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Chimay Anumba, Ph.D., PE, is Professor and Dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (the United Kingdom’s National Academy of Engineering.) He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK; a higher doctorate – D.Sc.…
Alexander Bond, AICP, is a director at the Eno Center for Transportation; a Washington, D.C. based think tank and training organization founded in 1921. He is a specialist in transportation governance, regional planning, and organizational performance. Mr. Bond leads Eno’s workforce research efforts and training courses.
Prior to joining Eno, he was a Senior Associate at the consulting firm ICF International and a research faculty member at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida.…
Tom Byron, P.E., was appointed Assistant Secretary of Strategic Development (formerly Intermodal Systems Development) for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in March of 2016. Prior to that, Tom served as Chief Engineer since December 2011. As Chief Engineer, Tom was responsible for the Offices of Construction, Maintenance, Materials, Research, Traffic Operations, Design, Right of Way and Program Management.…
Amanda Day is the founder and president of Day Communications, Inc., an Orlando-based firm specializing in communication and marketing strategies for organizations in the transportation, engineering, hospitality and professional services industries.
Amanda draws on more than 20 years of wide-reaching experience with Fortune 500 companies, infrastructure and transportation agencies, education and retail entities to offer C-Level creative strategies and insights into brand development, customer acquisition, market expansion and strategic communications.…
Ananth Prasad, P.E., is a senior vice president with HNTB, an employee-owned infrastructure solutions firm, where he leads the firm’s national transportation practice by developing and directing strategies that enhance the firm’s service to state departments of transportation across the country.
With more than 26 years of experience in the transportation industry, including 22 years with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) where he most recently held the governor appointed position of Secretary of FDOT.…
Matthew D. Ubben, a public affairs professional with more than 30 years’ experience working for state government, associations and corporations, began service as Executive Director of the Florida Transportation Commission in August, 2016.
Ubben’s state government service in Florida includes stints as the Director of Legislative & Cabinet Affairs at the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the agency’s chief spokesman, Executive Director of the Florida Commission on Veterans’ Affairs; Public Affairs Director of the Florida Transportation Commission; Director of External Affairs at the Department of Management Services’ Division of State Group Insurance; and Deputy Communications Director at the Florida Department of Education.…
The UFTI welcomes David Wantman, CEO of the Wantman Group, Inc. (WGI) to the External Advisory Board. Wantman started in the business at age 13 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Florida. After spending 10 years with a national firm, he returned to WGI in 1999 tempered by a wide variety of experiences.…
