§334.065, Florida Statutes – Center for Urban Transportation Research
- There is established at the University of South Florida the Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research
- The center shall be a continuing resource for the Legislature, the Department of Transportation, local governments, the nation’s metropolitan regions, and the private sector in the area of urban transportation research
- An advisory board shall be created to periodically and objectively review and advise the center concerning its research program
CUTR Advisory Board Materials
The agendas and meeting materials are located here.
2021 CUTR Advisory Board

Jean Duncan, P.E.
Biography
Jean Duncan joined the City of Tampa as a Transportation Project Design Engineer in 2003. She was appointed as the Transportation Manager in 2009 by Mayor Pam Iorio and in 2014 was appointed as the Director of Transportation and Stormwater Services Department by Mayor Bob Buckhorn. On February 5, 2020, Duncan was appointed by Mayor Jane Castor, as the Infrastructure and Mobility Administrator to oversee the following Departments: Infrastructure: (Contract Administration, Wastewater and Water) / Infrastructure Services: (Facilities Maintenance, Fleet Management, and Solid Waste) and Mobility: (Operations, Parking, Smart Mobility, Stormwater Engineering, and Transportation Engineering). Duncan’s administration includes approximately 1400 employees and a yearly budget of over $500M. Prior to joining the City of Tampa in 2003, Duncan owned a Civil Engineering Consulting firm for twelve (12) years. Her firm provided transportation and stormwater engineering services as well as coastal and estuary modeling, air and noise analyses, and environmental studies. She also served as the Assistant Project Development & Environmental (PD&E) Administrator for the Florida Department of Transportation, District 7 Office (FDOT) in Tampa. She established a new PD& E department, building an engineering and environmental team to manage Project Development and Conceptual Design Projects, FDOT Work Program Management, and Regional Traffic Modeling for a four-county area. She is actively involved in the civil engineering profession and is an alumna volunteer with Engineering students at the University of South Florida, College of Engineering, and the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR). Duncan is also a Board member of the CUTR Advisory Board. Duncan, a registered Professional Engineer in Florida, and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management, both from the University of South Florida.
CUTR Advisory Board Ex-Officio Members
Jean Duncan, P.E.
Biography
Jean Duncan joined the City of Tampa as a Transportation Project Design Engineer in 2003. She was appointed as the Transportation Manager in 2009 by Mayor Pam Iorio and in 2014 was appointed as the Director of Transportation and Stormwater Services Department by Mayor Bob Buckhorn. On February 5, 2020, Duncan was appointed by Mayor Jane Castor, as the Infrastructure and Mobility Administrator to oversee the following Departments: Infrastructure: (Contract Administration, Wastewater and Water) / Infrastructure Services: (Facilities Maintenance, Fleet Management, and Solid Waste) and Mobility: (Operations, Parking, Smart Mobility, Stormwater Engineering, and Transportation Engineering). Duncan’s administration includes approximately 1400 employees and a yearly budget of over $500M. Prior to joining the City of Tampa in 2003, Duncan owned a Civil Engineering Consulting firm for twelve (12) years. Her firm provided transportation and stormwater engineering services as well as coastal and estuary modeling, air and noise analyses, and environmental studies. She also served as the Assistant Project Development & Environmental (PD&E) Administrator for the Florida Department of Transportation, District 7 Office (FDOT) in Tampa. She established a new PD& E department, building an engineering and environmental team to manage Project Development and Conceptual Design Projects, FDOT Work Program Management, and Regional Traffic Modeling for a four-county area. She is actively involved in the civil engineering profession and is an alumna volunteer with Engineering students at the University of South Florida, College of Engineering, and the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR). Duncan is also a Board member of the CUTR Advisory Board. Duncan, a registered Professional Engineer in Florida, and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management, both from the University of South Florida.
Former CUTR Advisory Board Members
First | Last | Title | Agency |
Jose | Abreu | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Danny | Alvarez | Miami-Dade Transit | |
Thomas F. | Barry Jr | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
John H. | Beck | Beck Barrios & Malaney | |
Michael | Blaylock | Jacksonville Transportation Authority | |
Jim | Boxold | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Roosevelt | Bradley | Miami-Dade Transit | |
Carol | Browner | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Colleen | Castille | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs; Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Thaddeus | Cohen | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs |
Chester | Colby | Miami-Dade Transit | |
Don | Crane | Floridians for Better Transportation | |
Mike | Dew | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Dane | Eagle | Secretary | Florida Department of Economic Opportunity |
Ann | Fandozzi | vRide, Inc. | |
John | Forney | Raymond James & Associates Inc./United Insurance Holdings Company | |
Katherine | Frazier | Florida Transportation Commission | |
James T. | Hargrett | Senator | |
T. Wallace | Hawkes III | URS Corporation | |
James | Holton | Florida Transportation Commission | |
Sonny | Holtzman | The Holtzman Group | |
Arthur | Kennedy | Florida Transportation Commission/Floridians for Better Transportation | |
David | Kerr | Florida Transportation Commission | |
Stephanie | Kopelousos | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Ken | Lawson | Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | |
Norman | Mansour | Commercial Real Estate | |
Maracos | Marchena | Florida Transportation Commission | |
Jon | Martz | Enterprise Holdings | |
William H. | McDaniel | URS Corporation | |
Darrick | McGhee | Interim Executive Director | Florida Department of Economic Opportunity |
Gerhard | Meisels | Provost | University of South Florida |
James | Murley | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs |
Bob | O'Malley | Vice President for Government Affairs | Brightline Trains |
Jesse | Panuccio | Executive Director | Florida Department of Economic Opportunity |
Thomas | Pelham | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs |
Ananth | Prasad | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Cissy | Proctor | Executive Director | Florida Department of Economic Opportunity |
Manuel | Rose | Florida Transportation Commission | |
Teresa | Sarnoff | FTC | |
William | Sadowski | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs |
Jim | Sebesta | Senator | Florida Transportation Commission |
Steve | Seibert | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs |
Linda Loomis | Shelley | Secretary | Florida Department of Community Affairs |
William V. | Sheppard | LPA Group | |
Robert E. | Skinner Jr. | Transportation Research Board | |
Michael | Sole | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
David | Stamps | Provost | University of South Florida |
Jon | Steverson | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
David B. | Struhs | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Denver | Stutler | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Thomas | Tighe | Provost | University of South Florida |
Kevin J. | Thibault | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Herschel T. | Vinyard | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Joseph | Waggoner | Executive Director | Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority |
Ben | Watts | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation |
Virginia | Wetherell | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Jack | Wilson | The Wilson Company |