Research and Administrative Faculty

EDWARD MIERZEJEWSKI, PhD, PE, Director. PhD, Civil Engineering, University of South Florida, 1996; MSCE, Transportation System Analysis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971; BSCE Transportation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1969. Specialties: transportation systems analysis, environmental impact analysis, traffic and parking studies, highway planning, transportation economics. Call 813-974-3120. Resume


SEAN BARBEAU, Research Associate. BS, Computer Science, University of South Florida, 2003. Specialties: Mobile devices--software development, communications, GPS, user interfaces, database administration, expert systems. Call 813-974-7208.  

EDWARD BART, Senior Research Associate. MPA, University of South Florida, 2007; BBA, McKendree Business College, 1989.  Specialties: maintenance management and analysis, maintenance training and curriculum development, fleet performance measurement and reporting, trend analysis, preventive maintenance planning and development. Call 813-974-6693. 

ALEX BOND, AICP, Research Associate. MAURP (Regional Planning), University of Florida, 2005.  Specialties: intergovernmental coordination, metropolitan planning, land use planning, public participation, housing and economic development factors. Call 813-974-9779.

JULIE BOND, Senior Research Associate; Director, New North Transportation Alliance. BS, Business Administration, Southern Utah University, 1993. Specialties: transportation demand management, public involvement, community outreach, transit pass programs, bicycle advocacy. Call 813-974-9799.

GARY L. BROSCH, Founding Director; Editor, Journal of Public Transportation. MS, Economics, Florida State University, 1973; BS, Economics, University of South Florida, 1971. Specialties: bus rapid transit, urban community economic analysis, innovative financing, urban mobility, transportation innovations. Call 813-974-3120. Resume

ALASDAIR CAIN, Senior Research Associate. MSCE, Transportation Engineering, University of South Florida, 2000; BEng (Hons), Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow, 1996. Specialties: road pricing, public transportation, public involvement, market research, qualitative research, transportation surveys, stakeholder consultation. Call 813-974-5036.

MARTIN CATALA, Senior Research Associate. MA, Public Administration, University of South Florida, 1997; BS, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida, 1994. Specialties: geographic information systems, database management, graphics, campus shuttle systems. Call 813-974-9791. Resume

XUEHAO CHU, Senior Research Associate. PhD, Economics, University of California at Irvine, 1993; MA, Economics, University of California at Irvine, 1991; BS, Mathematics, Hangzhou University, China, 1982. Specialties: transportation economics, urban and regional economics, discrete choice analysis, quantitative methods. Call 813-974-9831. Resume

SISINNIO CONCAS Senior Research Associate. MA, Economics, University of South Florida, 2000; Doctor in Political Science, Universita’ degli Studi di Sassari, Italy, 1997. Specialties: econometric modeling, economic policy analysis. Call 813-974-7760.  Resume

HENRY CUSACK, Senior Research Associate. BA, 1970, Business Administration and Transportation, Youngstown State University. Specialties:  Public transportation management and operations, bus fleet maintenance, bus/support vehicle procurement, transit employee training, transit system planning, emergency management transit response, exclusive busway & special transit service operations, system dispatching, and service scheduling. Call 813-974-7834.

JANET DAVIS, Deputy Director, Transportation Finance, Management & Administration Program. BA, Psychology, Southern Illinois University. Specialties: transportation planning, transportation program development & evaluation, toll agency management and operations, financial analysis. Call 813-974-6920. Resume

CHRISTOPHER P. DEANNUNTIS, Senior Research Associate. BS, Economics, Florida State University, 1986. Specialties: transit operations, service planning, scheduling/runcutting, transportation development planning, fare policy, public involvement, community outreach, customer service, grant writing. Call 813-974-8942. Resume

ANTHONY FERRARO, Research Associate. MPH, University of South Florida, 1998. Specialties: transportation safety, motorcycle/bicycle safety, survey analysis. Call 813-974-2004. Resume

JENNIFER FLYNN, Research Associate. BA, Urban Geography, University of South Florida, 2002.  Specialties: urban planning, geographic information systems, urban transit circulator systems, data compilation and analysis for transit development plans.  Call 813-974-3120.

