AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair -- Astrid C. Glynn, New York
Vice Chair -- Kenneth Uznanski, Washington State
Secretary -- Leo Penne, AASHTO

MEMBER CHARGE

The Standing Committee on Rail Transportation shall: review, evaluate, and recommend transportation legislation; exchange technical information and policy positions on railroad matters; evaluate, comment upon, and suggest revision to Federal regulations; reach a common viewpoint of the States on rail policies and problems; gather information and investigate railroad concerns; provide technical expertise and management training for State railroad connected agencies; provide public information on rail transportation matters; cooperate and coordinate activities with transportation users and the railroad industry; take a forward-looking view of and disseminate rail progress; and encourage research necessary to reach these goals. It shall identify and receive reports from its subcommittees and task forces as to federal regulatory mandates of national concern, and provide reports thereon.
Membership on this committee shall consist of the Chief Administrative Officer of each Member Department or his designee.

Membership may also include the Chief Administrative Officer of Associate Members or his designee with the concurrence of the Executive Committee.

The SCORT Executive Committee is composed of two members from each AASHTO region, named by the regional caucuses. Task Force Chairs are named by the Executive Committee. Task Force membership is not formal and SCORT members are free to participate in more than one Task Force.

SCORT holds two meetings each year, one in Washington focused on Federal issues (usually held in early to mid March) and the other, the Annual Meeting, which is organized by host states in locations around the country. (The Annual Meeting usually takes place late summer-early Fall). Conference call meetings of the SCORT Executive Committee are held periodically and the full committee is convened by phone occasionally as needed.

STATE MEMBERSHIP:

Alabama - Criag Thomas
Alaska - Robert Laurie
Arizona - Scott Friedon
Arkansas - Scott Bennett, Cliff McKinney
California - William D. Bronte, Richard Nordahl, Matt Paul
Colorado - Jennifer Finch, Tamela Lang
Connecticut - Jim Boice, Peter A.Richter Jr.
Delaware - David W. Campbell, Michael Kirkpatrick
District of Columbia - Rick Rybeck
Florida - Robert E. "Ed" Lee, J. Fred Wise
Georgia - Hal Wilson, Steve Yost
Hawaii - Alvin Takeshita
Idaho - Ron Kerr
Illinois - TBA
Indiana - Keith Bucklew, Mike Riley, Tom Beck
Iowa - Peggy Baer, John Hey, Larry Mesenbrink
Kansas - John Maddox
Kentucky - Jill Asher, Daryl Greer, Lynn Soporoswki
Louisiana - Colonel Tom Atkison, Jr., Dean J. Goodell
Maine - Nathan Moulton, Ronald L. Roy
Maryland - Missy Cassidy, Rick Johnson, David L. Ganovski
Massachusetts - Kenneth Miller
Michigan - Tim Hoeffner, Larry B. Karnes, Melvin G. Williams
Minnesota - William D. Gardner
Mississippi - Wayne Parrsih, Robby Burt
Missouri - Rodney Massman
Montana - Tom Steyaert, Sandra S. Straehl
Nebraska - Beverly Vonasek
Nevada - Jim Mallery
New Hampshire - Christopher Morgan
New Jersey - D.C. Agrawal, James Badgley
New Mexico - Henry Gonzales, Frank Sharpless
New York - Atrid Glynn, Steve Hewitt
North Carolina - Roberto Canales, Patrick B. Simmons, Paul Worley
North Dakota - Robert Fode, Bob Johnston
Ohio - Louis A. Jannazo, Jim Seney
Oklahoma - Joe R. Kyle Jr.
Oregon - Kelly Taylor
Pennsylvania - Eric Madden, Beth Bonini
Puerto Rico - TBA
Rhode Island - Stephen A. Devine
South Carolina - Glennith C. Johnson
South Dakota - Bruce Lindholm, Roxanne R. Rice
Tennessee - Robert Pack, John Fisher
Texas - Jennifer Moczygemba, Mark Werner
Utah - Dan Kuhn
Vermont - Richard Hosking, Charles Miller
Virginia - Kevin Page, Alan Tobias
Washington - Kenneth Uznanski, Scott Witt,
West Virginia - Robert Amtower, Cindy Butler
Wisconsin - Ronald E. Adams, Randall E. Wade
Wyoming - Ron Archueleta, Dan Kline

AASHTO:
Washington D.C. - Leo Penne

U.S. DOT Member:
FRA - John Cikota

Associate Members--International:
Ontario - Bill Reney
Saskatchewan - Michael Makowsky

The members of the SCORT Executive Committee and the Task Force Chairs are listed below. It has been the practice of SCORT to include Task Force Chairs in most meetings of the Executive Committee.

SCORT—EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

Chair:
Astrid Glynn
Commissioner
New York State Department of Transportation

Vice Chair:
Kenneth Uznanski
Manager, Rail Office
Washington State Department of Transportation

MEMBERS:
Ron Kerr
Senior Transportation Planner
Rail and Intermodal
Idaho Transportation Department

William D. “Bill” Bronte
Chief, Division of Rail
California Department of Transportation

Louis A. “Lou” Jannazo
Chief of Project Development
Ohio Department of Transportation
Rail Development Commission

Michael Kirkpatrick
Aeronautic Project Planner
Delaware Department of Transportation

Charles “Charlie” Miller
Rail Planning Coordinator
Vermont Agency of Transportation

Thomas “Tom” Atkinson
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Intermodal
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Paul C. Worley CPM
Director for Engineering and Safety
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Rail Division

Leo Penne, AASHTO Liaison

SCORT TASK FORCE CO-CHAIRS

Railroad Passenger Rail Task Force
Ronald E. “Ron” Adams
Chief, Railroads and Harbors Section
Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Charles “Charlie” Miller
Rail Planning Coordinator
Vermont Agency of Transportation

Peggy Baer
Director, Office of Rail Transportation
Iowa Department of Transportation

Freight Movement & Industry Restructuring Task Force
David Ganovski
Director
Office of Freight Logistics
Maryland DOT

Louis A. Jannazo
Chief of Project Development
Ohio Department of Transportation
Rail Development Commission

Railroad Safety Task Force
Paul C. Worley CPM
Director for Engineering and Safety
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Rail Division

Vacant

State Programs Task Force
Sharon A. Daboin
Deputy Secretary for Aviation, Rail Freight, Ports and Waterways
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Ron Kerr
Senior Transportation Planner
Rail and Intermodal
Idaho Transportation Department

SCORT Web Page Advisory Committee