§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.
2023 CUTR Advisory Board
Kimberlee B. DeBosier
Biography
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 civil engineering and surveying firm. Ms. DeBosier served as its President until Bayside was purchased by a Maryland-based firm in January of 2016. Kim started her dream job at WGI, a national multi-discipline planning, engineering, and geospatial services firm, in March of 2019 as Director of Project Excellence and was recently promoted to Director of Operations. Ms. DeBosier was named Engineer of the Year by the Florida Engineering Society in 2005, the first woman to receive that recognition. She also received the Governor A.W. Gilchrist Award for Service to the Profession and, in 2017, the USF College of Engineering Dean’s Distinguished Service Award. Ms. DeBosier serves on the Board of the Tampa Bay Chamber, where she currently co-chairs the Public Policy Council, the Advisory Board of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, and the MacDonald Training Center. She is a former president of ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) of Florida – again, the first and, to date, the only woman to serve in that leadership role, is an ACEC Fellow. She recently completed a five-year term as the Florida National Director for ACEC and six years on the Hillsborough County Commission on the Status of Women. She also served for four years as the Board Chair for the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and as a member of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization. Ms. DeBosier received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Honors College of Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University.
CUTR Advisory Board Ex-Officio Members
Kimberlee B. DeBosier
Biography
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 civil engineering and surveying firm. Ms. DeBosier served as its President until Bayside was purchased by a Maryland-based firm in January of 2016. Kim started her dream job at WGI, a national multi-discipline planning, engineering, and geospatial services firm, in March of 2019 as Director of Project Excellence and was recently promoted to Director of Operations. Ms. DeBosier was named Engineer of the Year by the Florida Engineering Society in 2005, the first woman to receive that recognition. She also received the Governor A.W. Gilchrist Award for Service to the Profession and, in 2017, the USF College of Engineering Dean’s Distinguished Service Award. Ms. DeBosier serves on the Board of the Tampa Bay Chamber, where she currently co-chairs the Public Policy Council, the Advisory Board of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, and the MacDonald Training Center. She is a former president of ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) of Florida – again, the first and, to date, the only woman to serve in that leadership role, is an ACEC Fellow. She recently completed a five-year term as the Florida National Director for ACEC and six years on the Hillsborough County Commission on the Status of Women. She also served for four years as the Board Chair for the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and as a member of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization. Ms. DeBosier received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Honors College of Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University.
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 |