2015 Academy

Participants

David Blakeney FHWA – Arkansas Division
Laurie J. Carlson Massachusetts DOT, Highway Div., Statewide Operations
Ju-Yin Chen Virginia DOT
Andrea S. Dewey FHWA – Michigan Division
Christopher Dingman FHWA – Michigan Division
Marc Dixon FHWA – Delaware Division
Ryan Endorf USDOT
Rickey Fitzgerald Florida DOT
Andrew Folz North Carolina DOT
Brian Galvin New York State DOT
Krystal Harris Georgia DOT
Jacob A. Hobson U.S. Coast Guard
Brian Hunter Florida DOT District 7  Intermodal Systems Development
Amy Kessler North Central Pennsylvania Regional Plan’g & Dev. Comm.
Thanh Le New Jersey DOT
Keith Lynch FHWA – Pennsylvania Division
Subrat Mahapatra Maryland State Highway Administration
L’Kiesha Markley Maryland State Highway Administration
Bradley McMahon FHWA – Missouri Division
Julie L. Oakley Rhode Island DOT Intermodal Planning Div.
Sandra Rothbard New York City Office of Emergency Management
Stephen Shafer USDOT Maritime Administration
Saintseneca Sok USDOT Maritime Administration
Bill Thompson Nevada DOT
Jacqueline Thorne Maryland DOT

Capstone Projects

Each member of the Freight Academy 2015 was assigned to a capstone project group, and each group was tasked to come up with a plan to address a specific set of needs based on a fictional scenario, and present that plan in both a report and presentation format. The assignments required integration of the material gathered throughout the week in both classroom sessions and field visits. The groups met periodically during the week to begin addressing the assignment, and then continued to work together to finalize their projects after the program ended. Via webcast, each group presented their final plan to a mock Executive Board comprised of subject-expert executive-level mentors from the I-95 Corridor Coalition. The mentor panels provided invaluable insight and feedback furthering the participants’ educational experience.

A copy of each of the groups’ assignments, reports, and final presentations are posted below. These project reports are purely hypothetical, and should not be used out of that context.