Thursday, April 12, 2012 Reception: 5:15 p.m., Room 246
Speaker Series: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Room 136 Monteith Research
Center (MRC)
NC State University Centennial Campus Raleigh, NC 27606
2012 TFF SPEAKER SERIES
Panel Discussion:
Gene A. Conti, Jr., NC Secretary of Transportation,
Moderator
Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Policy, The Reason
Foundation
John Porcari, US Deputy Secretary of Transportation
James R. Richardson, Senior VP, Forest City
Real Estate Services
Robert E. Zimmer, Senior Systems Engineer, Battelle
Future Transportation Funding Options & Strategies
New Corporate Sponsorship Opportunity The Transportation
Founder’s Fund (TFF) is now accepting corporate sponsorships for
our organization. If you would like to become a sponsor, please see
the details below. Your corporate sponsorship includes the
following:
Your company/organization will receive one (1) free employee
membership for TFF (this name is to be noted on the registration
form below).
Any additional employees will receive a 10% reduction on their
individual TFF membership from $100 to $90.
Sponsors will be acknowledged at our annual event in April
2012.
Company Name: __________________________
Address: ________________________________
City, State, Zip: ___________________________
Corporate Member Name: __________________
Contact Email: ___________________________
Phone: ________________________________
Corporate Membership Cost: $500.00
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Make checks payable to: NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
(please note TFF on your check)
Mail to: NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. Box 7901, NCSU,
Raleigh, NC 27695-7901
Credit Cards: call (919) 515-7458
PLEASE RSVP [email protected]
I will attend the reception and speaker event I am bringing a
guest (one guest per member) I cannot attend this year
Panel Participants
Gene A. Conti Jr. was appointed North Carolina Secretary of
Transportation in 2009. He is a nationally recognized expert in
transportation finance, programming, and management issues. He
previously served as Chief Deputy Secretary of NCDOT and was the
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the United States
Department of Transportation during the Clinton Administration. He
also served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation. Robert (Bob) Poole is Director of
Transportation Policy and the Searle Freedom Trust Transportation
Fellow at The Reason Foundation. He has advised the US DOT and half
a dozen state DOTs on transportation policy. Over the past 20
years, he has helped introduce a number of policy ideas into US
transportation, including long-term toll concessions, HOT lanes,
and truck-only toll lanes. A Reason policy paper Bob wrote in 1988
directly inspired the first state PPP law, enacted in California in
1989. That law led directly to the 91 Express Lanes—the first
all-electronic toll road and the first US long-term toll concession
project. John D. Porcari has served as the 19th United States
Deputy Secretary of Transportation since June 1, 2009. As Deputy
Secretary, John serves as the Department of Transportation’s chief
operating officer with responsibility for the day-to-day operations
of 10 modal administrations and the work of more than 55,000 DOT
employees nationwide and overseas. John is focused on
transportation’s key role in economic development and providing the
foundation for America’s future prosperity. James (Jim) Richardson,
Senior Vice President, Forest City Real Estate Services, is
responsible for all development, construction, and entitlement work
for Forest City’s development projects. In addition, Jim works very
closely with local, state and federal agencies for various
financing mechanisms to build Forest City’s projects. Jim’s recent
work has included the successful negotiations with the Federal EPA
on a RECLA site in Virginia. Over the last few years, Jim has been
involved with organizations regarding the planning of Transit
Oriented Developments, and establishing Public Private
Partnerships. Robert (Rob) Zimmer is an INCOSE Certified Systems
Engineering Professional with 20 years of experience at Battelle in
Columbus, Ohio. He has successfully led product development teams
implementing technology solutions on medical devices, Department of
Defense flight hardware, biological warfare sensor systems and
Intelligent Transportation systems. Recently Rob has lead the
integration and test effort on the Vehicle Infrastructure
Integration program and the systems engineering teams for the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Wireless Roadside
Inspection program. Rob is currently the lead System Engineer and
Deputy Program Manager on Minnesota DOT’s Road Fee Test
program.
