Fred Dock

Fred Dock is the former Director of Transportation for the City of Pasadena, California. During his tenure and under his direction, Pasadena pioneered the use of multi-modal transportation performance metrics and a Complete Streets Framework that focused on achieving the City’s goals for livability and sustainability. Now retired from the City, he advises on transportation policy and practice with emphasis in urban transportation issues and performance measures.

Prior to joining the City of Pasadena, Fred consulted for A/E firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Minneapolis for 30 years. In that time, he gained expertise in transportation engineering and planning for urbanized areas with an emphasis on community livability. He led a nationwide initiative on urban street design that developed a context-based framework for street design and resulted in the publication of Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares (ITE, 2010). His work with transit-oriented development is nationally recognized by the Transportation Research Board for both policy and practice and by the Urban Land Institute, for which he authored Developing Around Transit (ULI, 2005) with other nationally recognized individuals.

Fred Dock has received various awards, including the 2015 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning when the theme was Streets for Everyone:  Advancing Active Transportation. Mr. Dock earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Christine (Chris) Hagerbaumer

Chris Hagerbaumer is the Executive Director of OpenAQ, a nonprofit that aligns disparate air-quality measurements from across the globe into a single, standardized open-source platform. Prior to her current position, Chris played a key role in advancing more equitable and climate-friendly transportation policies in Oregon. Many of the breakthrough initiatives that she helped to shape have received national and international attention and been emulated in other jurisdictions.

During her tenure at Oregon Environmental Council — as Deputy Director and as Program Director for Transportation & Climate — Chris advocated for a non-polluting transportation system that supports clean air, climate stability and healthy families living in economically viable neighborhoods. As an early advocate for pay-as-you-drive insurance, Chris worked with thought-leaders from across the nation to design Oregon’s tax credit program to incentivize the approach. She subsequently worked to secure passage of a law enabling pay-as-you-drive insurance in 2003. That first-in-the-nation legislation has consistently drawn auto insurance companies offering innovative products tailored to low-mileage drivers to the Oregon market. 

Chris played an integral role in securing the passage of other state-level transportation policies, including the first legislatively adopted low-carbon fuel standard in the nation; Oregon’s first significant dedicated source of funding for public transit; requirements for major metropolitan areas to consider mobility-related greenhouse gases in transportation planning; the Oregon Clean Car Standards; a requirement that the state determine “willingness to pay” through tolls on drivers when it plans major new capacity increases; and diesel engine clean-up.

She earned her master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her bachelor’s degree in German Literature from Reed College. As principal of Baumer Strategies, Chris helps clients advance public policy goals and create stronger organizations.

Roy Kienitz

Roy Kienitz is the former Under Secretary for Policy at the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). He is a Vice President of WSP USA where he works on major project development and implementation strategies, drawing on his diverse transportation policy experience. As Under Secretary for Policy at USDOT, Roy assisted Secretary LaHood in formulating national policies affecting surface transportation and aviation.

Prior to his appointment at USDOT, Roy Kienitz served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania. Beginning in 2003, he was a leader on the Governor’s staff for transportation, alternative energy, and environmental initiatives, and directed a number of major capital projects, including the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion, Pittsburgh sports arena and Port of Philadelphia. Previously, Roy served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Planning where he implemented the state’s Smart Growth policies and promoted mixed-use transit-oriented projects. Roy Kienitz was a strong advocate for innovation in transportation while serving as Executive Director for the Surface Transportation Policy Project, a non-profit advocacy organization. He also gained significant legislative branch experience while working as Chief of Staff for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and for the U.S. Senate Environment Public Works Committee.

Roy has received various awards, including the Secretary’s Gold Medal from USDOT, the agency’s highest award, and a Special Recognition Award from the National Park Service for work promoting new transportation strategies for national parks. He earned a bachelor’s degree in aquatic biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Susan Shaheen

Dr. Susan Shaheen is a pioneer and thought leader in emerging mobility strategies. She was among the first to observe, research, and write about the changing dynamics in shared mobility and the likely scenarios through which automated vehicles may gain prominence. Susan is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) at the University of California, Berkeley. In July 2019, she became the Director of the Innovative Mobility Initiative of the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies, representing UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UCLA. In May 2019, she received the most influential paper award from World Conference on Transportation Research.

Susan Shaheen was named “Faculty of the Year” by the Institute of Transportation Studies, Berkeley in December 2018 and received the 2017 Roy W. Crum award from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) for her distinguished achievements in transportation research. In May 2016, she was named one of the top 10 academic thought leaders in transportation by the Eno Transportation Foundation.

Susan is a member of the TRB Executive Committee and chair of the subcommittee for Shared-Use Vehicle Public Transport Systems of TRB. She has been appointed as the next Vice Chair of the TRB Executive Committee in January 2020. She also is a member of the Mobile Source Technical Review Subcommittee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee.

Susan Shaheen has a Ph.D. in ecology, focusing on the energy and environmental aspects of transportation, from UC Davis and a M.S. in public policy analysis from the University of Rochester. She has authored 65 journal articles, over 120 reports and proceedings articles, 11 book chapters, and co-edited two books. She is working on a third book on shared automated vehicles to be published in 2020.

Len Sherman

Leonard Sherman is an Executive in Residence and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School with over forty years of experience in business, teaching and research on business strategy and entrepreneurship. He currently teaches courses in the MBA and EMBA programs, where he received the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013.

Len is the author of If You’re In A Dogfight, Become A Cat: Strategies For Long-Term Growth, published by Columbia University Press, which was selected as the Business Book of the Year by Strategy + Business Magazine in 2017. He frequently contributes to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Wired, The Financial Times, The Economist and other business publications

Prior to his academic pursuits, Len Sherman was a Senior Partner at Accenture, where he provided management counsel to CEOs in a variety of industries, served as the president of two business units, and helped launch the firm’s corporate venture group as a general partner, serving as a board member for five technology-based startups.

Prior to these positions, Len was a managing partner of J. D. Power and Associates, where he led the firm's management consulting practice, and was a partner at Booz, Allen & Hamilton with responsibility for its US automotive practice. He earned a BS in aeronautical engineering and an MS and PhD in transportation systems from MIT.

Conor Shaw

Conor Shaw is a community leader, attorney, and urbanist.  

Conor lives in Eckington, a community in northeast Washington D.C., where he serves as president of the Eckington Civic Association (ECA). Conor’s work for the ECA and related advocacy has focused on building safer streets that are accessible to all users and to many modes of travel; infill development that preserves neighborhood character and affordability for a diverse population; and environmental justice. 

Conor serves as deputy policy director for a nonpartisan ethics watchdog. Prior to his current staff position, Conor served as a clinical fellow at Georgetown Law Center’s Federal Legislation Clinic, as an attorney at Eimer Stahl LLP, and as a judicial clerk for the honorable William K. Sessions, III.

Conor was recognized by the NoMA Business Improvement District as its 2020 community partner of the year and served on the BID’s Community Strategic Planning Committee from 2020 to 2021. He has written articles and opinion pieces for a range of national and regional media outlets including CNN, USA Today, Politico and Greater Greater Washington.