Ram Kancharla Vice President of Planning and Development Port Tampa Bay Ram Kancharla is Vice President of Planning and Development for Florida’s largest port. For three decades, he has overseen Port Tampa Bay’s capital improvements, strategic planning, economic development, capital resource management, and inter-agency coordination and outreach at the state and federal level. He has…
Lisa Bacot Executive Director, Florida Public Transportation Association Lisa Bacot is currently the Executive Director of the Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA). She has nearly 25 years of experience working with transportation and health care issues here in Florida. Prior to joining FPTA, she was the Director of Business Development for TMS Management Group, Inc.,…
Kimberlee DeBosier, PE Director of Operations, Project Excellence, WGI Inc Kim DeBosier is a licensed professional civil engineer. In a field somewhat non-traditional for women, Ms. DeBosier was the first female engineer in each of the offices in which she worked. In 1995, she and two colleagues formed Bayside Engineering, Inc., a women-owned consulting…
Joseph Waggoner Executive Director, Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority Joe Waggoner is the Executive Director and CEO of the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) – a dynamic transportation agency that owns, manages and operates the Selmon Expressway, Meridian Avenue, Brandon Parkway, and the Selmon Greenway. THEA serves 1.8 Million customers per year and over 200,000 daily…
Jon Martz Director, Government and Public Affairs Enterprise Holdings Inc. In his role with Enterprise Holdings, Jon provides strategic guidance and direct support in the areas of government and legislative affairs, for Enterprise’s network of transportation services. Given his 40 years of experience in working with Congress, the USDOT, state DOTs, public transit agencies…
Thornton J. Williams Williams Law Group, P.A. Thornton J. Williams received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in 1977, and his Juris Doctorate from Florida State University in 1981. While attending Florida State University Law School, he was the president of the Black American Law Student Association…