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.

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Lisa Bacot

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

Biography

Lisa Bacot is currently the Executive Director of the Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA).  She has over 20 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., a national transportation brokerage company.  From 1996-2008, Lisa was employed by the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, a state agency legislatively charged with ensuring transportation disadvantaged services are provided to the citizens of Florida, she served as the Executive Director for 5 years.  Lisa graduated from Florida State University in 1993 and has been appointed to numerous national human service transportation coordination panels, committees and advisory councils, and currently serves as the past Chairperson of APTA’s State Affairs Committee.

 

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