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Florida Transportation Plan (FTP)
Implementation Committee
Implementation Committee meeting #7 (virtual)
May 24, 2023 | 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
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Meeting Materials
May 24, 2023 | 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
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The Implementation Committee provides assistance with developing near-term actions for the FTP Implementation Element based on the Committee member’s expertise; input from other statewide, regional, and local partners; and supporting technical analyses. This committee will also provide input on the update of the SIS Policy Plan.
The following agencies, groups, and organizations are represented on the FTP Implementation Committee.
| Florida Department of Transportation | TBD | TBD |
| 1000 Friends of Florida | Paul Owens | President |
| AARP – Florida | Laura Cantwell | Associate State Director |
| CareerSource Florida | Dehryl McCall | Senior Director, Business and Workforce Development |
| Federal Highway Administration | Jamie Christian | Division Administrator |
| Florida Airports Council | Michael Stewart | Director External Affairs, Jacksonville Aviation Authority |
| Florida Association of Counties | The Honorable Doug Smith | Commissioner, Martin County |
| Florida Chamber of Commerce | TBD | TBD |
| Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged | David Darm | Executive Director |
| Florida Council of 100 | Eric Frey | Policy Analyst |
| Florida Defense Alliance | Terry McCaffrey | Vice President, Military and Defense Programs |
| Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | Cory Strickland | Partnership Manager |
| Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | James Stansbury | Bureau Chief, Community Planning and Growth |
| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Chris Stahl | Clearinghouse Coordinator, Office of Intergovernmental Programs |
| Florida Department of Health | TBD | TBD |
| Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | Lt. Col. Troy Thompson | Florida Highway Patrol, Deputy Director |
| Florida Economic Development Council | Lucienne Peters | Vice Chair of Membership and Regional Strategies |
| Florida League of Cities | The Honorable Matthew Surrency | Mayor, City of Hawthorne |
| Florida Ports Council | Emily Fisher | Vice President of Programs and Planning |
| Florida Public Transportation Association | Karen Deigl | Operator of the Year; Indian River/GoLine, President and CEO |
| Florida Railroad Association | Craig Camuso | CSX Regional Vice President State Government Affairs |
| Florida Regional Councils Association | Austin Mount | Exective Director, Emerald Coast Regional Council |
| Florida Transportation Builders Association | Ananth Prasad | Executive Director |
| Florida Transportation Commission | David Genson | Commissioner |
| Florida Trucking Association | Alix Miller | President and CEO |
| Floridians for Better Transportation | Sally Patrenos | President |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Advisory Council | Georganna Gillette | Executive Director, Space Coast TPO |
| Rails-to-Trails Conservancy | Ken Bryan | State Director |
| Small County Coalition | Chris Doolin | Government Relations consultant |
| Space Florida | Steve Szabo | Director of Planning and Development |
| Transportation and Expressway Authority Membership (TEAM) Florida | The Honorable Sean Parks | Vice Chair, Central Florida Expressway Authority, Lake County Representative |
| The Nature Conservancy | Janet Bowman | Senior Policy Advisor |
| ULI Florida | John Renne | Mobility Committee chair |
| Visit Florida | Katie Juckett | Legislative Affairs Director |
Previous Committees
2016-2018 FTP/SIS Implementation Committee
Implementation Committee Meeting Materials
To guide the FTP and SIS Policy Plan implementation process, FDOT assembled an Implementation Committee. The Implementation Committee provides recommendations to FDOT about the implementation of the FTP and SIS Policy Plan based on the Committee member’s expertise; input from other statewide, regional, and local partners; and supporting technical analyses.
The following agencies, groups, and organizations are represented on the FTP/SIS Implementation Committee.
| Florida Department of Transportation | Tom Byron (Chair) | Assistant Secretary – Strategic Development |
| AARP Florida | Laura Cantwell | Associate State Director |
| Enterprise Florida | William Parsons | Business Development Director |
| Federal Highway Administration | James Christian | Division Administrator |
| Florida Airports Council | Michael Stewart | Immediate Past President; Director External Affairs, Jacksonville Aviation Authority |
| Florida Association of Counties | The Honorable Doug Smith | Past President; Commissioner, Martin County |
| Florida Chamber of Commerce | Christopher Emmanuel | Director of Infrastructure and Governance Policy |
| Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged | Steven Holmes | Executive Director |
| Florida Council of 100 | Bob Ward | President and CEO |
| Florida Defense Alliance | Bruce Grant | Vice President, Military and Defense Programs |
| Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | Greg Britton | Director of Strategic Business Development |
| Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | Julie Dennis | Director of Community Development |
| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Christopher Stahl | Clearinghouse Coordinator, Office of Intergovernmental Programs |
| Florida Department of Health | Jennifer Johnson | Division Director, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management |
| Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | Lt. Col. Troy Thompson | Florida Highway Patrol, Deputy Director |
| Florida League of Cities | The Honorable Matthew Surrency | Mayor, City of Hawthorne |
| Florida Ports Council | Toy Keller | Executive Vice President |
| Florida Public Transportation Association | Karen Deigl | Past Chair, Operator of the Year, Indian River/GoLine |
| Florida Railroad Association | Pete Petree | Vice President, Pinsly Railroad Company CSX |
| Florida Regional Councils Association | Patricia Steed | Executive Director, Central Florida Regional Planning Council |
