Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO - CG/LA Infrastructure, Washington, DC
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Norman F. Anderson focuses on infrastructure project creation, aimed at increasing the level of infrastructure investment, and the performance of existing infrastructure stocks, in developed and developing countries alike. He has overseen the development and execution of CG/LA’s proprietary analytic models, including: The Global and Latin American; The “Eight Criteria for Assessing a Country’s Infrastructure Capacity,” and CG/LA’s 5 year and 20 year infrastructure demand models. In July 2008 he published the “North American Future, 2025; Outlook for Infrastructure” in The Future of North America 2025; Outlook & Recommendations,” a CSIS publication financed by the Canadian, Mexican and US Executive branches. That work posited a potential North American infrastructure market rising from a current market size of less than $200 billion per year to a level of nearly $450 billion. Mr. Anderson also originated and oversees CG/LA’s highly successful Leadership Forum teams.
He also leads the CG/LA team that develops infrastructure projects globally; and provides high level strategy assessment for the public (cities, states, countries, MDB’s) and private (finance, E&C, equipment/technology) sectors. Among other honors he is a visiting professor in the Politecnico de Madrid, a regular contributor to AmericaEconomia, and an Advisory Board Member of ProAm Vietnam (Hanoi), The Center for Transformation and Strategic Initiatives (London/Washington), and SPINEQ (Madrid). Mr. Anderson began his career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, serving for a total of five years -- including the last two as a grantee of the Inter-American Foundation. He has a graduate degree from Harvard University, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. He is married to the former Ingrid Sckell – they have two children, Norman Gabriel (22) and Janina Victoria (19). He speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese and Guarani.
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Arnold Gibbs, Vice President & Principal - Terracon, Orlando, FL
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Mr. Gibbs is principal and vice president of Client Development for Terracon Consultants, Inc. (Terracon). Terracon is headquartered in Olathe, Kansas and is an over 40 year old, employee-owned environmental, geotechnical and construction material engineering and testing and consulting firm founded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and today has over 100 offices in the United States and over 3,000 employees whose mission was then and remains today “Delivering Success to our Clients and our Employees”.
Mr. Gibbs is a third generation native of Florida, born in Tallahassee, and is a 1964 graduate of Florida State University College of Business. He excelled in student affairs, served as President of Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity, as well as President the Inter-fraternity Council, a Student Senator, Attorney General of the Student Body, and a member of Gold Key.
Before going into business development for the architectural, engineering and environmental consulting industry, he served (from 1980 to 1985) under Governor Bob Graham as National Sales Manager in the Florida Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry Development. He supervised the sales organization that solicited companies to locate manufacturing facilities, corporate headquarters, and research and development centers in Florida.
In 1983, after Congress passed the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), Mr. Gibbs was appointed, by Governor Graham, to develop Florida’s program to address the CBI and open up Florida’s relationships with all of the countries in the CBI, as well as, the appropriate agencies in Washington such as the Commerce Department, Department of Defense and the White House.
Mr. Gibbs is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and currently completed a term as President of NAIOP Florida. He is a member of the Legislative Affairs Committee and Political Action Committee. He actively participates in lobbying issues for ICSC and NAIOP, as well as environmental and engineering issues on behalf of Terracon and related industry groups.
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Judge Quentin L. Kopp, Board Member - California High Speed Rail Authority, San Francisco, CA
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The Honorable Quentin L. Kopp was appointed to the San Mateo Superior Court on January 1, 1999, by Governor Pete Wilson and was administered the oath of judicial office on January 2, 1999. Judge Kopp retired effective January 31, 2004, but was immediately accepted in the Assigned Judges Program of the California Judicial Council. By order of the chief justice of the California Supreme Court, Judge Kopp has been assigned almost continuously to the San Mateo County Superior Court since February 1, 2004, with intermittent assignments to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Humboldt County Superior Court, Sonoma County Superior Court, Napa County Superior Court and Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
On June 13, 2006, the state Senate appointed him to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, charged with implementing high-speed train service from Los Angeles to San Francisco at 200 miles per hour. He was elected chairman of the Authority on August 9, 2006. Prior to judicial appointment, Judge Kopp practiced trial law in San Francisco and Northern California. He served in the California State Senate from December 1, 1986, until December 7, 1998, and as a member of the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors to which he was first elected in November 1971, and re-elected four times thereafter. He was president of such board in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1982.
