Experience

Rossi Group

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Planner

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Rossi Transportation Group, Inc. (Rossi) is providing program assistance to the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (OPPE) for the Transportation Alternative Program, Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP) and Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS). The Transportation Alternatives Program is a reimbursable, federal-aid funding program for transportation related, community projects designed to strengthen the intermodal transportation system. The TA program now includes the former Transportation Enhancement Program as known under SAFETEA-LU and the Safe Routes to School Program. There are several moving parts to these federal funded programs and many levels of support that is needed through all stages. Rossi support includes the following general program assistance: - Contacting project sponsors to receive their monthly progress reports. - Providing guidance to project sponsors to ensure that federal regulations are being met. - Updating projects in the program database. - Drafting correspondence to project sponsors, elected officials, and MDOT senior managers. - Coordinating with other SHA offices to assist with moving projects forward. - Drafting, updating, and reviewing Memoranda of Understanding. - Answering citizens inquires. - Tracking TAP and SRTS projects within an MS Excel spreadsheet. - Drafting meeting minutes. - Initial reviewing of invoices from project sponsors. - Assisting with application questions from prospective sponsors. - Assisting with the development of the TAP application review packets. - Developing a SRTS toolkit for schools. - Other assignments necessary to assist the team Show less



Universityof Baltimore at Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration

• 1 Orchard Road, Glen Burnie Maryland

• Statewide Pedestrian and Bicycle Program Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  Coordinate a multi-disciplinary,multi-agency task force which includes private and public sector representation that involved building strategic relationships in an effort to build a consensus around highway safety challenges,develop effective countermeasures around the 4E' s of highway safety, maintaining momentum to deploy the strategies and evaluating effort serves as the Program Manager for all aspects of the Pedestrian and Bicycle safety programs. This includes planning,developing,marketing,implementing,coordinating and monitoring education and enforcement countermeasures for these areas. Serves as the Project Manager for the Maryland Highway Safety Office grantees and sub-grantees relating to Pedestrian and Bicycle program areas. Team Leader for the Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Emphasis Area focused on Pedestrian and Bicycle Awareness. Work with state, regional and local partners who have similar objectives including the Maryland Vehicle Administration, to ensure the linkage amongst key agencies and partners. Assist in the acquisitions,development,and dissemination of public information and education for assigned areas. Develop program and budget plans for the assigned areas of the highway safety plan,allocating available funding for selected programs to most effectively address traffic related problems in local communities and on state highways. PlanandpreparetheassignedPedestrianandBicyclesectionsoftheMarylandHighwaySafety Plan(SHSP). Approve final applications for implementation after determining the objectives and activated are consistent with goals stated in the SHSP. Show less



University of Baltimore at Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration

• 1 Orchard Road Glen Burnie, Maryland

• Regional Traffic Safety Program Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2016

  Regularly develop and participate in the writing of grant proposals for the Maryland Highway Safety Office, I recently developed a grant proposal for the Driving Skills for Life through the Governor’s Highway Safety Association. Our office was one of the seven state highway safety office’s across the country to be successfully awarded a grant. My responsibilities included leading this effort with four highly comprehensive teen driving programs throughout Maryland. Implementation of this project included assembling a team of both internal and external partners, marketing the program to community partners and schools, garnering the support of the media, working with procurement to secure supplies and materials for the events, overseeing each school’s 4-hour program which was modeled to fit each school’s needs and the highway safety issues of their community and ensuring elected officials were invited to the events. All four events, which included impaireddriving related activities received enormous support from the schools and local business. Media also supported the event and over 10,000 teens were reached with this program. GHSA is using this program as a best practice and model for next year’sgrant submissions. Oversee Maryland’s DUI Court Program through a g rant with the Maryland Highway Safety Office. Responsibilities include project oversight,monitoring and reimbursement processing for this contract.This project focuses on the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired drivers. Alcohol monitoring,counseling,ignition interlock and a host of other administrative and court ordered programs are administered through this project. My responsibilities also include highly technical grants management responsibility am part of the Maryland Highway Safety Office’s Grants Management Team. I also co- authored a Policy and Procedure Manual for the staff and the MHSO. After writing the procedure manual,I was also tasked with training the staff on the contents. Show less