| Florida Transportation Builders Association | Ananth Prasad | President-Designate |
| Florida Transportation Commission | Kenneth Wright | Vice Chairman |
| Florida Trucking Association | Alix Miller | Vice President |
| Floridians for Better Transportation | Sally Patrenos | President |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Advisory Council | Greg Slay | Executive Director, Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy - Florida | Ken Bryan | State Director |
| Small County Coalition of Florida | Chris Doolin | Government Relations consultant |
| Space Florida | Mark Bontrager | Vice President, Spaceport Operations |
| The Nature Conservancy- Florida Chapter | Janet Bowman | Director of Legislative and Policy Strategies |
| Transportation and Expressway Authority Membership (TEAM) Florida | Jim Ely | Director and International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Representative |
| Urban Land Institute – Florida Chapter | Stewart Gibbons | Chair, Sponsorships, Gibbons Group |
| Visit Florida | Ken Lawson | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| 1000 Friends of Florida | Thomas Hawkins | Policy Director |
2015 FTP/SIS Advisory Group
Infrastructure and Growth Leadership
| Mayor, City of Hawthorne (representing Florida League of Cities) | The Honorable Matt Surrency (Chair) |
| Mayor, City of Boca Raton (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | The Honorable Susan Haynie (Vice Chair) |
| Florida Chamber of Commerce | Alice Ancona |
| MetroPlan Orlando (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | Harry Barley |
| The Nature Conservancy – Florida Chapter | Janet Bowman |
| Florida Engineering Society | David Bredahl |
| Florida Natural Gas Association | Dale Calhoun |
| Florida Public Transportation Association | Karen Deigl |
| TEAM Florida | Jim Ely |
| Duke Energy | Marc Hoenstine |
| Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged | Steve Holmes |
| South Florida Regional Planning Council (representing Florida Regional Councils Association) | Jim Murley |
| Urban Land Institute | Sam Poole |
| Florida Railroad Association | Pete Petree |
| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Chris Stahl |
| Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | Lt. Col. Troy Thompson |
Innovation and Economic Development
| Commissioner, Martin County (representing Florida Association of Counties) | The Honorable Doug Smith (Chair) |
| Port Canaveral (representing Florida Ports Council) | John Walsh (Vice Chair) |
| Florida Chamber of Commerce | Alice Ancona |
| Florida Trucking Association | Ken Armstrong |
| Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | Karl Blischke |
| Space Florida | Mark Bontrager |
| CareerSource Florida | Andra Cornelius |
| Enterprise Florida | Cori Henderson |
| Florida Association of Destination Marketing Organizations (representing Visit Florida) | Suzanne Hurst |
| Deputy Mayor, Miami-Dade County | Jack Osterholt |
| Florida Council of 100 | Susan Pareigis |
| Florida Power and Light | Crystal Stiles |
| Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | Carlos Roa |
| Florida’s Heartland REDI, Inc. (representing Rural Areas of Opportunity) | Gina Reynolds |
| Central Florida Regional Planning Council (representing Florida Regional Councils Association) | Pat Steed |
| Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (representing Visit Florida) | Jack Wert |
| Commissioner, Gulf County (representing Small County Coalition) | The Honorable Warren Yeager |
Quality of Life/Quality Places
| Rails to Trails Conservancy - Florida | Ken Bryan (Chair) |
| Florida Department of Economic Opportunity | Bill Killingsworth (Vice-chair) |
| The Nature Conservancy – Florida Chapter | Janet Bowman |
| Florida Power & Light | Amy Brunjes |
| Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (representing Florida Regional Councils Association) | Michael Busha |
| AARP – Florida | Laura Cantwell |
| Florida Public Transportation Association | Karen Deigl |
| Visit Florida | Richard Goldman |
| Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | James Hightower |
| Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged | Steve Holmes |
| Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | Bob Kamm |
| Department of Health – Leon County (representing Public Health) | Brandi Knight |
| Gainesville Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | Marlie Sanderson |
| 1000 Friends of Florida | Charles Pattison |
| Association of Florida Community Developers | Todd Pokrywa |
| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Chris Stahl |
| Commissioner, Wakulla County (representing Small County Coalition) | The Honorable Ralph Thomas |
Strategic Intermodal System
| Florida Transportation Commission | Ken Wright (Chair) |
| Councilman, City of Destin; Chair, Okaloosa-Walton TPO; Chair, Northwest Florida Regional TPO (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | The Honorable Jim Wood (Vice-chair) |
| Florida Chamber of Commerce | Alice Ancona |
| Space Florida | Mark Bontrager |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy - Florida | Ken Bryan |
| St. Lucie Transportation Planning Organization (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | Peter Buchwald |
| Florida Transportation Builders Association | Bob Burleson |
| CareerSource Florida | Andra Cornelius |
| Federal Highway Administration | James Christian |
| South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (representing Florida Public Transportation Association) | Bill Cross |
| East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (representing Florida Regional Councils Association) | Hugh Harling |
| Florida Trucking Association | Tisha Keller |
| Florida Ports Council | Toy Keller |
| Enterprise Florida/Florida Defense Alliance | Rocky McPherson |
| Florida Railroad Association | Pete Petree |
| Florida Council of 100 | Susan Pareigis |
| Florida League of Cities | Megan Sirjane-Samples |
| Miami Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (representing Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council) | Phil Steinmiller |
| Jacksonville Aviation Authority (representing Florida Airports Council) | Michael Stewart |
| Commissioner, Hendry County (representing Small County Coalition) | The Honorable Karson Turner |
| Floridians for Better Transportation | Matthew Ubben |
