The 2024 WTS Policy Symposium will highlight policymaking at all levels of the industry: modal-specific updates at both Federal and State levels, including IIJA funding; labor and workforce development; educational legislation; small and women-owned business support; new technology development, deployment and regulatory issues; and advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion. Timing subject to change.

March 7, 2024

7:30 AM - 3:30 PM | Registration

8:00 AM | Coffee and Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM | Welcome Remarks

Jannet Walker-Ford, Senior Vice President, WSP USA and Chair, WTS International Board of Directors

Sara Stickler, President and CEO, WTS International

8:45 - 9:30 AM | Keynote Address

Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

9:30 - 10:45 AM | View from the Hill: Congressional Leadership

Moderators: Channon Hanna, Principal, Carpi and Clay and Sara Stickler

Jordan Baugh, Majority Senior Policy Advisor, Senate EPW

Homer Carlisle, Senior Advisor, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Advocating for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Transportation

Moderator: Emmanuella Myrthil, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, SEPTA

Irene Marion, Director, Office of Civil Rights, USDOT

Darlene Slaughter, Vice President, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, WMATA

12:15 PM | Lunch

1:45 - 3:00 PM | Multimodal Technology, Innovations, and Policymaking

Moderator: Greer Johnson Gillis, SVP, Chief Infrastructure and Development Officer, Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)

Linda Bailey, Technical Assistance Program Manager, Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

Laura Chace, President & CEO, ITS America

Allison Dane Camden, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure, USDOT

Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists

3:15 - 4:30 PM | The U.S. Department of Transportation: Looking Ahead to 2024

Moderator: Jannet-Walker-Ford

Amit Bose, Administrator, Federal Rail Administration (FRA), USDOT

Sue Lawless, Acting Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), USDOT

Sophie Shulman, Deputy Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), USDOT

Veronica Vanterpool, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), USDOT

5:00 PM | Reception: Top of the Hill Center | 1 Constitution Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20002

March 8, 2024

7:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Registration

8:00 AM | Coffee and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:15 AM | Keynote Address and Fireside Chat

Wendy Chun-Hoon, Director, U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau

9:15 - 10:30 AM | Congressional & Legislative Update and Election Year Impacts: Top Ten Things You Should Know for 2024

Channon Hanna

10:45 AM - 12:00 Noon | Policymaking and Implementation at the City Level

Moderator: Debra Johnson, General Manager and CEO, Regional Transportation District

Sharon Kershbaum, Interim Director, District Department of Transportation

Kim Lucas, Director, Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, City of Pittsburgh

Katherine Summerlin, Senior Staff Analyst, City of Houston

Harriet Tregoning, Director, New Urban Mobility Alliance

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM | Break

1:00 - 2:30 PM | USDOT DBE Program: Guidance and Expectations

Moderator: Angela Berry Roberson, Senior Advisor, Office of Civil Rights, USDOT

Marcus England, FAA

Martha Kenley, FHWA (tenative)

Scott Pichon, FTA