Program

• Paul Skoutelas, President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association
• Jeffrey Nelson, APTA Chair; CEO/Managing Director, Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District
• Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Executive
• Katharine Kelleman, CEO, Pittsburgh Regional Transit

• Andrew Biesterveld, Chief Engineer & Mechanical Officer, Central Ohio Transit Authority
• Hannah Lyons-Galante, Climate Change Resiliency Specialist, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Breanna Gribble, Senior Resilience Manager, STV

Operations Planning with PRT

Moderator:  Lacy Bell, Corridor Director (BRT), Sound Transit

• David Huffaker, Chief Development Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Transit
• Michael Heidkamp, Chief Operating Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Transit
• David Wohlwill, Program Manager, Long-Range Planning, Pittsburgh Regional Transit
• Ellie Newman, Section Manager of Service Development, Pittsburgh Regional Transit

• Katharine Kelleman, CEO, Pittsburgh Regional Transit

Moderator:  Amy Shatzkin, Director of Sustainability, Sound Transit

• Adam Burger, Senior Transportation Planner, Valley Transportation Authority
• Scott Hamwey, Director of Bus Modernization, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Holly Montalban, Director of Marketing, Proterra
• Joseph Calhoun, Deputy Director, Office of Service Development, Maryland Department of Transportation
• Zachary Falk, ZEB Program Coordinator, WSP

Moderator:  Larry Murphy, Vice President, Jacobs

• Andrew Clay, Project Manager – Planning and Sustainability, Jacksonville Transportation Authority
• Ralf Neilson, Director, Enterprise Sustainability, TransLink
• Emma West, Capital Program Analyst, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Transit Planning Response to COVID

Moderator:  Peter Cafiero, Managing Director, Inter-Modal Planning, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

• Steve Crosley, Transit Integration Program Manager, King County Metro
• Linda Morris, Chief of Service Planning and Scheduling, Miami-Dade County
• Shain Eversley, Manager – Service Evaluation, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO)
• Ian Martin, Associate Staff Analyst, MTA New York City Transit

Transit Operations Planning and Scheduling Subcommittee Meeting

Tuesday, August 9

Moderator:  Katherine Kortum, Senior Program Officer, Transportation Research Board

• Heather Sobush, Director of Planning, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Cyndi Harper, Senior Manager, Route Planning , Service Development, Metro Transit
• Scott Traum, Senior Performance Analyst, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Herbert Higginbotham, National Director, Transit + Shared Mobility, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Scheduling

Moderator:  Leslie Bienenfeld, Manager of Special Events and Construction Support, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

• Dan Boyle, President, Dan Boyle & Associates, Inc.
• Hope Ann Smith, Senior Transit Planner/Scheduler, Transdev – NICE bus
• Mark Patzloff, Business Systems Analyst, Metro Transit
• Mike Abegg, Director of Schedules and Service Development, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District

Moderator:  Cris B. Liban, Chief Sustainability Officer, LA Metro

• Michael Groh, Senior Transit Planner, Sam Schwartz Engineering
• Nicole Geneau, Senior Vice President Development, Alphastruxure

Microtransit

Moderator:  Cyndi Harper, Senior Manager, Route Planning , Service Development, Metro Transit

• Tiffany Dubinsky, Statewide Transit Planning Manager, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
• James Drake, Principal Planner, Sacramento Regional Transit District
• Levi McCollum, Director Of Transit Planning, Palm Tran
• Ben Lykins, Product Manager at Remix by Via, Via

Moderator:  Antoinette Quagliata, Manager Sustainability Services, Dewberry

• Kerin Lester, Environmental Management System Program Manager, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
• Alexandra Brun, Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Transit Administration
• Lonnie Coplen, President, ARC Alternative and Renewable Construction LLC

Investing in Transit

Moderator:  Ron Downing, Director of Planning, Golden Gate Transit

• Denis Agar, Senior Planner, TransLink
• Annette Darrow, Director of Service Planning, IndyGo
• Laura Azze-Singh,Principal Transportation Planner, MTA New York City Transit (MTA)
• Hans-Micheal Ruthe, Service Planning Manager, Dallas Area Rapid Transit

• Host Tour: Operational Problem Field Tour/Round Table Discussion
• Adapting Bus Service to Open Streets and Outdoor Dining Programs – Senna Phillips, Transportation Planner, MTA New York City Transit
• Adapting Demand Response Transportation for a New Generation – Andrew Batson, Chief, Planning and Project Delivery, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Public Transportation
• Big Data Tells All—An Innovative Approach to Planning VRE’s Future – Federico Tallis, Transportation Planner, VHB
• Envision – Highlighting Transit Success and Helping Agencies Push Their Boundaries – Jennifer Ninete, Senior Sustainability Consultant, HDR
• Keep Your Buses Close and Your Shuttles Closer: Seattle’s Employer Shared Transit Stop Program – Benjamin Smith, Senior Transportation Planner, City of Seattle
• Transit Network Redesign – Daniel Costantino, Principal Associate, Jarrett Walker + Associates
• Why representation in leadership and staff at transit agencies matters as our transit networks expand – Stephanie Lotshaw, Program Director, Transit Policy, Transit Center
• Zero-Emissions Bus Transition Plans…The Why and How of Developing the Plan and Implementing the Infrastructure – Analy Castillo, Zero Emissions Technical Lead, Stantec

Wednesday, August 10

• Rob Borowski, Sustainability Officer, Capital Metro
• Rachel Healy, Director, Office of Sustainability, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Network Design / Layover

Moderator:  Annette Darrow, Director of Service Planning, IndyGo

• Christof Spieler, Vice President, Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
• Claudia Aliff, Planning Analyst, Strategic Planning, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
• Steve Mahowald, Senior Transit Planner, Metro Transit
• Doug Monroe, Manager, Corridor Planning (Operations), Regional Transportation District
• Flavie Gagnon-Pontbriand, Product Manager, GIRO Inc.

Moderator:  Lacy Bell, Corridor Director (BRT), Sound Transit

• Sandy Brennan, Project Manager & Senior Transportation Planner, Foursquare
• Joseph Calhoun, Deputy Director, Office of Service Development, Maryland Department of Transportation
• Nicole Dufva, Project Planner, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Jeffrey Macko, Service Planning Team Leader, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
• Evan Landman, Senior Associate, Jarrett Walker + Associates
• Alissa Zimmer, Manager of Performance and Reporting, Massachusetts Department of Transportation