing transportation policy to promote accessibility and equity and has involved consultation and engagement with governments (federal, provincial and municipal), civil society organizations and marginalized communities.
Paulo Anciaes, PhD
Senior Researcher
University College London (UCL)
United Kingdom
Paulo is a Senior Researcher at UCL (University College London). He was qualifications in Economics and Geography and more than 20 years’ experience in research and consultancy at the intersection of transport, environment, and health. Paulo's research interests include pedestrians, urban accessibility, equity in transport planning, rail travel, social and environmental impacts of transport, and health and wellbeing in relation to transport and mobility. Paulo's work has used a range of quantitative approaches (spatial analysis, econometrics, stated and revealed preference methods, economic valuation). Paulo's research has been international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral, with a policy focus and engagement with non-academic stakeholders. Since 2015, He has been involved in projects funded by the European Union, working alongside local governments, the private sector, and international associations, to develop healthier and more equitable transport systems in European cities. Paulo won the UCL Excellence in Health Research Prize 2019, awarded in the fields of population and health. He is in the Editorial Board, Journal of Transport and Health and the Programme Committee of the Association for European Transport.
Senior Researcher
University College London (UCL)
United Kingdom
Paulo is a Senior Researcher at UCL (University College London). He was qualifications in Economics and Geography and more than 20 years’ experience in research and consultancy at the intersection of transport, environment, and health. Paulo's research interests include pedestrians, urban accessibility, equity in transport planning, rail travel, social and environmental impacts of transport, and health and wellbeing in relation to transport and mobility. Paulo's work has used a range of quantitative approaches (spatial analysis, econometrics, stated and revealed preference methods, economic valuation). Paulo's research has been international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral, with a policy focus and engagement with non-academic stakeholders. Since 2015, He has been involved in projects funded by the European Union, working alongside local governments, the private sector, and international associations, to develop healthier and more equitable transport systems in European cities. Paulo won the UCL Excellence in Health Research Prize 2019, awarded in the fields of population and health. He is in the Editorial Board, Journal of Transport and Health and the Programme Committee of the Association for European Transport.
Dana R. Crisino, MBA, ACIP
Transportation and Safety Lead
Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
United States of America
Dana has over 20 years of experience in transportation and regional planning, stakeholder engagement, multimodal safety, program delivery, and policy development. With a background in both the private and public sectors, she has a deep understanding of the demands of public service, the bureaucratic challenges that government agencies face, and the capabilities and limitations of consultants and contractors. Dana is passionate about leveraging transportation projects to drive community-based development. She prioritizes community engagement and aims to create safer and more liveable spaces. Committed to advancing opportunities in the transportation industry, Dana seeks to further the holistic conversation and incorporate human-based solutions. Outside of technical pursuits to make the world a little bit better, Dana can be found enjoying time spent at the barn with her horse, taking or teaching yoga classes, and globe-trotting to experience the world.
Transportation and Safety Lead
Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
United States of America
Dana has over 20 years of experience in transportation and regional planning, stakeholder engagement, multimodal safety, program delivery, and policy development. With a background in both the private and public sectors, she has a deep understanding of the demands of public service, the bureaucratic challenges that government agencies face, and the capabilities and limitations of consultants and contractors. Dana is passionate about leveraging transportation projects to drive community-based development. She prioritizes community engagement and aims to create safer and more liveable spaces. Committed to advancing opportunities in the transportation industry, Dana seeks to further the holistic conversation and incorporate human-based solutions. Outside of technical pursuits to make the world a little bit better, Dana can be found enjoying time spent at the barn with her horse, taking or teaching yoga classes, and globe-trotting to experience the world.
Tessa Cruz
Program Manager, Institute for Sustainable Economic Educational and Environmental Design
Director of Outreach and Engagement for Streetwyze
United States of America
Tessa is the Program Manager for Equitable Engagement and Community Engaged Design at Institute for Sustainable Economic Educational and Environmental Design (ISEEED). She is also the Director of Outreach and Engagement for Streetwyze and has over seven years of experience in community engagement facilitation, community-based research and geospatial data collection. Tessa brings over 8 years of experience leading administrative and management efforts for non-profits and learning institutions including Oberlin College and San Francisco State University and over 2 years of experience working on multi-year interdisciplinary research grants. Prior to joining ISEEE and Streetwyze she served as the Public Programming and Public Policy Intern at SPUR, where she supported event coordination and development, as well as the creation of their annual public Ballot Analysis Toolkit. She has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College with a concentration in Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice.
Program Manager, Institute for Sustainable Economic Educational and Environmental Design
Director of Outreach and Engagement for Streetwyze
United States of America
Tessa is the Program Manager for Equitable Engagement and Community Engaged Design at Institute for Sustainable Economic Educational and Environmental Design (ISEEED). She is also the Director of Outreach and Engagement for Streetwyze and has over seven years of experience in community engagement facilitation, community-based research and geospatial data collection. Tessa brings over 8 years of experience leading administrative and management efforts for non-profits and learning institutions including Oberlin College and San Francisco State University and over 2 years of experience working on multi-year interdisciplinary research grants. Prior to joining ISEEE and Streetwyze she served as the Public Programming and Public Policy Intern at SPUR, where she supported event coordination and development, as well as the creation of their annual public Ballot Analysis Toolkit. She has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College with a concentration in Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice.
