Updated August 2023
Gayle Akins
PMO Director, Neology Inc.
Carlsbad, California
Steven Albright
Director of Government Affairs, Association of General Contractors of Texas
Austin, Texas
Bill Allaway
Principal, WHA Consulting
Austin, Texas
Al Alonzi
Texas Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Austin, Texas
Amelia Anderson
Treasurer, Co-founder & President Emeritus, Advancing Women in Aviation Roundtable (AWAR)
Coppell, Texas
Esperanza “Hope” Andrade
Co-Founder & Partner, GO RIO San Antonio River Cruises
San Antonio, Texas
Jeffrey Arndt
President and CEO, VIA Metropolitan Transit
San Antonio, Texas
Michael Behrens
Client Services Advisor, Volkert, Inc.
Yoakum, Texas
Rollin Bredenberg
Vice President, Capacity Planning and Operations Research, BNSF Railway (Retired)
Fort Worth, Texas
David Cain
President, David Cain Consulting
Dallas, Texas
Dan Chen
Vice President and General Manager, 3M Transportation Safety Division
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dennis Christiansen
Director Emeritus, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, Texas
David Coatney
Director, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
College Station, Texas
Sergio Contreras
CEO, Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez LLP
McAllen, Texas
Chuck Ellison
Founder and Principal, The Ellison Firm, Attorneys at Law
College Station, Texas
Ed Emmett
Fellow in Energy and Transportation Policy, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute, Rice University
Houston, Texas
Edward Fernandes
Partner, King & Spalding
Houston/Austin, Texas
Zachary Grasley
Department Head, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Roger Guenther
Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority
Houston, Texas
John Hall
President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Area Research Center
The Woodlands, Texas
Mike Heiligenstein
Principal, Infrastructure Resource Group
Austin, Texas
Bob Jones
President and CEO, Jones Engineering Solutions, LLC
Houston, Texas
Jungus Jordan
Retired Finance and Logistics Executive
Fort Worth, Texas
Dimitris Lagoudas
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Engineering Research, Texas A&M University System
Deputy Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
College Station, Texas
Thomas Lambert
President and CEO, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO)
Houston, Texas
David Laney
Attorney, business and financial law
Dallas, Texas
Bob Lanham
President, Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc.
Katy, Texas
Russell Laughlin
Executive Vice President, Hillwood Properties
Fort Worth, Texas
Carol Lewis
Professor and Director Emeritus, Center for Transportation Training and Research, Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Carlos Lopez
HNTB, Regional Business Development Leader
Austin, Texas
Charan Lota
Group Vice President and Executive Chief Engineer, Connected Technologies, Toyota Motor North America
Plano, Texas
Roger Nober
Executive Vice President, Law and Corporate Affairs, and Chief Legal Officer, BNSF Railway
Fort Worth, Texas
James McCarley
Principal, James McCarley Consultants
Dallas, Texas
Drayton McLane Jr.
Chairman, McLane Group
Temple, Texas
Herbert Richardson
Director Emeritus, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, Texas
Gerald Schwebel
Corporate Executive Vice President, International Bank of Commerce
Laredo, Texas
Pete Sepulveda, Jr.
Executive Director, Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority
Rancho Viejo, Texas
Gary Slagel
President and CEO, CapitalSoft, Inc.
Richardson, Texas
Robert Spillar
Senior Vice President, National Director of Smart Cities, STV
Austin, Texas
Oscar Trevino
President and Owner, O. Trevino Construction
North Richland Hills, Texas
Roberto Treviño
Executive Director, Harris County Toll Road Authority
Houston, Texas
Victor Vandergriff
Executive Director, Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition
Fort Worth, Texas
Kirk Watson
Mayor, City of Austin
Austin, Texas
Jeff Williams
President and CEO, Graham Associates, Inc.
Arlington, Texas
Gregory Winfree
Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, Texas
Jennifer Woodard
Executive Vice President, Associated General Contractors of Texas
Austin, Texas