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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Richard Arena, President - Association for Public Transportation, Boston, MA
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Richard J. Arena is President of the Association for Public Transportation (APT), and a voting member on the Greater Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Transportation Council. His experience and interest in transportation started in the 1970s, when he was retained as a consultant by the U.S. Department of Transportation to assist in the evaluation of new light rail vehicles (LRV).
Arena is also a successful entrepreneur who has founded several companies, raised millions of dollars of venture capital, and brought leading‐edge, high technology products to market. He has extensive domestic and international management experience as a senior executive at Fortune 50 (Motorola, Texas Instruments) as well as start‐up companies (CrossComm, Net2Net). Areas of expertise include strategic marketing as well as global distribution.
Arena is a strong proponent of enhancing America’s competitiveness through increased funding for critical transportation infrastructure. He advocates utilizing “best practice” private sector methodologies for public sector projects.
Richard Arena earned a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from Cornell University, and an MBA in marketing and finance from Boston University. He is a frequent passenger on America’s only higher‐speed passenger rail service, the Amtrak Acela.
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Joseph Borremans, President, High Speed Rail Consulting
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Joseph Borremans is an International Project Manager specializing in large-scale transportation projects. He is currently focusing his expertise on developing High Speed Rail across North America through the development of effective partnerships, consortiums and joint ventures with governments, agencies, multi-national transportation providers and funding sources. His transportation expertise experience covers both rail and aviation and includes a profound understanding of passenger terminals and worldwide haulage logistics. Mr. Borremans has honed his skills in neutrality and objectivity towards interoperability, technical standards, engineering, building methods, operations and maintenance. He is bringing that proficiency to help make the American high-speed rail network a success.
Mr. Borremans’ past engagements include projects with Dutch Railways (NS/NPC) and Belgian Railways (TUC RAIL) to further business relationships by establishing synergistic relationships, partnerships and consortiums with multi-national transportation solution providers. For example, with the Dutch Railways, he built strong relationships with the Ministry of Rail (MOR), the Chinese Academy of Railway Science (CARS) in China and the Asian Development Bank that financed those projects. The projects focused on HSR Passenger Dedicated Lines (PDL) and HSR Emergency Management.
As the International Project Manager and Acting COO for a United Nations peacekeeping project in the Congo, he was responsible for six airports and airfield services for the UN’s largest African fleet of over 90 aircraft. Using his entrepreneurial skills, Mr. Borremans created the American Heart Association’s International Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Department. He established the AHA’s International suite of training products as the leading healthcare service throughout Latin/Central America, Asia and Europe. Additionally, as the Director of Marketing and Business Operations for Sprint, he helped build the company into a multi-billion dollar telecommunications giant.
He holds an Engineering degree from ISIB and a Business Administration degree from Augusta State University, College of Business Administration. He also has a Master Project Management (MPM), a Certified International Project Management (CIPM) from the American Academy of Project Management and an Executive Leadership (CEL) from Cornell University. Mr. Borremans also holds a FAA commercial aviation license (CAMEL).
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David Carol, Vice President - PB Americas
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As Market Leader, High-Speed Rail, David Carol is responsible for developing a long-term global strategy for participation in high-speed and other passenger rail opportunities, as well as helping to advocate for, and advance, high-speed rail (HSR) in the United States.
Mr. Carol’s experience in the rail passenger industry includes program and project management and advocacy at the national level. He joined PB from the Charlotte Area Transit System, where he served as project manager for commuter rail and streetcar projects. Previously, he led implementation of Amtrak’s $2.5 billion Northeast Corridor HSR program that included developing and deploying Acela high-speed trains and upgrading Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor to permit electrified service at speeds up to 150 mph. He also served as Amtrak vice president for HSR Corridor Development, where he worked with federal and state officials to improve passenger rail in many of the nation’s ten designated HSR corridors. As Market Leader High-Speed Rail for PB, Mr. Carol is working with state and federal officials to develop a national HSR policy, position clients for Federal funding, and participating on passenger rail project teams.