Judge Kopp’s election to the California State Senate on November 4, 1986, represented election of the first non-incumbent Independent to the Senate since 1878. His re-election in 1990 constituted the first time in California history an Independent was re-elected to the Legislature. That historical milestone was reiterated by his re-election as an Independent to a third term in the Senate in 1994. Judge Kopp served as an ex-officio member of the California Transportation Commission from 1988 until 1998, as a member of the California Law Revision Commission from 1995 until 1998, and a member of the Little Hoover Commission from 1996 until 1998. As an elected local and state legislator for 27 years, Judge Kopp also served as a leader on virtually every regional governmental policy-making body affecting the Bay Area, including:
-Board of Supervisors representative to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), 1976-1986, and Chairman of
MTC, 1983-1985;
-Member, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors, 1973-1974;
-San Francisco designee to the Board of Directors of the County Supervisors Association of California (CSAC), 1976-1986
and president of CSAC, 1980-1981;
-Member of the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, 1977-1986, and vice-
president, 1984-1986;
-Board of Supervisors representative to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 1978-1979;
-Board of Supervisors representative to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 1972-
1978.
Judge Kopp was the founder and chairman of the Bay Area Super Bowl Task Force which brought Super Bowl XIX to Stanford Stadium in January 1985. Judge Kopp is also past president of the San Francisco and California Junior Bar Associations, a former director of the Bar Association and Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco, and a lecturer for 10 years at the annual State Bar Convention. He served from 1962 until 1965 in the American Bar Association House of Delegates as a delegate from the Young Lawyers Association. Judge Kopp maintained his own radio talk show on KGO-AM Radio in San Francisco from 1982 until 1992, and was a weekly commentator on KTVU-TV in Oakland from 1992 until his appointment to the bench. He was born in Syracuse, New York, educated at Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, and served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1952 until 1954.
Judge Kopp is married to the former Mara Sikaters. He has three children, sons Shepard of the law firm of Geragos & Geragos in Los Angeles and Bradley, a musician and ferryboat deck hand, and daughter Jennifer, executive director of the Napa Valley Grape Growers.
Appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore
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Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Director General - International Union of Railways (UIC), Paris, France
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Jean-Pierre Loubinoux is Director General of The International Union of Railways (UIC), with 200 members on 5 continents. UIC is responsible for the coordination of a large number of projects dealing with technical standards, research programs, passenger and freight business, safety and security, and sustainability of transport.
Mr. Loubinoux is an international high speed rail expert with many years experience in all phases of high speed rail system development and operations around the world. A graduate of Ecole Centrale de Paris, Mr. Loubinoux held an early position in Hong-Kong before joining SNCF in 1978. He held several positions of responsibility, such as Director of the General Representation of SNCF in North-America and Chief Executive Officer of French Railways Ltd in the UK. He then joined the SNCF Freight Direction where he successively was Director of the Coal-Steel Business Unit and Director of Human Resources, Logistics, Legal Affairs, Data Processing and Finances Department for Freight Direction. He was Director of International Development for SNCF and Chairman and CEO of SNCF International up to end of March 2009. On April 1, 2009 he became Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC).
Officer of the ’Ordre National du Mérite’, Mr. Loubinoux has been awarded the Legion of Honour and is holder of the Silver Medal of the French Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Tourism. He has been vice-president of the French Chamber of Commerce in UK from 1990 to 1995. He is currently a French Advisor for the Foreign Trade and President of the Transport Committee, President of the France/Argentina Committee at MEDEF International, as well as Vice-President of the Ecole Centrale Association in charge of international development. He is also President of the French Rail Association of Engineers and Managers (AFFI).
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Dr. Thomas Mensah, Chairman - Green Energy and Transportation Company, FL
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Dr Thomas Mensah is one of the four fiber optics innovators in the United States and holder of 7 pioneering patents all awarded over six year time period. His patents were critical to the fiber optics and broadband infrastructure deployment in the United States. Dr. Mensah's technical contributions to date have impacted several industries, namely energy, environment, defense, electronics and advanced transportation. He is a world leader in Green Energy and sustainable development and recently served as a keynote speaker at the United Nations World Energy Forum in New York.
Dr. Mensah is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Deputy Director of Technology region II of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the editor of two symposium book series, Fiber Optics Engineering, 1987 and Superconductor Engineering, 1992. He has served on the visiting committee in Chemical Engineering at MIT, 1988-1992, and received several awards and recognition for his creative talents. He is the 2010 winner of the Percy Julian Award, by NOBBChE, The Promenade of Distinction Award from the Turner Trumpet Award Foundation in 2009, The AIChE 100 Award , Chemical Engineers of Modern Era, 2008, The Golden Torch Award from NSBE (Highest Award), Corning Glass Works, Individual Outstanding Contributor Award for Fiber Optics Innovation. He has been featured in Ebony Magazine and Chemical Engineering Progress Magazine.(2008, 2010).
