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Appendix A: Scan Team Participants

Contact Information (at time of scan)

Douglas MacDonald AASHTO (Co-Chair)

Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation
PO Box 47316
Olympia, WA 98504-7316
Telephone: 360-705-7054
E-mail:macdond@wsdot.wa.gov

Connie P. Yew( FHWA Co-Chair)

Highway Engineer, Office of Professional and Corporate Management
Federal Highway Administration
HCM, Room 4208
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590
Telephone: 202-366-1078
E-mail:connie.yew@fhwa.dot.gov

Dr. Michael (Mike) Meyer(Report Facilitator)

Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
790 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332
Telephone: 404-385-2246
E-mail: mike.meyer@ce.gatech.edu

Robert (Bob) Arnold
Division Administrator

Federal Highway Administration New York Division
Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building, Room 719
Albany, NY 12207
Telephone: 518-431-4127
E-mail: robert.arnold@fhwa.dot.gov

John R. Baxter
Director, Office of Safety Design

HAS-10, Room 3419
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590
Telephone: 202-366-9198/ 1795
E-mail: john.baxter@fhwa.dot.gov

Randall K. Halvorson
Director, Program Management Division

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Mail Stop 120
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55155-1899
Telephone: 651-296-1344
E-mail: randy.halvorson@dot.state.mn.us

Hal Kassoff
Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff

1401 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: 202-783-0241, ext. 271
E-mail: kassoff@pbworld.com

Ken Philmus
Director, Tunnels, Bridges, and Bus Terminals

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
1 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Telephone: 212-435-4800
E-mail: kphilmus@panynj.gov

Representing: International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association

Dr. T. Jeffrey Price
Senior Policy Analyst, Virginia Department of Transportation

1401 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Telephone: 804-786-2826
E-mail: jeff.price@virginiadot.org

Douglas (Doug) R. Rose
Deputy Administrator/ Chief Engineer for Operations

Maryland State Highway Administration
707 North Calvert Street (MS C-402)
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-545-0360
Fax: 410-209-5010
E-mail: drose@sha.state.md.us

Dr. C. Michael (Mike) Walton
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C1761
Austin, TX 78712
Telephone: 512-471-1414
E-mail: cmwalton@mail.utexas.edu

William R. (Gary) White
Manager, Federal Highway Administration Midwest Resource Center

19900 Governors Drive, Suite 301
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
Telephone: 708-283-3507
E-mail: gary.white@fhwa.dot.gov

Biographic Sketches

Douglas MacDonald ( AASHTO co-chair) is the secretary of transportation for Washington State. MacDonald directs 6,500 employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation responsible for operation, maintenance, and capital planning and projects for the State highway system and Washington State Ferries, the largest passenger and auto ferry system in the country, as well as programs supporting other transportation modes. Before joining the department in 2001, MacDonald served for nine years as executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, where he implemented a $6 billion program of new facilities for sewage treatment and drinking water delivery and treatment for 61 communities in the greater Boston area. MacDonald holds bachelor's and law degrees from Harvard University. He serves as chair of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Standing Committee on the Environment.

Connie Yew( FHWA co-chair) is a highway engineer for the Federal Highway Administration in the Office of Professional and Corporate Management in Washington, DC. Yew works with various program offices to develop, analyze, and report on key agency performance measures. She recently led an agency-wide effort to develop a corporate strategy on obtaining and responding to customer feedback. Before joining the Office of Corporate Management in 1999, she was the special assistant to the FHWA executive director. Yew holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in public administration from The George Washington University. Yew is a registered professional engineer in Maryland and serves on several technical committees of the Transportation Research Board and the World Road Association.

Dr. Michael Meyer (report facilitator) is professor and former chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1993 to 1998, Meyer was director of transportation planning and development for the State of Massachusetts, where he was responsible for statewide planning, project development, traffic engineering, and transportation research. Before that, he was a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT). Meyer has written more than 120 technical articles and has authored or coauthored numerous textbooks on transportation planning, policy and education, environmental impact analysis, and intermodal transportation. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin, a master's degree in civil engineering from Northwestern University, and a PhD in civil engineering from MIT. He is a registered professional engineer in Georgia.

