U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Vacant Director |
Manage Congressional relations, legislative development, international affairs, and policy communications. | HPLS-10@dot.gov |
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Todd Kohr Acting Director Todd.Kohr@dot.gov |
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 |
| Congressional Affairs Team | |||
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Heather Dean Simei Team Leader Heather.Dean@dot.gov |
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 |
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Brian Lomax Congressional Liaison Specialist Brian.Lomax@dot.gov |
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 |
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Maureen French Congressional Liaison Specialist Maureen.French@dot.gov |
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 |
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Zan Guendert Congressional Liaison Specialist Zan.Guendert@dot.gov |
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 | |||
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Todd Kohr Team Leader Todd.Kohr@dot.gov |
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 |
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Tricia Millington Transportation Specialist Tricia.Millington@dot.gov |
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 | |||
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Elizabeth "Liz" Patel Team Leader Elizabeth.Patel@dot.gov |
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. Manage the process for clearance and delivery for FHWA authorization Reports to Congress. | FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov |
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Kofi Arhin Briefings Coordinator Kofi.Arhin@dot.gov |
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' website content, ensuring up-to-date information. | FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov |
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Alina Zaidi Briefings Coordinator Alina.Zaidi@dot.gov |
Serve 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 the FHWA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act website. | FHWA-Official.Brief@dot.gov |
| International Affairs Team | |||
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Agnes Velez Team Leader Agnes.Velez@dot.gov |
Serves as the primary point of contact for international affairs, managing participation in multinational and binational initiatives as well as international travel. Coordinates with the Office of the Secretary on all international activities related to road infrastructure. | FHWAInternational@dot.gov |
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Mary-Ann Carpenter Transportation Specialist MaryAnn.Carpenter@dot.gov |
Coordinates bilateral exchanges with priority foreign partners to support FHWA strategic goals and DOT areas of emphasis, and serves as FHWA Liaison to OST International and other high-level international entities. | FHWAInternational@dot.gov |
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Stephen Kern Lead Transportation Specialist Stephen.Kern@dot.gov |
An international expert, he oversees the agency’s historical global programs and serves as the primary FHWA point of contact for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Oversees a portfolio focused on the global transfer of technical innovations and best practices. | FHWAInternational@dot.gov |
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Jihan Noizet Transportation Specialist Jihan.Noizet@dot.gov |
Senior International Program Manager specializing in binational relations. Maintains a portfolio of international programs to gather, promote, exchange, transfer and disseminate best practices and technical innovations. She also serves as the primary point of contact for activities with the World Road Association. | FHWAInternational@dot.gov |
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Nicole Soto Transportation Specialist Nicole.Soto@dot.gov |
Manages the Global Benchmarking Program (GBP), facilitating international collaboration to identify and adapt proven transportation innovations. Coordinates study teams and oversees program activities to ensure successful implementation outcomes for FHWA and State DOT stakeholders. | FHWAInternational@dot.gov |
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Tina Williams Transportation Specialist Tina.Williams@dot.gov |
International Program Manager leading activities for information and technology exchange to support FHWA strategic goals and DOT priorities. Manages a portfolio of international programs focused on gathering, promoting, and disseminating best practices and technical innovations, with specific responsibility for binational relations, U.S. border coordination. | FHWAInternational@dot.gov |
