Charity Hilliman (she/her) is the Program Associate of Engagement at NACTO. In her role, she strengthens connections across NACTO’s member network by ensuring that members have the support they need to maximize the value of their membership. Charity brings over five years of experience scaling community-based solutions across urban landscapes. Her career has focused on…
Sophia is a Senior Manager of Multimodal Design and Programs for NACTO. Her role ranges from developing design guidance to supporting member networks to facilitating policy and practice related workshops. Before joining NACTO, Sophia worked for the City of Austin, initially on the Active Transportation team and later on the Urban Design team. Since earning…
As Senior Manager of Member Experience, Ethany engages and supports NACTO’s member agencies, helping them to get the most out of their membership. She is passionate about building more sustainable, accessible, and equitable communities. Over her 20 years in the nonprofit sector, Ethany has worked at the intersections of art and design, social justice, community…
Briah Spencer (she/they) is the Program Associate of Policy and Practice at NACTO. In her role she actively contributes to NACTO’s street design and transportation policy priorities, develops content around these priorities, and facilitates space for discussion and alignment with NACTO’s membership network. Briah began her career in higher education research at a social policy…
Elise Harmon-Freeman helps shape and implement NACTO’s communication strategy, manages the communications calendar, and produces materials that advocate for transformative changes on city streets. Before joining NACTO, Elise served as the Communications Manager for the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There, she managed the department’s print materials, website, press relations, internal communications,…
Fielding Hong is the Senior Manager of Field Building at NACTO. He works to foster a network of strategic partnerships and collaborations that yield learning opportunities and resources for transportation practitioners within and beyond NACTO’s membership network. Throughout his career he has worked at the intersections of education, art and design, civic engagement, and social…
Hannah manages dynamic events that advance NACTO’s goal to connect, challenge, and champion the city transportation professionals working towards equitable, sustainable mobility policy and people-centered street design. As Associate Director of Convening, Hannah leads the production of the Designing Cities conference. Hannah brings over 5 years of experience managing events of many formats and sizes.…
Camille is a Program Manager on the Policy & Practice team, where she leads research and analysis projects. She is a passionate champion of racial justice and gender equity in urban and transportation planning. Prior to joining NACTO, Camille was a policy analyst at a mission-driven financial institution where she used data to inform policy…
Aminah is the Senior Manager, Capacity Building at NACTO, leading the strategy for curricular opportunities that train city transportation professionals to advance sustainable and just design, policy, and organizational culture. Aminah is an architect, urbanist, writer, and teacher who created Future Planners to include and empower children in the process of improving our cities. She helps…
Cary manages NACTO’s multimodal design and related work, developing design guidance and supporting members working on safety programs, shared micromobility, transit, urban design, community engagement, and curb management. Cary convenes roundtables, facilitates peer network calls, and leads workshops to document and share best practices that make North America’s streets safer, more equitable, and more sustainable.…