Mr. Carol received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Amherst College in 1977, and his J.D. and M.A. (Foreign Affairs) from the University of Virginia in 1981. A member of the Bar in Washington, DC and Virginia, he is also a member of the American Public Transportation Association, serving on the Intercity Rail Committee.
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Connie Crawford, Senior Vice President, Louis Berger Group
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| Connie Crawford, Senior Vice President at The Louis Berger Group, has 30 years of public and private sector experience in the management, design and construction of large scale transportation programs. She served as Chief Engineer for MTA New York City Transit, where she was responsible for a $2 billion annual capital program for subway and bus infrastructure. Previously, as Chief Engineer for the NewYork City Department of Transportation, she managed planning, design, construction and maintenance of close to 900 bridges and tunnels.
Ms. Crawford holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in engineering from Princeton University, where she also taught a course on bridge engineering. She is a licensed professional engineer, is actively involved in several professional organizations, including APTA, USHSR, ASCE, Transportation Diversity Council (TDC) and FIRST Robotics, and is and a strong proponent of mentoring programs for students and young professionals. She has authored and presented numerous papers on engineering topics, and is the recipient of a number of industry recognitions.
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Rod Diridon, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute
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Since 1995, Rod Diridon, Sr., has been executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI), a transportation policy research center created in 1991 by Congress. He is known as the “father” of modern transit service in Silicon Valley and has chaired more than 100 international, national, state and local programs, most related to transit and the environment. He frequently provides legislative testimony on sustainable transportation issues.
Mr. Diridon was appointed in 2001 and 2005 by Governors Davis and Schwarzenegger, respectively, to the California High Speed Rail Authority Board of which he is chair emeritus. He helped found and is chair emeritus of the American Public Transportation Association’s ( APTA) High Speed and Intercity Rail Committee and National High Speed Rail Corridors´ Coalition. He served as president of the national Council of University Transportation Centers.
In 1992, he served as the chair of APTA in Washington DC and for a decade as North American vice chair of the International Transit Association (UITP) in Brussels. In 1976, he chaired the state’s first successful local half-cent sales tax for transit and subsequently chaired a state-wide and four successful regional transportation financing and bond elections.
In 1996 he founded and chaired the Transportation Research Board´s study panel, “Combating Global Warming through Sustainable Transportation Policy.” He advised the Federal Transit Administration and in 1995 chaired the National Research Council´s Transportation Research Board´s Transit Oversight and Project Selection Committee. He has provided keynotes, especially for high speed rail and sustainability, in more than 50 US cities and for a dozen international conferences, and he has published numerous related articles. He has driven electric cars since 1996 and his home’s photovoltaic array is a net contributor to the grid. Since 1995 he’s chaired the region’s League of Conservation Voters Board and is a Life Member of the Sierra Club.
His political career began in 1971 as the youngest person ever elected to the Saratoga City Council. He retired in 1995 because of term limits after completing six terms as chair of both the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the Transit Board. He is the only person to have chaired the San Francisco Bay Area´s (119 cities, 27 transit agencies, and 9 counties) three regional governments: the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and the Association of Bay Area Governments. He chaired nine successful rail system development project boards. The region’s main train station was renamed the “San Jose Diridon Station” upon his retirement from public office.
After receiving a BS in accounting and MSBA in statistics in 1963 from San Jose State University, he served two combat tours as a naval officer in Vietnam. In 1968 he founded the Decision Research Institute which was sold in 1977 after his election. Mr. Diridon has two successful children, Rod Jr. and Mary Margaret, and two grandchildren. He is married to Dr. Gloria Duffy, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and now president and CEO of the Commonwealth Club of California.
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Peter Gertler, Chair, High Speed Rail Services - HNTB
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Peter Gertler has 23 years of experience in public transportation and program management across the United States and around the world. Since joining the firm in 2004, Gertler has worked as a project manager, technical lead, West Division sales officer and is currently the chairman of HNTB’s high-speed rail services.