Dr. Mensah's early work at AT&T Bell Laboratories also led to the development of the Fiber Optics Guided Missile Technology. This work resulted in a patented system that was successfully tested at Mach 1, the speed of sound.
Dr. Mensah serves as Chairman of Green Energy and Transportation Company in Florida, and President and CEO of Georgia Aerospace Corporation. His current work is pushing the frontiers of Nanotechnology, with the development of the first continuous Industrial manufacturing process for free standing carbon nanotubes or buckypaper. This work will revolutionalize Green Industries because structural parts for High Speed Trains and cars will serve as energy storage systems or batteries, as well as produce advanced composite structures incorporating carbon nanotubes that will lead to more reliable windmill blades.
Dr. Mensah was one of the early proponents of High Speed Rail, a 21st century Transportation system that integrates seamlessly with other modes of transportation in America with reduced carbon foot print. He serves on the Advisory Board of the US High Speed Rail organization, NASA Space Grant consortium at Georgia Institute of Technology, Nano Scale Engineering Forum and the AIChE Foundation.
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Antonio Perez, President & CEO - Talgo America
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Mr. Perez is the President and CEO of Talgo, Inc., subsidiary of Talgo in the USA, based out of Seattle, Washington. He is also Director of the Board of Talgo Inc. He began his tenure with Patentes Talgo, S.A. in 1995 where he was responsible for the firm’s local and international project management initiatives that led him to manage projects in the U.S. among other countries. In 1999, Mr. Perez was promoted to head the International Sales Department. In 2001, he came to the US to oversee the operations of Talgo, LRC which was then one of three subsidiary companies in the US acquired to gain industrial capacity as part of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative.
Talgo LRC specialized in rebuilding locomotives, and it was based out of Livingston, Montana.Founded in 1942, Talgo is a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of high-speed intercity passenger trains. Since 1942 Talgo has developed seven generations of Talgo trains which, in combination with Talgo’s preventive maintenance system, have offered the highest level of service to rail passengers both in the European and American markets. Today, Talgo has more than 100 trainsets in operation throughout the world. Among Talgo’s main customers are Renfe (Spanish National Railway Administration), Deutsche Bundesbahn A.G. (German National Railway Administration), SNCF (French National Railways) Amtrak, the Washington State DOT and Wisconsin State DOT.
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Katherine Aguilar Perez, Executive Director - Urban Land Institute Los Angeles, CA
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Katherine Aguilar Perez is the Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council. With her diverse background in private real estate development, governmental policy and urban planning, she has emerged as one of the most articulate and credible advocates promoting the responsible use of land. She was accompanied by a highly acclaimed list of industry professionals chosen for their commitment to workforce housing, green building, and the principles of New Urbanism. Southern California based Business Life magazine also recognized her as an “Outstanding Leader.”
Previously, Ms. Perez was the Vice President of Development for Forest City Development where she focused on transit oriented development and mixed use projects in emerging markets.
Prior to joining Forest City, Ms. Perez was the co-founder and Executive Director of the Transportation and Land Use Collaborative (TLUC) of Southern California, a nationally recognized non-profit that promotes greater civic involvement in planning and development. Previously, she worked for Pasadena Mayor William Bogaard as the Deputy to the Mayor where she worked on transportation, planning and Latino constituents’ issues.
She serves on the Board of Directors for AltaMed Health Services, which provides healthcare and human services to the underserved, multi-ethnic communities of Los Angeles County. She is a member of the UCLA Alumni Council of the Graduate School of Public Affairs and is a member of the Workforce Investment Board for the City of Los Angeles appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
In Fall 2008, Ms. Perez was an Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Planning and Development, teaching the graduate course “Participatory Methods in Planning and Development,” a new course designed to focus on the technical skills of public participation. In Spring 2009, Ms. Perez served as an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA School of Policy teaching an urban design studio called “Transit Oriented Development and Design.”
Ms. Perez is honored to be recognized as a 2009-2010 Senior Fellow of the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Senior Fellows are distinguished civic leaders to volunteer their time to leadership development in the School. Ms. Perez was a lecturer for the 2009 Ford Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development where she addressed issues of regional planning, development and infrastructure. The Ford Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development is focused on the nexus of land use, growth management and transportation infrastructure.
