ITS America Members Dr. Joseph M. Sussman and Robert Denaro Reappointed as Chair and Vice Chair of U.S. DOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems Advisory Committee
Secretary LaHood Also Re-Names ITS America Board Chair Ann Flemer, President Scott Belcher, Other Members to Federal Advisory Committee
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has reappointed ITS America members Dr. Joseph M. Sussman and Robert Denaro as Chair and Vice Chair of the the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Advisory Committee. LaHood alo re-named ITS America Board Chair Ann Flemer, President and CEO Scott Belcher, and other ITS America members to serve on the Congressionally-mandated Federal Advisory Committee.
Dr. Joseph M. Sussman is the JR East Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has served as a faculty member for over 40 years. Robert Denaro is the Vice President of NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality digital map data and content.
Thirteen of the 20 members named to the Advisory Committee by DOT Secretary Ray LaHood are members of ITS America, including several current and past ITS America Board members.
The ITS Advisory Committee is charged with reviewing areas of ITS research being considered for funding by the Department and advising the Secretary on ITS aspects of the Department's strategic plan, according to U.S. DOT. The ITS Research program is overseen by the Department's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA).
"It is an honor to continue serving alongside some of the nation's leading transportation and ITS experts on this important Advisory Committee which is helping to shape the future of the federal ITS research program," Belcher said. "I am extremely pleased that two of the nation's top ITS experts - Dr. Joseph Sussman and Bob Denaro - have been reappointed to serve as Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee. The United States is facing serious traffic safety, congestion and environmental challenges, and it is critical that we continue to advance the development and deployment of ITS technologies that are vital for improving the performance of our multimodal transportation system."
Advisory Committee Members
- Steve Albert; Director of the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University
- Scott Belcher; President and CEO of Intelligent Transportation Society of America
- Joe Calabrese; General Manager, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
- Robin Chase; Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Meadow Networks
- Bob Denaro; Vice President of NAVTEQ (Vice-Chair)
- Dr. Adam Drobot; President and Chief Technology Officer of Advanced Technology Solutions Telcordia
- Ann Flemer; Deputy Executive Director of the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- Dr. Genevieve Giuliano; Senior Associate Dean at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California
- Randell H. Iwasaki; Director of the California Department of Transportation
- J. Peter Kissinger; President and Chief Executive Officer of AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- Jack Lettiere; President of Jack Lettiere Consulting
- Bryan Mistele; Chief Executive Officer of INRIX Technologies, Inc.
- Don Osterberg; Senior Vice President, Safety, Schneider National, Inc.
- Janette Sadik-Khan; Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
- Kirk Steudle; Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation
- Dr. Joseph M. Sussman; JR East Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chair)
- Dr. Peter Sweatman; Director, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
- Gary Toth; Senior Director, Transportation Initiatives with the Project for Public Spaces
- Pravin Varaiya; Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley
- James Vondale; Director of the Automotive Safety Office, Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering for Ford Motor Company