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
The CUTR Advisory Board met on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 1:30 – 3:30 PM at CUTR, in the Rosa Parks Room, 3808 USF Alumni Dr., Tampa, FL 33620.
Past meeting materials are available on the Meeting Materials page.
CUTR Advisory Board Members
Ken Lawson
CUTR Advisory Board Member
Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
2017

Previous Advisory Board Members
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 | ||
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 | |||
Arthur | Kennedy | Florida Transportation Commission/Floridians for Better Transportation | |||
David | Kerr | Florida Transportation Commission | |||
Stephanie | Kopelousos | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation | ||
Norman | Mansour | Commercial Real Estate | |||
Maracos | Marchena | Florida Transportation Commission | |||
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 | |||
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 | ||
Herschel T. | Vinyard | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | ||
Ben | Watts | Secretary | Florida Department of Transportation | ||
Virginia | Wetherell | Secretary | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | ||
Jack | Wilson | The Wilson Company |