Robert (Bob) Arnold is the New York Division administrator for the Federal Highway Administration. The office works primarily with its partner, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) , to ensure the State's highway system is an integrated, effective, and efficient part of the Nation's transportation system. As unit leadership, Arnold identifies relevant performance objectives, measures, and goals for the office. This is done in conjunction with NYSDOT and other highway partners when appropriate. He has worked on several FHWA performance measure and quality improvement initiatives, including developing and teaching the FHWA Performance Measures course, serving on the FHWA Environmental "Vital Few" team, and speaking on these topics at numerous national transportation conferences. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Ohio Northern University, and he has worked for title="Federal Highway Administration" FHWA since 1983. Arnold is a member of the American Society for Quality, an organization dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of quality.

John R. Baxter is the director of the Office of Safety Design at the Federal Highway Administration. He leads a multidisciplinary staff in developing and incorporating road and roadside features that impact highway safety performance. Before this appointment, he was FHWA's Indiana Division administrator. Baxter has held numerous FHWA positions during his 21-year career. From 1988 to 1992, he held positions in traffic operations and intelligent transportation systems at the national level. From 1992 to 1995, he was a planning and program management engineer in New Mexico, working with New Mexico's metropolitan planning organizations and national laboratories. From 1995 to 1999, he served as assistant division administrator in the Utah Division, assisting in the development of plans for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and delivering the $1.59 billion Interstate 15 mega project. As Indiana Division administrator, he administered a $700 million-plus Federal-aid highway program in partnership with the Indiana Department of Transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and others. Baxter has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in transportation engineering from Clemson University in South Carolina. He is a registered professional engineer in Utah.

Randy Halvorson is director of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (Mn/ DOT) Program Management Division. This group is responsible for a broad range of planning and operational activities, including all statewide highway investments and modal programs. Before assuming the position in January 2003, Halvorson held a number of positions at Mn/ DOT, including assistant director of program delivery (1999-2002) , assistant commissioner for the Transportation Research and Investment Management (TRIM) Division (1998-1999), assistant division director for TRIM (1994-1998), director of the Transit Office (1985-1994), and director of national relations (1983-1985). Halvorson has master's and bachelor's degrees in political science from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of several national transportation organizations, including the Transportation Research Board's Committee on Performance Measures and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Standing Committee on Planning.

Hal Kassoff is a senior vice president and director of the Highway Practice Area with Parsons Brinckerhoff. Among his varied responsibilities, Kassoff is an instructor on performance measurement at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' National Transportation Management Conferences, held five times a year. Kassoff has written articles and delivered talks on performance measurement. In October 2000, he participated in the Transportation Research Board's National Conference on Performance Measures and presented one of the major papers, "Implementing Performance Measures in Transportation Agencies." He also served on the team that developed the recent AASHTO -adopted Transportation Asset Management Guide. From 1984 to 1996, Kassoff served as administrator of the Maryland State Highway Administration, where he introduced total quality principles, including performance measurement. Kassoff is a civil engineer with a bachelor's degree from the City University of New York and a master's degree in transportation from Northwestern University. He is involved in numerous national organizations, including the American Council of Engineering Companies, American Road and Transportation Builders, International Road Federation, and Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Ken Philmus is director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Tunnels, Bridges, and Bus Terminals in New York, NY. Philmus oversees operations, capital, and planning for the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and George Washington Bridge Bus Station. The facilities under Philmus' responsibility see about 1.5 million travelers per day between New York and New Jersey and collected more than $750 million in revenue in 2003. The George Washington Bridge is the busiest bridge in the world with upwards of 350,000 vehicles per day, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal is the busiest bus terminal in the world with more than 200,000 travelers per day. To carry out the effective movement of both people and goods across the New York/ New Jersey metropolitan region, Philmus manages more than 1,500 employees, $360 million in operating expenses, and a $1.1 billion five-year capital investment plan. Earlier, Philmus served as the deputy general manager of John F. Kennedy International Airport, one of the premier airport gateways in the United States and the busiest international cargo airport in the country. Philmus has a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master's degree in public administration from New York University. He serves on the Executive Board of the International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, E-ZPass Interagency Group, and TRANSCOM, and is vice chairman of the I-95 Corridor Coalition.

