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Javier Ahumada
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FHWA – Kansas Division
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Issac Akem
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FHWA – Oklahoma Division
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Andrew Andrusko
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Minnesota DOT
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Avital Barnea
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AASHTO
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Al Beatty
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Delaware Valley Reg Planning Commission
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Elizabeth (Beth) Bonini
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Pennsylvania DOT
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Jeffrey Brauner
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Port Authority of NY & NJ
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Matthew (Matt) Burns
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Maine DOT
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Marlene Vivian Delgadillo (Vivian) Canizares
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Georgia DOT
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Carole Delion
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Maryland DOT SHA
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Michael (Mike) Donchez
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Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
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Emily Dwyer
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Georgia DOT
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Shain Eversley
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Houston Galveston Area Council
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Cristina Finch
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Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Reg. Commission
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Benjamin (Ben) Fischer
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FHWA – Office of Freight
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Mauricio Garcia
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Connecticut DOT
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Laura Gilmore
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Massachusetts Port Authority
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Samuel (Sam) Hiscocks
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Iowa DOT
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Chandra Inglis-Smith
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FHWA – West Virginia Division
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Maryiam Kazmi
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New Jersey DOT
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Todd Leiss
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
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Leigh Levine
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FHWA – New Hampshire Division
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Gautam Mani
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FHWA – New York Division
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Hilary McCarron
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Port Authority of NY & NJ
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Carlos McCloud
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FHWA – Louisiana Division
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Kathryn (Kate) McMahon
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Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance
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Josh O’Neill
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Rhode Island Statewide Planning Agency / RI MPO
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Chester (Ozzy) Osborne
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Massachusetts DOT, Highway Operations Center
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Benjamin (Ben) Peacock
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Morris Cnty Public Works (NJ), Div of Eng & Transp
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Dave Pelletier
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Vermont Agency of Transportation
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Sherry Pifer
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Texas DOT
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Jeff Purdy
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FHWA – Office of Freight
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Lorinda Tennyson
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NY State DOT
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Elizabeth (Betsy) Tracy
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FHWA – Illinois Division
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Casey Wells
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Texas DOT
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Brandon Wilcox
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FHWA – Massachusetts Division
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Autumn Young
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Florida DOT
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Each member of the Freight Academy 2019 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.
Group 1: Inland Port Capstone
Group 2: Rail Track Improvements and Historic Rail Bridge Reconstruction Projects
Group 3: Addressing Port Congestion and Economic Development
Group 4: Improving Network Resiliency Through Inter-State Corridor Coordination
Group 5: Resiliency Capstone