Mark Dowd has extensive policy experience in transportation, technology, climate, and environmental matters. He currently serves as the Director of Zero Emission Vehicles and a senior member of the President Biden’s Sustainability Team at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Mark is leading the effort to transition the largest fleet in the world to 100% zero emission vehicle acquisitions by 2027 (light-duty) and 2035 (medium- and heavy-duty). He recently led an effort to transition the Postal Service to 100% electric delivery vehicles by 2026. Prior to joining the President’s...
Randy Iwasaki is the President and CEO of Iwasaki Consulting Services, Inc. Prior to tht, he was the Leader of State and Local Transportation for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In that position he leads AWS’s data support and analysis services for state and local transportation agencies, including; artificial intelligence support; use of AWS services in development of new technology in transportation; data analysis methods for policy and planning analyses; traffic operational support; and other uses of AWS services by state and local transportation...
Jeff Morales is a Managing Principal at InfraStrategies, LLC. He has led some of the country’s largest and most complex transportation agencies and programs, employing innovative approaches to produce unprecedented results. He has successfully navigated challenges at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as in the private sector. Throughout his career, Jeff has promoted and implemented programs to promote workforce diversity, community engagement and sustainability through groundbreaking programs. He is recognized for developing innovative...
Bill Quirk served in the California Legislature from 2013-2022 as a California State Assembly Member representing Southern Alameda County. His most important legislative achievements included:
Shortening the permit time for improvements in the cell phone infrastructure. This approach was adapted by the Federal Government for the entire country. Making it illegal to hold a cell phone in your hand while driving. This gave officers a red line they could easily enforce. Aligning California’s regulation of toxic materials cosmetics with the European Union. The US EPA has not been allowed to...
Dr. Banavar Sridhar is Principal Engineer, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Moffett Field, CA. Banavar retired in 2016 as NASA Senior Scientist for Air Transportation Systems. His research interests are in the application of modeling and optimization techniques to aerospace systems. Dr. Sridhar successfully demonstrated vision sensor-based real-time obstacle detection and ranging system on a NASA/Army UH-60helicopter. He has authored more than 200 publications in the areas of Air Transportation, Optimization, Data Analytics, Neural Networks, Automated Helicopter Guidance and...
Shari Tavaf, PE, President / CEO of STRADA EC, LLC. has over three decades of experience managing the implementation of major infrastructure project including twenty years in the transportation industry.
Ms. Tavaf specializes in planning and delivery of transportation, transit and rail Infrastructure programs throughout the US. She is an experienced project manager and is highly adept at utilizing innovative problem solving and motivational leadership techniques to deliver unique solutions to infrastructure challenges.
She has served as senior management at public and...
Egon Terplan is the Robert S. Cornish Endowed Chair of Regional Planning and Lecturer in City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. He is a specialist in regional economic development, land use, transportation, government reform and regional policy and currently writes about and advises on infrastructure, urban revitalization, economic development, region policy, and other topics.
From 2019 to 2022, he was a Governor appointee serving as the Senior Advisor for Economic Development and Transportation within the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Strategic...
Dr. Chai K Toh FREng is an International Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (2019). A technology corporate executive and university professor, he pioneered Wireless Digital Traffic Signs and mobile ad hoc networks. He has worked in the field of vehicular ad hoc networks (car2car) for over 20 years. At industry, he was VP and CTO of Singapore Power Telecom Ltd., leading R&D projects on smart homes and smart energy. He was also the Assistant Chief Executive and Group CTO of Infocom Development Authority of Singapore, Singapore's IT, cloud, data centers and telecoms...
Johanna Zmud is an internationally recognized expert in transportation technology and emerging mobility and a Principal at RSG, a research, analytics, and strategic insights firm. For decades, she has led the application of survey science to travel behavior data collection to understand important phenomena, such as transportation mode choice, and to ascertain developing trends, such as the propensity to use automated vehicles. In 2016, she was named as a...