Who We Are

Council Leadership

Chair

Jaime Sullivan, Senior Research Engineer

Western Transportation Institute

Jaime.sullivan2@montana.edu

Secretary

Carrie Kissel, Associate Director

National Association of Development Organization

Past Member, AMS50 Standing Committee on Economic Development and Land Use


Co-Research Coordinator

Cole Grisham, Transportation Systems Planner

Federal Highway Administration

Member, AEP20 Standing Committee on Transportation Needs of National Parks and Public Lands

Co-Research Coordinator

John Shaw, Research Scientist

Iowa State University

Member, ACP80 Standing Committee on Traffic Simulation

TRB Staff Representative

Anusha Jayasinghe

Transportation Research Board

AJayasinghe@nas.edu

Council Members

Mark Berndt, Project Director - Freight

SRF Consulting Group, Inc.

Member, AT030 Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food Transportation 

Jonathan Brooks, Transit Practice Lead

The Goodman Corporation

Member, AP055 Standing Committee on Rural, Intercity Bus, and Specialized Transportation

Shaun Darveshi, Highway Capital Program Manager

Washington State Department of Transportation

Member, AEP10 Standing Committee on Transportation Planning Policy and Processes

Nick Foster, Principal Transportation Planner

Kittleson & Associates, Inc.

Member, ACH20  Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation

Ronald Hall, Tribal Transportation Program Manager

Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Member, B0176 Committee on Data, Metrics, and Analytic Methods for Assessing Equity Impacts of Surface Transportation Funding Program

Member, AME30 Standing Committee on Native American Transportation Issues

Hillary Isebrands, Senior Safety Engineer/Team Leader

Federal Highway Administration

Secretary, AKD80 Standing Committee on Roundabouts and other Intersection Design and Control Strategies

Khaled Ksaibati, Professor/Director

University of Wyoming

Member, AKD30 Standing Committee on Low-Volume Roads

Co-chair, ACS10(4) Rural Road Safety Policy, Programming, and Implementation Joint Subcommittee

David Orr, Director

Cornell Local Roads Program

Member, AKD30 Standing Committee on Low-Volume Roads

Emily Parkany, Research Manager

Vermont Agency of Transportation

Member, AJE35 Standing Committee on Research Innovation Implementation Management

Member, AKR40 Standing Committee on Winter Maintenance

Committee Research Coordinator, AJE35 Standing Committee on Research Innovation Implementation Management



Tyler Reeb, Director of Research

California State University, Long Beach

Member, AJE15 Standing Committee on Workforce Development and Organizational Excellence

Member, AME30 Standing Committee on Native American Transportation Issues


Amiy Varma, President

AAAJ, LLC

Member, AMR20 Standing Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity


Rural State Liaison Group

Lee Bjerke, Secondary Roads Research Engineer

Iowa Department of Transportation

Andres Chavez, Branch Chief ITS Special Projects and Standards 

California Department of Transportation

Emily Parkany, Research Manager

Vermont Agency of Transportation

Stephen Sisson, Stormwater Engineer

Delaware Department of Transportation