Directions to the Monteith Research Center are online:
http://www.itre.ncsu.edu/ITRE/about/TFF/DirectionsMRC.pdf
SINGLE MEMBERSHIP & CONTRIBUTION FORM Please remember to
RSVP
Name: _____________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
City, State, Zip: ______________________________
Email: _____________________________________
Phone: ____________________________________
DUES/CONTRIBUTION
Single Membership .............................................
$100.00
Recent Grad (2007-present) .............................
$50.00
Additional Contribution ................................
$______
TOTAL: $_______
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Make checks payable to: NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
(please note TFF on your check)
Mail to: NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. Box 7901, NCSU,
Raleigh, NC 27695-7901
Credit Cards: call (919) 515-7458
PLEASE RSVP
I will attend the reception and speaker event I am bringing a
guest (one guest per member) I cannot attend this year
Please mail completed form by March 30, 2012 to:
NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. Campus Box 7901, NCSU,
Raleigh, NC 27695-7901
For questions or more information, contact Christie Vann, ITRE,
919-515-8896 or email [email protected].
About the 2012 Annual Speakers Series: This year’s event on
Thursday, April 12, 2012, will mark the tenth consecutive year the
Transportation Founder’s Fund (TFF) has offered the Speaker Series
for our members and students. We have assembled an all-star panel
which will discuss transportation funding issues from multiple
perspectives. The timing of the event is certainly appropriate as
the US Congress begins its deliberations on various options for the
next Transportation Reauthorization.
Registration for the event also coincides with our annual
membership renewal, which reminds us of the very positive impact
TFF has made to the caliber of our transportation program here at
NC State. TFF is the only transportation-dedicated student
scholarship program at NC State. This year we have renamed the TFF
graduate scholarship in memory of C.E. "Ed" Vick Jr., an original
member of TFF, one of the first members of the TFF Executive
Committee and a long-time supporter of NC State and its
transportation programs. Ed’s family has been invited to join us at
the event to present our next TFF graduate scholar with their
award.
You will find (on right) a detachable membership form with
convenient payment options, including a new corporate
membership.
We ask you to please RSVP to [email protected] at your earliest
convenience so we can better plan for the event. We are still
providing a reduced membership fee for recent graduates.
Contributions in addition to your dues are much appreciated. Your
contributions are tax deductible.
The TFF Executive Committee encourages you to renew or join,
reconnect with NCSU, and play a meaningful role in building the
future of our profession through your participation and support. We
look forward to seeing you on Thursday, April 12!
Dr. Nagui M. Rouphail, Director Institute for Transportation
Research and Education (ITRE) and Professor of Civil Engineering at
NC State University
Sponsored in part by the NC State Engineering Foundation
TFF Scholarship Presentation/ Academic Program
Welcome and Introductions Jim Westmoreland, Principal, Transit
and Multimodal, Stantec, and ITRE Advisory Council Chair Comments
from the College of Engineering Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, Dean of
Engineering, NC State University C.E. “Ed” Vick, Jr. Transportation
Founders Fund Graduate Scholarship Presentation Nagui M. Rouphail,
Ph.D., Director & Professor, Institute for Transportation
Research & Education, North Carolina State University Featured
Panel Discussion: Future Transportation Funding Options &
Strategies There is very little debate on the critical need for
improving our multimodal transportation infrastructure. However,
how to fund those improvements continues to be a challenge,
especially in this era of tight budgets and focus on the national
deficit. As the US Congress debates the next transportation
reauthorization, we have assembled a prominent panel that brings
together the various stakeholders who are invested in the success
of this process. Our panel includes leaders from the US and NC
Departments of Transportation, from the finance and technology
sectors, and from a think tank. This promises to be a lively panel,
one that will inform our faculty, students and professionals on the
complexity of the issue, the roles various stakeholders will be
playing and how as transportation professionals we can all assist
in moving the process forward. Gene A. Conti, Jr. - Moderator NC
Secretary of Transportation Robert Poole Director of Transportation
Policy, The Reason Foundation John D. Porcari US Deputy Secretary
of Transportation James (Jim) Richardson Senior Vice President,
Forest City Real Estate Services Robert E. Zimmer, CSEP Senior
Systems Engineer, Battelle
