U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
8th Floor
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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 | |||
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Heather Dean Simei Team Leader 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 |
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Elizabeth "Liz" Patel Acting Team Leader Elizabeth.Patel@dot.gov (202) 209-3174 |
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 (202) 366-6066 |
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 (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 |
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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 |
| Legislative Analysis Team | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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Brittany Loesche Transportation Specialist Brittany.Loesche@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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Policy Communication Team | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Alina Zaidi Briefings Coordinator Alina.Zaidi@dot.gov (202) 366-6683 |
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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Vacant Senior 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 |