NEVINE LABIB GEORGGI, Research Associate. MSCE, University of South Florida, 2000; BS, Civil Engineering, Cairo University, 1984. Specialties: Trip generation models, travel behavior research, travel-related statistical analysis, transportation survey design and analysis, project development and environmental studies, specialized library development. Call 813-974-9770. Resume

JAY GOODWILL, PE, CCTM, Senior Research Associate. MS, Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1975; Masters of Public Works, University of Pittsburgh, 1975; BS, Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1973.  Specialties: public transportation, transportation planning, transit marketing, transit system planning, transit performance analysis, ADA planning/implementation, transit funding.  Call 813-974-8755. Resume

ROB GREGG, Director, Transit Management Program. BA, History, University Florida. Specialties: public transportation, market research, community involvement, planning, employee motivation, intergovernmental partnership coordination. Call 813-974-8383. Resume

SARA J. HENDRICKS, AICP , Senior Research Associate. MRP, Land Use Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991; BA, Film, The Pennsylvania State University, 1983. Specialties: land use planning and growth management, traffic and environmental impact analysis, bicycle/pedestrian facilities planning, communications. Call 813-974-9801. Resume

DENNIS P. HINEBAUGH, Director, Transit Program. BS, Social Sciences, Michigan State University, 1978. Specialties: transit system planning, bus rapid transit, rail transit planning, transitways, short and long range capital and operating planning, transit fare policy. Call 813-974-9833. Resume

ANN C. JOSLIN, Senior Research Associate. BS, Business  Administration, University of Central Florida, 1981. Specialties: transit planning, transportation demand management, university  transportation, electronic payment systems. Call 813-974-9183. Resume

ALEXANDER KOLPAKOV, Research Associate. MA, Economics, University of South Florida, 2003. Specialties: economic policy analysis.  Call 813-974-4038. 

JEFF KRAMER, AICP, Senior Research Associate. Master of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994; BA, Government, Cornell University, 1988. Specialties: transportation and land use planning, government relations. Call 813-974-1397. Resume

CHANYOUNG LEE, PhD, Senior Research Associate, ITS, Traffic Operations & Safety Program. PhD,Transportation Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; certificate in Transportation Management and Policy, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies,  UWM; MS Transportation Planning, BS Urban Planning, Hongik University . Specialties: traffic analysis support, winter weather mobility impacts, microsimulation calibration and validation, ramp metering retiming.  Call 813-974-5307.

PEI SUNG LIN, PE, Director, ITS, Traffic Operations & Safety Program. PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1995; MS, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1991; BS, Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, 1986. Specialties: ITS, traffic operations and engineering, traffic impact studies, traffic safety.  Call 813-974-4910. Resume

MARK A. MISTRETTA, Research Associate. MA, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, 1997; BS, Geography, University of South Florida, 1995. Specialties: transit planning, transit performance analysis, transportation planning, statistical analysis. Call 813-974-9758.  Resume

WILLIAM P. MORRIS, Senior Research Associate. BA, Social Sciences, University of Florida, 1985. Specialties: market research, strategic planning, marketing, transportation development plans, customer service/customer relations, transit/MPO planning process, fare policy, public involvement, training, community outreach. Call 813-974-3120. Resume

VICTORIA A. PERK, Senior Research Associate. MA, Economics, University of South Florida, 1993, BA, Economics, Eckerd College, 1992. Specialties: transportation economics, transit system performance analysis, transit development plans, transit service planning, survey design and analysis, statistical analysis. Call 813-974-7327. Resume

STEVEN E. POLZIN, PE, Director, Mobility Research Program. PhD, Civil Engineering, Transportation, Northwestern University, 1986; MSCE, Urban Systems Engineering, Northwestern, 1976; BSCE, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974. Specialties: public transportation, public policy analysis, transportation planning, systems evaluation, planning process design, mobility analysis. Call 813-974-9849. Resume

SACHIN RAI, Research Associate. MS, Civil Engineering (Transportation), Michigan State University, 2004; BS, Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, 2001. Specialties: transit operations, traffic operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and traffic safety. Call 813-974-3296.

