TACL Task Force Membership
Current Members
Al Benedict, Director, Technology Tools Lead, National RTAP
Kenneth Blacks, Transportation Program Specialist (FTA) and Transit Workforce Center (TWC)
Michaela Boneva, Research Associate, Transit Workforce Center (TWC)
Destiny Buchanan, Acting Program Manager for the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors & Individuals with Disabilities Program, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Andrew Carpenter, Assistant Director, Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Technical Assistance Center (CCAM TAC)
Kayla Casanova, Program Associate, Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Technical Assistance Center (CCAM TAC)
Sarah Clements, Program Analyst, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Enjoli Dixon, Rural Transit Project Manager, National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP)
Shayna Gleason, Research Associate, Transit Workforce Center (TWC)
Matt Lange, Program Analyst, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Michael Linder, Program Analyst, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Abby Mader, Program Associate, Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC)
Cara Marcus, Knowledge and Resource Manager, National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP) (project lead)
Danielle Nelson, Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Lead, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Doug Nevins, Researcher, Transit Workforce Center (TWC)
Robin Phillips, Executive Director, National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP)
Bill Wagner, Director, Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Technical Assistance Center (CCAM TAC)
Former Members
Virginia Dize, NADTC, 2020-2022; Meredith Bratton, NADTC, 2023-2025; Heather Edmonds, FTA, Lauren Ellis, National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT), 2023-2025; 2020-2025; Sharon Feigon, SUMC, 2020; Elan Flippin, FTA, 2020-2025; Amy Fong, FTA, 2020-2021; Jordan Howard, N-CATT, 2023-2025; Betty F. Jackson, FTA and TWC, 2022; Sheryl Gross-Glaser, N-CATT, 2020; Carol Wright Kenderdine, NADTC, 2020-2022; Erich Lange, N-CATT, 2022-2023; Jane Mahoney, NADTC, 2021-2025; Marcela Moreno, N-CATT, 2021-2022; Brandon T. Roccio, NCMM, 2021; Alex Rosander, SUMC, 2023; Nate Seeskin, SUMC, 2021-2023; Judy Shanley, NCMM, 2020-2025; Marianne Stock, FTA, 2020-2025; Jerom Theunissen, NCMM, 2020; Abby Tremel, N-CATT, 2024; Lynn Winchell-Mendy, FTA, 2022-2025
Current Reviewers
The TACL Task Force gratefully acknowledges resource reviews from the following individuals: Christy Allen, Utah Transit Authority; Deborah Bach, New Mexico Department of Transportation; Jaimie Baldwin, Oregon Department of Transportation; Laura Corff, United Community Action Program, Inc./Cimarron Transit; Kara Cox, Kansas RTAP; Marilyn Dillon, City of Oklahoma City; Olivia Hook, Oklahoma Department of Transportation; Angie Jones, Oregon Department of Transportation; Jonnie Kusek, Open Plains Transit; Shauna Miller, Idaho Transportation Department; Jessie Schmitzer, Ohio Department of Transportation; Carter Spradling, Piedmont Triad Regional Council; Jill Stedem, OATS Transit; Iyanla Xo, Williamsburg Area Transit Authority (WATA); Steve Yaffe, Yaffe Mobility Consulting LLC; and members of the public with an interest in transportation coordination.
Past Reviewers
Elizabeth Baxter, Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission; Julia Castillo, Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Authority (HIRTA); Grace Hoglund, Simmons University; Machelle Kyles, Trans-Con Group; Alexandria Lowery, San Jose State University; Fay Min, San Jose State University; Olivia Nix-Sifuentes, San Jose State University; Pradip Pant, Hawaii Department of Transportation; Michelle Slaton, Tori Robertson, San Jose State University; PTRC Workforce Development Program; Barbara Slover, San Jose State University; Alana Spendlove, Utah Department of Transportation; Ben Terhune, San Jose State University; Emily Tiet, San Jose State University; Brittany Voll, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Janice Yancey-Williams, Mississippi Department of Transportation;