She received her Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Transportation from UCLA and her Bachelors Degree in Political Science from CalState Northridge.
Ms. Perez is most proud of her three children, Diego, Lucia and Antonia, which give her the drive and passion to contribute toward the building and creation of healthy, livable communities for future generations.
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Kevin Riddett, President - Invensys Rail, North America
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President, Kevin Riddett. Kevin's international business experience will be instrumental in the further globalization of Invensys Rail North America. Since joining Invensys Rail in November of 2008, he was appointed by Ulf Henriksson, Chief Executive Invensys plc, as Executive Vice President of Invensys plc . Prior to joining Invensys Rail (Safetran Systems Corporation) he spent a significant part of his early career in the rail industry, achieving the role of President and Chief Executive of one company.
Invensys is a leading manufacturer of rail signalling, control centers, rail automation and automatic train control products.
Prior to coming to Safetran, he spent 12 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of an international, well known tire and cable business, in South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia, residing two of those years in Italy leading their optical fiber cable systems Company. A native of New York, Kevin is a graduate of the State University of NY at Oswego, and recently relocated to Louisville with his wife, Debbie and their four children.
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Anthony Perl, Ph.D., Director - Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University - Vancouver, Canada
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His research crosses disciplinary and national boundaries to explore the policy decisions that affect transportation, cities and the environment. He has published in scholarly journals such as Energy Policy, Transportation Research, Transportation Quarterly, World Transport Policy and Practice, Journal of Air Transport Management, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Public Policy, Canadian Public Policy, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Urban Technology, Canadian Journal of Political Science and Scientific American. His work been awarded prizes for outstanding papers presented at the World Conference on Transport Research and the Canadian Transportation Research Forum.
He has also produced four books. The Politics of Improving Urban Air Quality, which he co-edited and co-authored was published in 1999 by Edward Elgar, U.K. New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in the Twenty-First Century was published by the University Press of Kentucky in 2002. In 2003, the University of British Columbia Press released The Integrity Gap: Canada’s Environmental Policy and Institutions, co-authored and co-edited by Perl. His latest co-authored book, Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil, is published by Earthscan and can be ordered through TransportRevolutions A second edition of Transport Revolutions will be released by New Society Publishers by December 2009.
Perl has advised governments in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, and the United States on transportation and environmental research and policy development. He is a member of the Board of VIA Rail, Canada’s national passenger railway. He also chairs the Intercity Passenger Rail committee of the U.S. Transportation Research Board, a division of the National Research Council. He has served on the Selection Committee of Transport Canada’s Urban Transportation Showcase Program. Perl is currently Vice-Chair of Canada’s Centre for Sustainable Transportation and a Fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute.
He is married and lives without a car in Coal Harbor neighborhood of Vancouver.
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Joe Reed, Vice President, Transit, Balfour Beatty
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Joseph E. Reed is vice president of Transit for Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc., a leading U.S. rail infrastructure contractor specializing in construction and maintenance services for the public and private railroad markets. A 30-year industry veteran, Reed has been heavily involved in the growth and evolution of the North American traction electrification business. As vice president of Transit for Balfour Beatty Rail he is currently charged with establishing and growing the company’s mass transit services, including heavy rail, light rail and streetcar applications. Based in El Monte, California, he spearheads the safe operation and delivery of large, complex Transit projects for clients that include Caltrain, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Denver Regional Transportation District.
Prior to joining Balfour Beatty Rail as vice president in 2003, Reed served as co-founder, president and general manager of IMPulse NC, Inc. Founded in 1990, IMPulse NC grew to become a major provider and constructor of traction power systems in the United States, eventually expanding into the catenary business and becoming the largest catenary provider in North America. During his tenure with IMPulse NC, Reed oversaw the completion of projects such as the electrification of the St. Louis Metro light rail system and the traction power substation retrofits for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
In addition, he led the acquisition of the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) unit of Ansaldo in 2000, overseeing the production and installation of traction power systems for light rail and metro systems across Europe. Reed began his career as a CADD engineer for Ohio Brass and worked his way up the ranks, honing leadership skills through senior business development and project management roles before leaving to co-found IMPulse NC.
Originally from Hico, West Virginia, Reed serves on the committee for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). He is a recipient of the North Carolina Governor’s Volunteer Award and the North Carolina Industrialist of the Year.
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