Contributors
Staff Areas of Expertise
Lois DeMeester - Tourism, Marketing and Sales, Mobility Strategies, Transit-oriented Development, Business, Virginia
Chris Hamilton - Mobility Strategies, Transit-oriented Development, Biking and Walking, Technology, Washington D.C., Arlington @ChrisRHamilton
Tom Fairchild - Mobility Strategies, Transit-oriented Development, Community Design, Business, Arlington
Howard Jennings - Research, Mobility Strategies, Transportation Demand Management, Policy, Virginia
Stephen Crim - Research, Community Design, Mapping, Business and Economics, Policy
Paul Mackie - Marketing and Communications, Journalism, Pop Culture, Environment, Policy @monotremeindc
Biking
Ralph Buehler – Ralph is an urban affairs and planning professor at Virginia Tech and a co-editor of City Cycling by MIT Press.
Chris Eatough – Chris is BikeArlington’s program manager. @chriseatough
Tim Kelley - Tim is the marketing manager for BikeArlington.
Zanna Worzella – Zanna is the events and outreach coordinator for BikeArlington. @Zanna_Leigh
Community Design
Mariela Alfonzo - Mariela has a Ph.D; is the founder of State of Place™; is president of Urban Imprint; and is a research fellow at NYU-Poly, focusing on rapid urbanization, walkability, and health in China. @stateofplaceorg
Paul Goddin - Paul is an urban planner and Mobility Lab consultant based in Washington D.C. @pgoddin
Economic Prosperity
Wendy Duren – Wendy is program director of Arlington Transportation Partners and works with employers on their mobility solutions. @WeezieKD
Keara Mehlert - Keara is a business development specialist at Arlington Transportation Partners.
Shana Retherford Johnson - Shana is a senior transportation planner at Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning. @shana_johnson
Environment
- Wendy Duren – Wendy is program director of Arlington Transportation Partners and works with employers on their mobility solutions. @WeezieKD
Tarryn Lee – Tarryn is senior manager of business development at goDCgo.
Health
Lori Cohen - Lori blogs about senior health and mobility for Mobility Lab. @MobilityGal
Ted Eytan, MD - Ted is a Kaiser Permanente physician in Washington D.C. with an interest in active transportation and health-information technology. @tedeytan
Stephanie K. Firestone – Stephanie writes the column “Age’n Community” on planning for the urban and senior population boom.
Elizabeth Floyd - Elizabeth writes about health and is a business development manager for Arlington Transportation Partners. @ElizabethAFloyd
Melissa McMahon - Melissa does transportation demand management for Arlington County Commuter Services, building on experience in land use, environmental planning, and public health. @meloicious
Juliellen Sarver - Juliellen is a senior planner with Simple Solutions Planning and Design. She telecommutes and rides her bike from her home in Richmond.
Sonali Soneji – Sonali is a transportation researcher with Simple Solutions Planning & Design.
Marketing & Communications
Kelly Callahan-Poe - Kelly is senior director of Client Services & Digital Strategy at Pulsar Advertising. @pulsarad
Emily Landsman - Emily is a social media consultant for Mobility Lab. @RedBootMedia
Mobility Strategies
Nick Bravos – Nick is a transportation journalist in Minneapolis.- Wendy Duren – Wendy is program director of Arlington Transportation Partners and works with employers on their mobility solutions. @WeezieKD
- Elizabeth Floyd - Elizabeth writes about health and is a business development manager for Arlington Transportation Partners. @ElizabethAFloyd
Jean Friedberg - Jean is the regional transportation coordinator for the Fort Meade Regional Growth Management Committee.
Brett Jones - Brett, from Arlington Transportation Partners, works with employers on mobility options.- Keara Mehlert - Keara is a business development specialist at Arlington Transportation Partners.
- Melissa McMahon - Melissa does transportation demand management for Arlington County Commuter Services, building on experience in land use, environmental planning, and public health. @meloicious
Cheryl O’Connor - Cheryl is an expert on transportation policy and ridesharing at vRide.
Policy
- Ralph Buehler – Ralph is an urban affairs and planning professor at Virginia Tech and a co-editor of City Cycling by MIT Press.
- Cheryl O’Connor - Cheryl is an expert on transportation policy and ridesharing at vRide.
Jason Pavluchuk - Jason is a transportation expert for Pavluchuk & Associates and lobbyist for the Association of Commuter Transportation.
Technology
Matt Caywood - Matt is a volunteer advisor and collaborator to our Transit Tech Initiative. @MattCaywood
Kyle Hill – Kyle is a freelance web developer in Washington DC.
Dwight Martino – Dwight is an innovations specialist, geo-crowdsourcing consultant, and developed this website. @dwightmartino
Michael Schade - Michael is a photographer and tech blogger for Mobility Lab. @mvs202
Travel/Tourism
Jake Lynch – Jake is marketing and media-relations specialist at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
Bernie Wagenblast - Bernie is the founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter and the voice of the “next train” announcements in the New York City subway. @TransportComm
Stephan Sylvan - Stephan is a recognized expert in sustainability and a co-founder/co-developer of the Eastern Village Cohousing community that has won several sustainability awards.
Walking
- Mariela Alfonzo - Mariela has a Ph.D; is the founder of State of Place™; is president of Urban Imprint; and is a research fellow at NYU-Poly, focusing on rapid urbanization, walkability, and health in China. @stateofplaceorg
- Ted Eytan, MD - Ted is a Kaiser Permanente physician in Washington D.C. with an interest in active transportation and health-information technology. @tedeytan