With interest in high-speed rail spurred by the 2009 stimulus package, the United States is in the midst of an unparalleled undertaking that will significantly alter the way Americans travel and commute. Under Gertler’s leadership, HNTB has become a leader in that undertaking as one of the top firms bringing high-speed rail to America — most recently serving as the project manager for the California High-Speed Rail Engineering and Environmental Studies project (Los Angeles to San Diego Corridor, Sacramento, Calif.)
Throughout his career, Gertler has focused on developing and implementing public transportation alternatives through comprehensive and innovative technical and analytical means, as well as through broad-based community and stakeholder outreach.
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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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Armin Kick, Director - High Speed Rail Development, Siemens Industry, Inc. Mobility Division
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Armin Kick was named Director, High Speed Rail Development in July 2009 and is responsible for high speed rail business development across the United States. Armin's career has spanned planning, consulting, and manufacturing in the transportation field, with specific work experience in the rail car manufacturing industry. His areas of expertise include project management, engineering management, production management, and general plant management.
He has managed multiple large-scale projects throughout all project phases from project initiation to closure for contracts in Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. His most recent assignment was successfully delivering the Boston Blue Line subway cars to the customer. Armin joined Siemens in August of 2002. In April of 2003 he moved to Sacramento as a project manager for rail contracts in Houston, Texas. He spent 2007 to 2009 on the East Coast working on the Boston Blue Line subway contract for the MBTA.
Previous to his joining Siemens, Armin worked as a rail transportation consultant in Europe. He was engaged in consulting agencies and operators and has an in-depth understanding of rail systems, including high speed rail, through his professional engagement. Armin holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, an MBA from Union College in Schenectady, New York and his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
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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.
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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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Secretary Norman Mineta, Vice Chairman - Hill & Knowlton, Washington DC
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Secretary Norman Y. Mineta is Vice Chairman of Hill & Knowlton based in its Washington, DC office. Mineta provides counsel and strategic advice to Hill & Knowlton clients on a wide range of business and political issues. Mineta is well known for his work in the areas of transportation – including aviation, surface transportation, and infrastructure – and national security. He is recognized for his accomplishments in economic development, science and technology policy, foreign and domestic trade, budgetary issues and civil rights.
Mineta’s career in public service has been both distinguished and unique. Born to immigrant Japanese parents in San Jose, California, Mineta and his family were detained along with 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent at an internment camp during World War II. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Mineta joined the Army in 1953 and served as an intelligence officer in Japan and Korea. For almost thirty years, Mineta represented San Jose, California – the heart of Silicon Valley – first on the City Council, then as Mayor, and then from 1975 to 1995 as a Member of Congress. Throughout that time, Mineta was an advocate of the burgeoning technology industry. He worked to encourage new industries and spur job growth, and he supported the development of the infrastructure to accommodate the industry and its tremendous growth.
Mineta served as the Chairman of the House Transportation and Public Works Committee from 1992 to 1994, after having chaired the Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. He was the primary author of the groundbreaking ISTEA legislation – the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. In 2000, Mineta was appointed by President Bill Clinton as the United States Secretary of Commerce. At the Department of Commerce, Mineta was known for his work on technology issues, for achieving international cooperation and intergovernmental coordination on complex fisheries issues, and streamlining the patent and trademark process.
Mineta was appointed Secretary of Transportation by President George W. Bush in 2001, where he served until 2006. Following the horrific terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, Mineta guided the creation of the Transportation Security Administration – an agency with more than 65,000 employees – the largest mobilization of a new federal agency since World War II. Mineta was also a Vice President of Lockheed Martin where he oversaw the first successful implementation of the EZ-Pass system in New York State.
Recognized for his leadership, Mineta has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom – our nation’s highest civilian honor – and the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, which is awarded for significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States. While in Congress, he was the co-founder of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and Chair of the National Civil Aviation Review Commission in 1997. Secretary Mineta is married to Danealia (Deni) Mineta and has two sons, David Mineta and Stuart Mineta, and two step-sons, Robert Brantner and Mark Brantner.
