Buttigieg Appoints 24 People To Advisory Committee On Transportation Equity

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced August 17 that 24 members had been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE), a Department of Transportation (DOT) organization aimed at providing advice and recommendations to Secretary Buttigieg regarding issues of civil rights and transportation equality.

The DOT reviewed over 240 applications for the committee. The newly-appointed members, who will each serve two-year terms, include:

Anthony Foxx — professor at Harvard University (chair)
Stephanie Gidigbi-Jenkins — partner at North Star Strategies and VP of the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance (Vice Chair)
Shoshana Akins — manager of Public Participation Planning for the Delaware Valley Region Planning Commission
Charles Brown — founder of Equitable Cities
Flora Castillo — president of Pivot Strategies.
Clarence Daniel-Angapak — Community Development Division director for the Association of Village Council Presidents
Veronica Davis — deputy director of Houston Public Works and director of Transportation and Drainage Operations for the City of Houston
Destiny (Thomas) Deguzman — founder and CEO of the Thrivance Group
Yochai Eisenberg, PhD — assistant professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago
Icema Gibbs — VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and DEI at JetBlue
Priya Sarathy Jones — deputy executive director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center
Vince Malone — chief of staff and administration for the WeGO Public Trust/Nashville MTA
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina — Sustainable Communities program director at GreenLatinos
Diana Mendes — corporate president for Infrastructure and Mobility Equity at HNTB
Roger Millar — secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation
Prashanthi Raman — VP of Global Government Affairs at Cruise
Azikiwe Rich — executive director of Performance Management for the NYC Department of Transportation
Oliver Sellers-Garcia — Green New Deal director and senior advisor to the Mayor of the City of Boston
Tunya Smith — director for the Office of Civil Rights at the North Carolina Department of Transportation
Camille C. Williams — director of Social Responsibility for the Transportation Diversity Council
Phil Washington — CEO of the Denver International Airport
Eboni Wimbush — president and CEO of the Airport Minority Advisory Council
Gregory Winfree — agency director at the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute
Jing Zhang — transportation planner for the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization

“We are grateful to the distinguished members of the ACTE, and I look forward to working with them as we continue our efforts to bring better infrastructure — and the jobs and opportunities that come with it — to every community across the country,” said Secretary Buttigieg.