Awards & Recognition
★2015 Emerging Leader Award from African American Real Estate Professionals of DC
★Unanimously confirmed by U.S. Senate for Assistant Secretary position
★Senate confirmation for high-ranking federal transportation policy role
Notable Facts
→Former Acting Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, third-highest ranking official at U.S. Department of Transportation
→Led team of 1,100 professionals overseeing implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act
→Authored U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization and DOT Equity Action Plan
→Former Vice President at Smart Growth America and Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution
→Professor at George Washington University School of Business teaching Walkable Urban Development
→Directed over $30 billion in multimodal infrastructure investments including Safe Streets for All program
→Co-authored National Opportunity Zones Ranking Report and facilitated over $1 billion in smart growth real estate deals
→Native of Thomasville, Georgia, MA/BA from St. John's University in Government and Politics