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Liza Farr

Liza Farr

Title: Associate Project Manager of Economic Development, Bi-State Development
NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Liza has spent the last two years leading the effort to bring bike share to St. Louis, including convening a working group of stakeholders, engaging the community, and writing the dockless bike share permit regulations with robust social equity requirements. The permit has brought three different companies to St. Louis and over 300,000 rides from […]

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Sindhu Bharadwaj

Sindhu Bharadwaj

Title: Program Manager, Policy

Sindhu is the Policy Associate at NACTO where she supports the organization’s national and state policy priorities. She also works on the California Cities Transportation Initiative (CaCTI), coordinating with city leaders on key transportation, technology, and pricing issues statewide.

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Julia Salinas

Julia Salinas

Title: Transportation Planning Manager, LA Metro
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Julia Salinas is a Transportation Planning Manager at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Metro holds a role unique to agencies like it in the United States. It finances, plans, builds, and operates all modes of surface transportation in a county of almost 10 million people. Julia is a native of Los Angeles but […]

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Alison Cohen

Alison Cohen

Title: CEO and President, Bicycle Transit Systems
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Alison Cohen, President and CEO of Bicycle Transit Systems, has arguably the broadest and deepest background in bike share in the US and globally. Since 2007, she has had deep experience in this evolving business, from hands-on operation and implementation of seven bike share systems to contracting, business modeling, sponsorship acquisition, planning and feasibility assessments and […]

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Theresa Dau-Ngo, AICP

Theresa Dau-Ngo, AICP

Title: Transportation Development Manager, Port of Long Beach
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Theresa has over 20 years of experience in transportation and environmental planning, traffic management, and implementation of major infrastructure projects. She currently serves as Transportation Development Manager at the Port of Long Beach, which is one of the world’s busiest seaports and a major gateway for trade between the United States and Asia. Her responsibilities […]

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Paul Van Dyk

Paul Van Dyk

Title: Traffic Engineering Associate, City of Long Beach
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Paul Van Dyk is a Traffic Engineering Associate at Long Beach Public Works. He has managed the city’s bicycle counting program, collision analysis, and helped develop the city’s Bicycle Master Plan. Paul has designed nearly twenty miles of bikeways during his 6 years with the city; since those designs began construction, citywide bicycle collisions have […]

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Tony Cruz

Tony Cruz

Title: Community Outreach Specialist/Bicycle Ambassador, City of Long Beach
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Tony Cruz is a former professional cyclist and U.S. Olympian. He has served as the Bicycle Ambassador for the City of Long Beach since 2009, helping to encourage and promote safe biking throughout the community. He has hosted multiple youth bike camps and school bicycle rodeos. Since the spring of 2017, Tony has worked full […]

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Michael Johnston

Michael Johnston

Title: Livability Coordinator/Administrative Analyst, City of Long Beach
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Michael Johnston is an Administrative Analyst in the Department of Public Works, overseeing a variety of Tidelands and livability projects. He is a graduate of the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California with a Masters of Public Administration. Born and raised in San Diego, Michael established his roots in […]

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Katie Miller

Katie Miller

Title: President, Left Lane Advisors
NACTO Title: Supporting Facilitator, Designing Cities Conference

Katie Miller is the President of Left Lane Advisors and a Principal at Fehr & Peers. An expert in the people-side of the A/E industry, Katie brings over 25 years of experience managing people at all levels with over a decade of coaching leaders in public agencies. She brings a background steeped in the behavioral […]

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Jonah Chiarenza

Jonah Chiarenza

Title: Transportation Planner, USDOT Volpe Center
NACTO Title: Webinar Speaker

Jonah Chiarenza is a Transportation Planner at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jonah works in both the Program Development & Capacity Building and the Transportation Planning Divisions. In this role, Jonah works with a range of Federal agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Forest Service, National Parks Service, […]

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