Dr. T. Jeffrey Price is a senior policy analyst in the Management Services Division of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) . In his position, he performs planning and development functions, develops policies, and conducts organizational, process review, and re-engineering studies. He brings a breadth of experience to the division, including two years' experience with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, conducting policy analysis for the Office of the Chief Economist (focusing primarily on motor fuels and other energy issues), and 10 years' experience as a consultant, conducting energy market research and cultural resource management studies. In addition, Price spent a year teaching economics at Ambo College in Ethiopia. His areas of expertise include statistics, econometrics, productivity analysis, public policy development, and project management. Since joining VDOT, Price has developed presentations and written letters and reports for the commissioner and his staff, contributed to the 2003 VDOT Workload Assessment, conducted a review of the Asset Management Division, assisted in developing the Asset Management System's Paving Schedule module, conducted statistical analyses of work orders and their relationship to contract schedules, and contributed to agency-wide performance reports. He is familiar with the Highway Economic Requirements System (HERS) model developed by FHWA, as well as the planning model used by VDOT and the agency's performance measures. Price holds bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology with specialization in archaeology from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in agricultural and applied economics with specialization in decision modeling and policy analysis from the University of Georgia.

Douglas (Doug) R. Rose is the deputy administrator and chief engineer for operations at the Maryland State Highway Administration ( SHA). Rose directs SHA's seven district offices, traffic and safety operations, materials and research operations, maintenance, construction, and ITS program. Rose was recently named a member of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' new Subcommittee on Operations and Management and is chair of the Performance Measurement Task Team. Rose graduated from Clarkson College of Technology with a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering, and he has a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland. Rose is active in AASHTO, most recently serving as executive member of the AASHTO -AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Associated General Contractors of America, and American Road and Transportation Builders Association. He also served for four years on the Task Force on Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) Implementation and is a member of AASHTO 's Technology Implementation Group. He chairs the Transportation Research Board Committee on Superpave Education and Communications. Rose is vice president of the Maryland Association of Engineers and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Highway Engineers, and American Public Works Association.

Dr. C. Michael (Mike) Walton is professor of civil engineering and holds the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Walton's research focuses on intelligent transportation systems and intermodal freight logistics, in addition to transportation systems engineering, planning, operations, and policy analysis. He holds a master's degree and a PhD in civil engineering from North Carolina State University. Walton is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the nation's highest honor for engineering professionals. He has served on or chaired a number of national study panels, including serving as past chair of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Executive Committee and current chair of the Research and Technology Coordinating Committee. Walton is a founding member of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, to name a few. Walton has also served as senior editor or contributing author for a variety of technical reference books and manuals, and as a member of the editorial board for several international journals. He has published more than 200 articles and reports, and has presented more than 250 technical lectures, presentations, and keynote addresses.

William R. (Gary) White is a Resource Center manager in Olympia Fields, IL, for the Federal Highway Administration. White is responsible for two of the Resource Center's technical service teams, the Operations Team and the Safety and Highway Design Team. The Resource Center is charged with providing training, technical assistance, and technology deployment to its transportation partners and customers. A significant part of the Resource Center's responsibility is providing technical assistance and technology deployment to the transportation industry to assess the performance of the highway system to determine where it is best to focus the available resources. In the past, White spent five years as an assistant division administrator in the Indiana Division Office of FHWA, where performance measurement became a key element in the operation of the office. The Indiana Department of Transportation, FHWA 's principal partner in carrying out the Federal-aid Highway Program in Indiana, also was just beginning to develop performance measures to assess its program. White has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois, and a master's degree in civil engineering from Ohio State University. White is a registered professional engineer in Ohio.

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