Last week, the NYU Rudin Center concluded its second Emerging Leaders in Transportation program. This year’s program consisted of two mornings of seminars with industry leaders, a behind-the-scenes tour of local transportation facilities and a networking reception with program alumni.
Program participants explored innovation and leadership within the context of their careers and engaged in discussion about how to build essential leadership skills, manage office politics, promote their ideas, and lead change within their respective companies. This year’s themes included data analysis, autonomous vehicles, congestion management, sustainability and active transport.
This year’s speakers included:
- William Carry, NYC Department of Transportation
- Projjal Dutta, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Emily Gallo, NYC Department of Transportation
- Marlo McGriff, Google
- Mary K Murphy, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
- Jon Orcutt, TransitCenter
- Neysa Pranger, Intersection
- Dani Simons, Motivate
With a program keynote speech delivered by
- Jay Walder, Motivate
The group visited the NYC Transit Rail Control Center for an inside perspective on operations and challenges.
The 2016 Emerging Leaders in Transportation program was a major success. Thanks to the many transportation professionals who took the time to participate as speakers and to this year’s fellows, who brought their best ideas and enthusiasm.
Emerging Leaders in Transportation was directed and moderated by Sarah Kaufman, NYU Rudin Center Assistant Director, and supported by the University Transportation Research Center.