Experience

Salt Lake County Regional Development

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Regional Planning & Transportation

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Salt Lake County

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Transportation Program Manager / Regional Planning & Transportation

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2023

  Focus Area: Manage County Transportation Portfolio Directs and manage the day-to-day regional transportation portfolio valued at approximately $200M for funding to local jurisdictions for transportation projects including roadway, active transportation, and corridor preservation. Focus Area: Legislative and Policy Services Prepare for and make presentations on a regular basis to the County Council, Mayor, and other policy makers at the County, State, and Federal level, and other interested parties. Monitor legislation impacting County transportation policies and funding by attending committee meetings and hearings. Focus Area: Collaboration with Regional Partners Collaborate and build alliances with regional partners such as metropolitan planning organizations Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and Mountain Land Association of Governments (MAG), Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), and Utah Transportation Authority (UTA) to articulate County priorities and interests. Focus Area: Service to Local Government Entities Provide technical and strategic expertise on transportation, land use, and funding. Focus Area: Project and Program Management Responsible for drafting Requests for Proposals (RFP), administrating contracts, and managing consultants for various projects. Focus Area: Extension of Mayor’s Staff Attend meetings of the Central Wasatch Commission, WFRC and other assigned meetings to monitor transportation planning activity and County priorities and interests along. Meet regularly with UTA Board of Trustees Chair and Salt Lake County Representative and UTA Executive Director to coordinate and collaborate on funding, capital projects, and operational efforts. Show less



J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc.

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Multi-Modal Transportation and Policy Planner

  • Apr 2011 - Jan 2017

  Responsible for developing transportation solutions and strategies that connect land use and transportation resulting in multi-modal solutions. Experience with evaluating the transit markets to determine transit needs and feasibility of major capital transit project. Develops Active Transportation options to improve the pedestrian environment and bicycle infrastructure to increase connectivity. Work with senior management on strategy and execution of business development goals to build land development effort. Planning cross functional team member for the Aviation Group to develop Airport Master Plans. Selected Project Highlights: In the South Davis Alternatives Analysis for the Utah Transit Authority, my project management and leaderships skills led a team to identify potential transit improvements to connect the cities of North Salt Lake, Bountiful, Woods Cross, and other areas of south Davis County to downtown Salt Lake City. Our efforts resulted in political and community success and moving on to complete an Environmental Impact Study for a bus rapid transit (BRT) solution. Day-to-day project coordination with the public, cities, and regional agencies resulted in success and allowed the project to move forward to create regional mobility for people who live in one community, but work in another. On the US-91 Access Management Study from Logan to 400 North in Smithfield, Utah in Cache Valley, I led a team to balance the needs of local travel and economic development against a regional transportation corridor. Through the creation of a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) made up of engineers and planners from the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), the Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization (CMPO), Cache County, Logan, North Logan, and Smithfield, a re-design of the accesses allowed on US-91 was negotiated with land owners to preserve the regional transportation network through control of access to US-91. Show less



InterPlan Co. (now Parametrix)

• Midvale, Utah

• Transportation Planner

  • Sep 2007 - Apr 2012

  Conducted analysis for a number of transportation projects involving master plans and traffic studies, travel demand management program development, access management, corridor studies, multi-modal transportation plans including the Utah Department of Transportation’s 2011-2040 Long Range Transportation Selected Project Highlights: Played a key role in the technical analysis and documentation for UDOT’s portion of Utah’s Transportation Plan 2011-2040 which served as the guiding document for planning, construction and maintenance of state transportation projects in areas of Utah that are outside of the Metropolitan Planning Organization boundaries. Project selection was guided by well-timed pavement treatments to extend road life, the project’s ability to optimize mobility and increase congestion relief, the ability to improve safety by reducing crashes, and ability to contribute to a transportation system that contributes to economic development through the movement of commercial goods and freight throughout the state. The Utah I-15 Commercial Vehicle Park Survey was an effort to survey commercial vehicle drivers to learn how they park to comply with Federal hours of service rules. While a National survey has been completed, Utah conducted its own survey at eight truck stops along the I-15 corridor to better understand local conditions collecting over 200 in person surveys. My responsibilities included designing and implementing the survey for Utah that gathered demographic questions, parking pattern and preferences, parking solutions, and origin and destination information about how far commercial vehicle drivers are from their home base and where they slept last and where they are planning on sleeping when they plan to park their truck to rest. The results from this survey informed the Utah Department of Transportation’s planning efforts to increase the number of parking locations for commercial truck vehicles. Show less



Utah Department of Transportation

• United States
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• United We Ride Manager

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2007

  Project Manager responsible for the design and implementation of Utah’s Statewide Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service Transportation Plan which identified the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults and individuals with lower incomes; provided strategies for meeting local needs and prioritizing transportation services for funding and implementation; promoted the enhancement and facilitation of access to transportation services, including the integration and coordination of services; managed and supported state and local coordination planning; develop enhanced strategies to implement the Federal Transit Administration’s required competitive project selection process; guided and maintained a stakeholder group and coordinated public involvement activities; development and managed Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) and New Freedom Program development and budgets; develop strategies for seeking other funding sources and to leverage existing funding with non-Federal Transit Administration federal programs. Show less



Sugar House Community Council

• Trustee

  • Jul 1996 - Mar 2006

  The Sugar House Community Council is a neighborhood organization recognized by Salt Lake City Corporation. The Sugar House Community Council is a neighborhood organization recognized by Salt Lake City Corporation.