AMBER REEP, Senior Research Associate. MS, Technology Systems Management, State University of New York , 1997; BS, Transportation Planning, Dowling College , 1996. Specialties: transportation planning, transit operations/ maintenance training and curriculum development, transit security assessments and research, distance learning technologies. Resume

STEPHEN REICH, Director, Transportation Finance, Management & Administration Program. BA, Geography & Environmental Planning, Towson State University, 1979. Specialties: transportation agency management, innovative financing, capital programming, federal aid, toll facility management and operations. Call 813-974-6435. Resume

DEBORAH B. SAPPER, Senior Research Associate. BS, Geography, Michigan State University, 1983. Specialties: transit planning, bus safety, transportation planning and policy analysis, geographic information systems.  Call 813-974-1446.

KAREN E. SEGGERMAN, AICP, Senior Research Associate. Master of Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990. Specialties: transportation concurrency, level of service, land use planning, zoning, public participation. Call 813-974-5723. 

LISA STAES, Director, Transit Technical Assistance & Training Program. BS, Geography, Florida State University, 1987; FDOT Leadership Academy, 1997. Specialties: Federal Transit Administration programs and policies, FDOT grant programs and directives, transit planning, transportation disadvantaged planning, and state and federal transportation legislation. Call 813-974-9787. Resume

CHERYL THOLE, Research Associate. MA, Urban & Regional Planning, University of Florida, 2003; BA, Political Science, University of Florida, 1997.  Specialties: transportation planning and growth management, geographic information systems, paratransit.  Call 813-974-9920.

JOEL VOLINSKI, Director, National Center for Transit Research. MSUP, Urban Planning, Columbia University; 1975, BA, Urban Geography, State University of New York at Albany, 1971. Specialties: public transportation, public administration, urban planning, community development. Call 813-974-9847. Resume

KRISTINE WILLIAMS, AICP, Director, Planning & Corridor Management Program. MUP, Urban Planning, Michigan State University, 1988, BA, Cultural Anthropology, Michigan State University, 1982. Specialties: access management, corridor preservation, growth management, land development regulation, land use law, public involvement. Call 813-974-9807. Resume

PHILIP L.WINTERS, Director, Transportation Demand Management Program. BS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978. Specialties: transportation demand management, suburban mobility, program evaluation, total quality management. Call 813-974-9811. Resume

CINDY WOOTEN, Senior Research Associate. MS, Management, University of South Florida, 1999. Specialties: finance and accounting. Call 813-974-9771. Resume

HUAGUO ZHOU, PhD, PE, Senior Research Associate. PhD, Transportation Engineering, University of South Florida, 2001; PhD, Highway Engineering, Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing. Specialties: highway and traffic engineering, ITS, operational effects of geometrics, transportation planning, access management, computer simulation in transportation. Call 813-974-9809. Resume


CUTR Staff

ALI AKRAM, Network Administrator
ARUNIMA BAGUI
, Accounting Coordinator

REBECCA BOSCO, Program Assistant, TPEEA
MOLLY BUFFINGTON
, Training Specialist
LIZETTE CHARRIEZ-DELGADO, Purchasing A/P Coordinator
MARTHA CROUCH, Accountant

MELISSA DELEON
, Program Assistant, Transit Management
CAROL ERICSON, Receptionist

DONNA EVERHART-RENO
, Travel Coordinator
LYNN FEDERSPIEL, Human Resources Administrator
GRACE HUNT
, Administrative Assistant
JENNIFER ILEY, Program Assistant, TDM
PAMELA LAPAUGH
, Senior Clerk
MELISSA McCARVILLE, Program Assistant, TPEEA
YOLANDA MOORE
, Training Specialist
REENA RATURI, Federal Grants Coordinator
KEN SHORT, Operations Director

WENDY TEAGUE
, Graphics Coordinator

VICKI ZAMBITO
, Training Specialist
STEPHANIE ZAVACKI, Media Specialist