Matthew Hardy, PhD
Deputy Executive Director & Chief Technical Officer
Institute of Transportation Engineers
United States of America
Matt serves as part of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Executive Leadership Team. He helps with the day-to-day management and support for the ITE enterprise by providing advice and guidance to the ITE Board of Direction. In his role as Chief Technical Officer, Matt supports the Council Leadership Team, six technical councils and 15 standing committees; lead ITE’s multi-million-dollar annual contract program; facilitate partnerships with other associations; guide the technical program for the ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibition and the Spring Conference; and manage the ITE technical staff. Matt most recently was a senior manager with Spy Pond Partners, a dynamic management consulting firm serving transportation and infrastructure management organizations. Prior to that he had a 13-year career at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) serving as the Senior Program Director for Planning and Performance Management. In this capacity, Matt managed AASHTO’s policy and technical activities related to transportation planning, performance management (including asset management, organizational management, and risk management), planning research, and data management in collaboration with state transportation agency representatives and association leadership.
Deputy Executive Director & Chief Technical Officer
Institute of Transportation Engineers
United States of America
Matt serves as part of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Executive Leadership Team. He helps with the day-to-day management and support for the ITE enterprise by providing advice and guidance to the ITE Board of Direction. In his role as Chief Technical Officer, Matt supports the Council Leadership Team, six technical councils and 15 standing committees; lead ITE’s multi-million-dollar annual contract program; facilitate partnerships with other associations; guide the technical program for the ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibition and the Spring Conference; and manage the ITE technical staff. Matt most recently was a senior manager with Spy Pond Partners, a dynamic management consulting firm serving transportation and infrastructure management organizations. Prior to that he had a 13-year career at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) serving as the Senior Program Director for Planning and Performance Management. In this capacity, Matt managed AASHTO’s policy and technical activities related to transportation planning, performance management (including asset management, organizational management, and risk management), planning research, and data management in collaboration with state transportation agency representatives and association leadership.
Lin Lin, PhD
Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University
Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban Planning & Design
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China PRC
Lin received her doctoral. in urban design and planning from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Before she joined Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, Lin was an assistant professor at School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences at East China Normal University. Her research interests focus on conceptualizing and understanding the reciprocal relationship between the built environment‚ human behaviors‚ and public health. Lin believes this relationship underpins the development of genuinely healthy and sustainable communities.
Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University
Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban Planning & Design
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China PRC
Lin received her doctoral. in urban design and planning from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Before she joined Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, Lin was an assistant professor at School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences at East China Normal University. Her research interests focus on conceptualizing and understanding the reciprocal relationship between the built environment‚ human behaviors‚ and public health. Lin believes this relationship underpins the development of genuinely healthy and sustainable communities.
Milad Malekzadeh, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Helsinki
Finland
Milad is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, specializing in GIS, spatial analysis, and AI-driven urban mobility research. His work integrates environmental, geographical, and network dynamics to address urban challenges, advocating for context-specific transportation policies and quantifying urban attractiveness to enhance active mobility. He has contributed to European Commission-funded projects such as GreenTravel, MobiTwin, WinWin4WorkLife, and WorkAndHome and received the Western University Inspiring Mind Award. He serves on the editorial board of Health & Place and promotes open science and reproducibility in mobility studies.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Helsinki
Finland
Milad is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, specializing in GIS, spatial analysis, and AI-driven urban mobility research. His work integrates environmental, geographical, and network dynamics to address urban challenges, advocating for context-specific transportation policies and quantifying urban attractiveness to enhance active mobility. He has contributed to European Commission-funded projects such as GreenTravel, MobiTwin, WinWin4WorkLife, and WorkAndHome and received the Western University Inspiring Mind Award. He serves on the editorial board of Health & Place and promotes open science and reproducibility in mobility studies.
Conschetta Wright-Moore, RN, MPH
Advarra - Institutional Review Board Services
Board Lead - Generic Materials
United States of America
Conschetta, an adept professional in healthcare and research, serves as a Scientific Board Member at Advarra, overseeing document workflows and conducting expedited reviews. In her role as a Quality Assurance Nurse Auditor at SWOG, she meticulously audits oncology clinical trials to ensure compliance and patient safety. As a Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator at Methodist Healthcare System, Conschetta screens patients for protocol eligibility and facilitates the informed consent process. Her journey began as an epidemiologist and clinic nurse for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services, where she managed infectious disease reports, surveillance systems, and provided patient education.
Advarra - Institutional Review Board Services
Board Lead - Generic Materials
United States of America
Conschetta, an adept professional in healthcare and research, serves as a Scientific Board Member at Advarra, overseeing document workflows and conducting expedited reviews. In her role as a Quality Assurance Nurse Auditor at SWOG, she meticulously audits oncology clinical trials to ensure compliance and patient safety. As a Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator at Methodist Healthcare System, Conschetta screens patients for protocol eligibility and facilitates the informed consent process. Her journey began as an epidemiologist and clinic nurse for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services, where she managed infectious disease reports, surveillance systems, and provided patient education.