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Mark Lear

Title: Resource and Legislative Manager, Portland Bureau of Transportation

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Ernest Chrappah

Title: Director, DC Department of For-Hire Vehicles

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Ernest Chrappah is an experienced government executive as well as a successful entrepreneur with a reputation for finding innovative solutions to complex challenges. Chrappah was appointed by Washington, DC, Mayor Bowser and confirmed by the City Council in November 2016 to lead the newly established Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) with a mission to ensure […]

Carlos Cruz-Casas

Title: Assistant Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works, Miami-Dade County

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Carlos Cruz-Casas, P.E. is the Assistant Director of Strategic Planning for Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works. His primary focus is to introduce mobility innovation and plan for a fully integrated transportation system. His career includes both public and private sector experience ranging from conceptual design to implementation of pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and traffic […]

Allison Bullock

Title: Senior Project Manager, Transit Development Group, NYC DOT

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Allison Bullock is a Senior Project Manager with the Transit Development Group at the New York City Department of Transportation. In her role, she leads the planning, design, and implementation of street improvement projects to develop better public transportation options and improve safety throughout the city. Allison works closely with colleagues at the MTA to […]

Gregory Rodriguez

Title: Of Counsel, Best Best & Krieger LLP

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Gregory Rodriguez is with Best Best & Krieger’s Washington, D.C. office. Greg uses his unique experience working on Capitol Hill and as in-house counsel for a transportation planning agency to provide legal and regulatory guidance concerning federal grant and contracting requirements, and monitors, counsels and advocates for clients on federal legislation, rulemakings and funding opportunities […]

Jennifer Cohen

Title: Director of Government Affairs, L.A. DOT

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Jennifer Cohen is the Director of Government Affairs for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). As a member of the department’s executive team she is LADOT’s primary liaison to the City Council and other government entities and leads the department’s strategy and analysis on all local, state and federal legislative issues. In this capacity […]

Tom Kotarac

Title: Deputy Executive Director, Policy & Programming, CMAP

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Tom Kotarac joined the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) in 2015 as deputy executive director of policy and programming. At CMAP, he directs overall agency strategy and setting of research agendas for CMAP’s policy focus areas, including transportation, land use, economic development, housing, tax policy, and governance. Tom also provides oversight on the annual […]

Cara Seiderman

Title: Transportation Program Manager, City of Cambridge

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Cara Seiderman is Transportation Program Manager for the City of Cambridge, overseeing the City’s bike share program (Bluebikes) and managing the Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility Program. Ms. Seiderman has worked in an advisory capacity for several state and national design and technical guides, and frequently gives presentations and workshops on pedestrian and bicycle facility planning, […]

Justin Feek

Title: Principal Transportation Planner, City of Phoenix, Arizona

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Justin Feek is a Principal Planner in the Street Transportation Department for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. His educational background includes a degree in Regional Development from the University of Arizona that compliments private sector work experience in environmental consulting in California, community, land use, and transportation planning for the County of Santa Barbara, California, […]