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 will meet on Thursday, September 10, 2020. Details concerning the virtual meeting to follow.
The CUTR Organizational Guidelines are available.
Lisa Bacot
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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Current Advisory Board Members at the 2019 Transportation Achievement Awards
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 | |||