Christine Calabrese, PMP, CASp, has managed the $180 million East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Program for the City Of Oakland since 2012. Ms. Calabrese earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo and honed her project management skills on major residential, hospital, and interior architectural projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Calabrese joined the City in 1997 as its ADA Projects Manager. In that role, she applied her architectural project management and public administration skills to the development and implementation of universal design and complete streets programs. In 2006, Ms. Calabrese spearheaded a survey of 1,500 linear miles of sidewalk assets and damage. The resulting map-based inventory provides the basis for many successful state and federal transportation grant applications and multiple coordinated public right of way improvement programs. Ms. Calabrese holds Project Management Professional and California Access Specialist program certifications and is an American Institute of Architects Associate.