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Office of Legislative Affairs and Policy Communications Staff Directory

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
8th Floor

Name, Title, Phone Number Primary Responsibilities Backup Contact
Todd Kohr
Acting Director
Todd.Kohr@dot.gov
(202) 366-1311

Allison Rusnak
Director
Allison.Rusnak@dot.gov
(202) 366-9006
Manage Congressional relations, legislative development, and policy communications. HPLS-10@dot.gov
Congressional Affairs Team
Heather Dean Simei
Acting Team Leader
Heather.Dean@dot.gov (202) 366-2218



Vacant
Team Leader
Act as central point of contact between FHWA staff and Congress. Respond to Congressional requests for technical assistance or project status reports. Serve as liaison with program offices and field to prepare timely responses to requests. Coordinate and manage meetings and conference calls among agency personnel and Congressional staff. Serve as central point of contact for meetings with State and local fly-in delegations. FHWA.Congress@dot.gov
Heather Dean Simei
Congressional Liaison Specialist
Heather.Dean@dot.gov
(202) 366-2218
Act as central point of contact between FHWA staff and Congress. Respond to Congressional requests for technical assistance or project status reports. Serve as liaison with program offices and field to prepare timely responses to requests. Coordinate and manage meetings and conference calls among agency personnel and Congressional staff. Serve as central point of contact for meetings with State and local fly-in delegations. FHWA.Congress@dot.gov

 

Brian Lomax
Congressional Liaison Specialist
Brian.Lomax@dot.gov
(202) 366-5042
Act as central point of contact between FHWA staff and Congress. Respond to Congressional requests for technical assistance or project status reports. Serve as liaison with program offices and field to prepare timely responses to requests. Coordinate and manage meetings and conference calls among agency personnel and Congressional staff. Serve as central point of contact for meetings with State and local fly-in delegations. FHWA.Congress@dot.gov
Zan Guendert
Congressional Liaison Specialist
Zan.Guendert@dot.gov
(202) 366-4672
Act as central point of contact between FHWA staff and Congress. Respond to Congressional requests for technical assistance or project status reports. Serve as liaison with program offices and field to prepare timely responses to requests. Coordinate and manage meetings and conference calls among agency personnel and Congressional staff. Serve as central point of contact for meetings with State and local fly-in delegations. FHWA.Congress@dot.gov
Legislative Analysis Team
David Pinckney
Acting Team leader
David.Pinckney@dot.gov
(202) 366-1583



Todd Kohr
Team Leader
Todd.Kohr@dot.gov
(202) 366-1311
Direct, coordinate, and manage the team's legislative analysis and development activities. Review and analyze proposed legislation. Coordinate development, implementation, and explanation of highway authorizing bills. Advise Agency leaders—and brief Congressional staff, State officials, and Federal agency personnel—on the Federal-aid Highway Program and Federal highway funding. Review agency and interagency materials for consistency with Administration, Departmental, and Agency policy. Instruct sessions of the National Highway Institute's "Highway Program Funding" course. HPLS-10@dot.gov
Brittany Lundberg
Transportation Specialist
Brittany.Lundberg@dot.gov
(202) 366-4567
Review and analyze proposed legislation. Coordinate development, implementation, and explanation of highway authorizing bills. Advise Agency leaders—and brief Congressional staff, State officials, and Federal agency personnel—on the Federal-aid Highway Program and Federal highway funding. Review agency and interagency materials for consistency with Administration, Departmental, and Agency policy. HPLS-10@dot.gov
Danielle Blackshear
Transportation Specialist
Danielle.Blackshear@dot.gov
(202) 366-6786
Review and analyze proposed legislation. Coordinate development, implementation, and explanation of highway authorizing bills. Advise Agency leaders—and brief Congressional staff, State officials, and Federal agency personnel—on the Federal-aid Highway Program and Federal highway funding. Review agency and interagency materials for consistency with Administration, Departmental, and Agency policy. HPLS-10@dot.gov
David Pinckney
Transportation Specialist
David.Pinckney@dot.gov
(202) 366-1583
Review and analyze proposed legislation. Coordinate development, implementation, and explanation of highway authorizing bills. Advise Agency leaders—and brief Congressional staff, State officials, and Federal agency personnel—on the Federal-aid Highway Program and Federal highway funding. Review agency and interagency materials for consistency with Administration, Departmental, and Agency policy. HPLS-10@dot.gov
Tricia Millington
Transportation Specialist
Tricia.Millington@dot.gov
(838) 219-0606
Review and analyze proposed legislation. Coordinate development, implementation, and explanation of highway authorizing bills. Advise Agency leaders—and brief Congressional staff, State officials, and Federal agency personnel—on the Federal-aid Highway Program and Federal highway funding. Review agency and interagency materials for consistency with Administration, Departmental, and Agency policy. HPLS-10@dot.gov
Melissa Maiefski
Transportation Specialist
Melissa.Maiefski@dot.gov
(402) 326-7960
Review and analyze proposed legislation. Coordinate development, implementation, and explanation of highway authorizing bills. Advise Agency leaders—and brief Congressional staff, State officials, and Federal agency personnel—on the Federal-aid Highway Program and Federal highway funding. Review agency and interagency materials for consistency with Administration, Departmental, and Agency policy. HPLS-10@dot.gov
Policy Communications Team
Jorismar Torres
Team Leader
Jorismar.Torres@dot.gov
(202) 366-4044
Direct, coordinate and manage the FHWA briefing process for FHWA and USDOT leadership. Oversee and maintain an electronic library of briefing material. Oversee Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs' public outreach and communication. Ensure quality control for FHWA Reports to Congress. FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov
Michael Lynch
Briefings Coordinator
Michael.Lynch@dot.gov
(202) 366-0602
Serve as a briefings coordinator. Prepare executive-level briefing material for the FHWA and USDOT leadership. Coordinate information gathering, provide briefing integration, and manage data collection. Coordinate Reports to Congress. FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov
Kofi Arhin
Briefings Coordinator
Kofi.Arhin@dot.gov
(202) 366-0160
Serve as a briefings coordinator. Prepare executive-level briefing material for the FHWA and USDOT leadership. Coordinate information gathering, provide briefing integration, and manage data collection. Manage Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs' public outreach work, serving as liaison with Office of Public Affairs. Manage Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs' website content, ensuring up-to-date information.
FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov
Alina Zaidi
Briefings Coordinator
Alina.Zaidi@dot.gov
(771) 200-6739
Serves as briefings coordinator. Prepare executive-level briefing material for FHWA and USDOT leadership. Coordinate Congressional and policy information gathering, provide briefing integration, and manage data collection. Provides cross-team information coordination. Coordinate Congressional and policy news, information, and policy reporting. Manage Bipartisan Infrastructure Law website content. FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov
Vacant
Briefings Coordinator

Serves as briefings coordinator. Prepare executive-level briefing material for FHWA and USDOT leadership. Coordinate Congressional and policy information gathering, provide briefing integration, and manage data collection. Provides cross-team information coordination. Coordinate Congressional and policy news, information, and policy reporting. Manage Bipartisan Infrastructure Law website content. FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov
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