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You are here: Home / News / TTI Researchers, Staff Members Appointed TRB Committee Chairs

TTI Researchers, Staff Members Appointed TRB Committee Chairs

April 26, 2022

Headshot photos are of TTI employees who are recently appointed as TRB committee chairs or co-chairs.
TTI’s new committee chairs are: (left to right) Karen Dixon, Bill Eisele, Melisa Finley, Bill Frawley, Todd Hansen, Beverly Kuhn, Jolanda Prozzi, Sushant Sharma, Ioannis Tsapakis and Juan Villa.

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) recently appointed Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and staff members as chairs and co-chairs on TRB committees and groups. These newly appointed chairs and co-chairs started their term April 15. Committee chairs may serve two consecutive three-year terms, and group chairs a three-year term.

TRB staff make recommendations for appointments to TRB’s executive director. Chair or co-chair responsibilities involve providing oversight and guidance in a committee or group, managing meetings and assigned tasks, and getting members plugged into TRB activities and events.

Chairs help with “ … promoting innovation and progress in transportation through research; identifying needed research, research in progress, and disseminating completed research; assisting in the development of the TRB Annual Meeting; and reviewing papers submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting and for publication consideration in a Transportation Research Record” (TRB).

TTI’s recently appointed chairs and co-chairs include:

  • Karen Dixon, head of TTI’s Traffic Operations and Roadway Safety Division — co-chair of ACS20 Standing Committee on Safety Performance and Analysis;
  • Bill Eisele, head of TTI’s Mobility Division — chair of AT000 Freight Systems Group;
  • Melisa Finley, TTI senior research engineer —  chair of ACP55 Standing Committee on Traffic Control Devices;
  • Bill Frawley, manager of TTI’s Urban Analysis Program — chair of AEP10 Standing Committee on Transportation Planning Policy and Processes;
  • Todd Hansen, TTI associate research scientist — co-chair of AME50 Standing Committee on Accessible Transportation and Mobility;
  • Beverly Kuhn, Regents Fellow and head of TTI’s System Reliability Division — chair of ACP20 Standing Committee on Freeway Operations;
  • Jolanda Prozzi, head of TTI’s Multimodal Planning and Environment Division — chair of AT030 Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food Transportation;
  • Sushant Sharma, TTI research scientist — chair of AT015 Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics;
  • Ioannis Tsapakis, TTI research scientist — chair of ACP70 Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Monitoring; and
  • Juan Villa, head of TTI’s Mexico City Division — chair of AT020 Standing Committee on International Trade and Transportation.

Congrats to the new appointees!

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: accessible transportation, agriculture transportation, Freeway Operations, freight, highway traffic, International Trade, roadway safety, transportation planning, TRB, TRB Committee Chairs

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