CUTR Advisory Board

CUTR appreciates the service and support provided by the CUTR Advisory Board. Board members are appointed to two-year terms by the Dean of Engineering to the President of the University of South Florida, reviewed and approved by the Florida Transportation Commission and confirmed by the State University System of Florida Board of Governors. Specific responsibilities of the Advisory Board include:

• Periodically and objectively review and advise the center concerning its research program.
• Provide advice and support to CUTR executive director, faculty, staff and students on issues relating to transportation research and education and CUTR strategic vision.
• Serve as a voice, advocate and ambassador for CUTR to its various constituents and stakeholders, including research sponsors, agencies, industry, the transportation community, alumni, and colleagues.
• Introduce CUTR to new potential research sponsors and assist in CUTR fundraising activities toward funding more scholarships and endowments and improving physical space.

CUTR Advisory Board Materials

Ysela Llort CUTR Advisory Board Chair Principal, Renaissance Planning Group

Email: yllort@citiesthatwork.comINTERNET Email: Ysela.llort@gmail.comINTERNET

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Jon Martz CUTR Advisory Board Vice Chair Director of Government and Public Affairs, Enterprise Holdings

Phone: 248-797-3081work Email: Jon.W.Martz@ehi.comINTERNET

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Ken Lawson CUTR Advisory Board Member Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

Kevin Thibault, P.E. CUTR Advisory Board Member Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation

Phone: 850-414-4100work Email: kevin.thibault@dot.state.fl.usINTERNET

Lisa Bacot CUTR Advisory Board Member, Ex Officio Executive Director, Florida Public Transportation Association

Jean Duncan, P.E. CUTR Advisory Board Member Director Transportation and Stormwater Services, City of Tampa

Phone: 813-274-3101work

Ralph Yoder CUTR Advisory Board Member, Ex Officio Florida Transportation CommissionExecutive Director

Thornton J. Williams CUTR Advisory Board Member Managing Partner, Williams Law Group, P.A.

Phone: 850-224-3999work Email: twilliams@twalaw.comINTERNET

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Kimberlee B. DeBosier CUTR Advisory Board Member Director, Project Excellence, WGI Inc

Phone: 813-314-0045work Email: kdebosier@jmt.comINTERNET

Noah Valenstein CUTR Advisory Board Member Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection

Phone: 850-245-2118work

Sonny Holtzman CUTR Advisory Board Member Principal, The Holtzman Group

Phone: 305-441-2611work Email: Sonny@hgflorida.comINTERNET

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Ram Kancharla CUTR Advisory Board Member V.P. of Planning and Development, Port Tampa Bay

Phone: 813-905-5162work Email: rkancharla@tampaport.comINTERNET

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Teresa Sarnoff CUTR Advisory Board Member Florida Transportation Commission

Phone: 850-414-4105work Email: trsarnoff@me.comINTERNET

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Joseph Waggoner CUTR Advisory Board Member Executive Director, Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority

Phone: 813-272-6740work Email: joe@tampa-xway.comINTERNET

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