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Todd Myers, Director of Operations - Alion Science and Technology
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Todd Myers is the Director of Operations at Alion Science and Technology, and has over 25 years project management, consulting and business development experience in support of the Department of Defense, Transportation, and Industrial markets. He is the high speed rail business development liaison for Alion Science and Technology.
Mr. Myers has provided project management and subject matter expertise in the areas of legacy environment transition management, and performance and change management in support of a $6.9B Department of the Navy technology-outsourcing program. He served as project manager for numerous large scale Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) projects, and is an experienced consultant of strategic planning and management support at the flag officer and executive levels.
Prior to joining Alion Science and Technology, he worked for Booz Allen Hamilton for eight years as a lead management and consulting team member. Prior to Booz Allen Hamilton he worked for Lockheed Martin for over ten years with his last position as a business unit Director of Operations. He also worked in the General Aviation industry leading the business operations for a Raytheon Aircraft Corporation Division for three years.
Raised a proud military dependent, he had the opportunity to live and visit numerous European countries and U.S. States. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Northern Colorado and his Master of Business Administration from Webster University. Todd lives in Lakeridge, VA and works in Washington D.C.
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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, Partner - Estolano LeSar Perez Advisors, Los Angeles, CA
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Katherine Aguilar Perez served most recently as the Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council (ULI LA) prior to co-founding ELP Advisors LLC. With her diverse background in private real estate development, transportation policy and urban planning, she has emerged as one of the most articulate and credible advocates promoting the responsible use of land and transportation.
Before heading up ULI LA, 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 constituent issues.
In August 2009, Ms. Perez was appointed to the California Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission by Secretary of Business, Transportation & Housing Dale Bonner. The Commission assists the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and regional transportation agencies in developing public-private financing agreements for high-priority infrastructure projects throughout the state.
Ms. Perez serves on the Advisory Board of the USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate. Ms. Perez is an Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Planning and Development. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA School of Policy and is honored to be recognized as a 2009-2010 Senior Fellow of the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Ms. Perez received her Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Transportation from UCLA and her Bachelors Degree in Political Science from California State University Northridge.
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Anthony Perl, Ph.D., Director - Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University - Vancouver, Canada
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| Anthony Perl joined Simon Fraser University in 2005 as Professor of Urban Studies and Director of the Urban Studies Program. He is also cross appointed as Professor of Political Science. Before that he worked at the City University of New York, the University of Calgary and Universite Lumiere in Lyon, France. He received an undergraduate honours degree in Government from Harvard University, an MA specializing in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto.
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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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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Dwayne Sampson, President - Transportation Diversity Council, New York City
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Mr. Sampson is the founder and President/CEO of the Transportation Diversity Council (TDC), a not-for-profit organization, led by seasoned executives from the worlds of transportation, education and construction who are dedicated to ensuring that every individual and company has the opportunity to fully contribute to America’s future. Prior to founding TDC, he served four years as President of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) – New York State Chapter, where he championed the effort to create a more “level playing field” for members’ access to jobs, promotions, and contract opportunities. He believes these are the pathways to lasting prosperity for his community and the nation as a whole.
Mr. Sampson has been employed at MTA New York City Transit for the past 18 years and currently holds the position of Superintendent, Maintenance Operations, NYC Transit Bus Depot. His tenure at New York City government includes Superintendent, Logistics Office of the Executive Vice President - Division of Material and Logistics, and Contract Manager, Office of the Executive Vice President – Division of Material and Operations, He has also served as a Fraud Investigator at the New York City Department of Finance, where he conducted criminal investigations and formulated strategies to enforce New York City and New York State tax laws as a comprehensive effort to reduce tax fraud.
