An essential function of the SMARTER Center is to serve as a hub for the Mid-Atlantic’s vast network of transportation professionals and institutions. To that end, our advisory board acts as a forum for academics, policymakers, and industry professionals to address the region’s mobility challenges with research-based solutions. Their expertise guides our research agenda and informs more effective technology implementation strategies.
Jim Ports
Committee Chair
Former Secretary
MD Department of Transportation
Nathan Beil
President
KCI Technologies
Jeff Adler
Vice President
Kapsch TrafficCom North America
Ahmed Amer
Senior Transportation Engineer
VHB
Charles Glass
Executive Director
MD Environmental Services, MDOT
Chris Costello
CEO
Public Sector Consulting
Bill Austin
Executive Director
Morgantown Monongalia MPO (WV
Nimish Desai
Department Manager
Dewberry
Don Halligan
Senior Transportation Planner
Baltimore Metropolitan Council (MD)
Stephanie Dock
Research Program Administrator
D.C. DOT
Moges Ayele
Former Director
National Highway Institute, FHWA
Carole Delion
Delion Consulting LLC
Gregory Murrill
pision Administrator
FHWA
Melissa Tooley
Director of External Initiatives
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Richard Woo
Director, Office of Policy and Research
Maryland State Highway Administration
Tony Dahbura
Executive Director
JHU Information Security Institute
Andrew Farkas
Former Director
National Transportation Center
Tigist Zegeye
Executive Director
Wilmington Area Planning Council (DE)
Mark Edelson
Delegate, 46 District (Baltimore City) MD
House of Representaives
Brian O’Malley
Central Maryland Transportation Alliance
April Rai
President and CEO
COMTO
Tricia Arndt
Assistant Director
DelDOT’s Division of Sustainability and Resiliency (TSR)
Kaan Ozbay
Director
Department of Civil and Urban Engineering and Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP)
NYU
Austin Gray
Senior Planner
Udel Planning