Gabby Abou-Zeid is a transportation data specialist with ICF. With a background in sustainable community development and transportation engineering, her interdisciplinary work has focused on transportation and land use, including trip and freight generation; parking policy analysis; new mobility; and travel behavior. Through her work, she aims to design and promote data-driven policy solutions to support sustainable, safe, and equitable transportation systems.

Brad Ake is the manager of the Fare and Revenue Projects team at TriMet in Portland, Oregon. Brad was recently hired into this role to help drive an aggressive roadmap of capabilities that will enable TriMet to continually field cutting edge solutions that remove barriers for our riders. Brad has more than 25 years of project management experience with a PMP, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified Scrum Master and is currently working on a Master in Systems Engineering Management.

Mary Anderson, AICP, TDM-CP, is the Senior Transit Planner at the Whatcom Transportation Authority in Bellingham, Washington. Mary has over 15 years of experience managing and implementing sustainable transportation projects. Mary envisions a future where everyone in Whatcom County has access to safe, healthy, and affordable transportation options. A firm believer in practicing what you preach, Mary rides her bike or takes the bus to work and for daily trips.

Tracy brings 20 plus years in software quality engineering from start-ups and enterprise software companies. She has earned an MBA and MAT, has experience in software requirements as well as SQA frameworks and testing. She joined TriMet in 2021 as a Fare Systems Analyst and has worked on an assortment of projects including Fare Media transition, research and requirements gather to update TriMet’s ePOS system, IMI Grant PBOT TW integration with HOP Fast pass; along with supporting TriMet’s in-house IT team.

Justin John works in the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). In this role, Mr. John provides project management support under various FTA research programs, including the Strategic Transit Automation Research program and multiple Mobility Innovation programs. He also oversees the independent evaluation of FTA research projects as required by federal public transportation law. Prior to working in FTA’s research office, Mr. John worked with FTA’s Office of Budget and Policy assisting with surface transportation reauthorization analysis and the U.S. Transportation Secretary’s office assisting with pedestrian and bicycle research.

Mike McQueen is a transportation data specialist and engineer with ICF. He specializes in using big data and statistics to tell insightful stories about transportation systems and the people who depend on them. His aim is to help transportation become more equitable, sustainable, and multimodal through data-driven policy and design. In his work, he has explored a range of micromobility, sustainability, and travel behavior topics.