He is active in several civic establishments, including the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), as past President - New York State Chapter; Member, One-Hundred Black Men of America, Inc., member, 77th Police Precinct Community Council, Member, McGraw Hill Companies Construction M/WBE Council, Member, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Parent Representative, The Hill School, Pottstown, PA. Mr. Sampson has the passion, drive and determination to promote diversity and to bring about increased opportunity in the transportation community. He demonstrates unique leadership and vision, and inspires peers in the transportation and construction industry to aspire towards corporate and professional growth. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University at Albany, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Baruch College. He and his wife Debra and two sons, Dwayne Jr. and Desmond currently reside in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sanford Stein, Partner - Quarles & Brady, Chicago, IL
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Sanford M. Stein is a partner in the Chicago office of the national firm of Quarles & Brady LLP. Mr. Stein concentrates his practice in energy, environmental, land use, zoning and government relations law. Sandy is a recognized energy, environmental and land use lawyer, having been elected as a “Leading Attorney” in those fields by the American Research Corporation. He was involved in some of the first decisions under the National Environmental Policy Act and, as an attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was responsible for numerous enforcement and policy matters. His practice today encompasses a broad array of energy, environmental and related land use, zoning and regulatory issues in Illinois and across the country. He has also been awarded recognition by The Best Lawyers in America® and Illinois Super Lawyers®.
For more than 30 years, Sandy has served governmental and private sector clients in an array of legislative, regulatory and judicial activities in a multistate area. His land use and zoning practice is highlighted by his work for land developers in Brownfields redevelopment, annexation, urban development, zoning and land use litigation. He has been successful in complex mixed-use developments and commercial, industrial and residential projects. He is also skilled in municipal tax incentive programs including tax increment financing (“TIF”), sales tax sharing programs and special service area financing. He has represented clients in urban redevelopment projects utilizing municipal incentives in Chicago, Washington, D.C. and other places.
Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples and Tampa, Fla.; Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.; and Shanghai, China. The Firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies.
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Beth Van Duyne, Mayor - City of Irving, Texas
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Beth Van Duyne was elected mayor of the City of Irving in June 2011. She previously served as a member on the city council from 2004 - 2010. She graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with honors in all subjects.
Mayor Van Duyne is the council liaison to the Development Advisory Committee and the Mayor’s Education Advisory Council. In additioin, she serves as the council liaision to the Chamber of Commerce, National League of Cities, North Central Texas Council of Government, North Texas Commission and the Urban Center Task Force.
Beth is the proud mother of two wonderful children, Katie and Pearce.
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Charles Wochele, Vice President Industry & Gov't. Relations - Alstom Transportion Inc. - NY
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Chuck Wochele is Vice President - Industry and Government Relations for Alstom Transportation Inc. the US subsidiary of Alstom Transport, which is headquartered in Paris, France. Chuck’s 35-year career in the rail industry started in1975 with the US division of a UK Company Westinghouse Brake & Signal. In 1987, he joined Morrison Knudsen Company’s newly formed rail division where he worked for 10 years before moving on to Alstom Transportation Inc in 1997. During his career, Chuck has been involved in both freight and passenger rail sides of the business and has held positions in Production Management, Procurement, Project Management, and Customer Service but spent the majority of time in, Sales, Marketing and Business Development. Most of his activities over the past have been focused on the development of public sector projects in mass transit and passenger rail.
Chuck is a very active member of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), which is the industry’s premiere public/private trade organization. Within APTA, Chuck is a member of the APTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Chairman of the Business Members Board of Governors, Vice Chair of the High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Committee and a member of 10 other standing committees of the organization. In addition to his APTA work, Chuck is a member US High Speed Rail Association and several other passenger rail industry organizations.
Alstom is the world leader in the production of High Speed Trains. Alstom’s rolling stock product range includes high-speed trains, rapid transit metros, EMUs, commuter rail cars, locomotives and intercity trainsets. The company also provides a complete line of advanced AC rail system propulsion products, as well as Advanced Information Systems. The company designs and furnishes signaling equipment ranging from communication-based train control systems, Vital Processor interlocking control systems, computer-based centralized traffic control systems, and completely automatic train control to switch machines, circuit controllers, impedance bonds, relays, and signals. Alstom also offers a comprehensive range of maintenance and renovation services. Products and services are supplied at various levels of integration and customization according to customer needs -- from partial to full turnkey provision of a complete transport system. Alstom’s Hornell, NY manufacturing facility complex is the largest passenger rolling stock facility in the US and has manufactured or remanufactured over 5000 passenger rail cars since 1983.
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