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SPEAKERS - Day 1
Lisa Kay Schweyer, TDM-CP, MPM
Lisa Kay is Program Manager for Carnegie Mellon University’s Traffic21 Institute, which houses the Mobility21 National University Transportation Center. She also currently
serves as a member of the TRB Standing Committee
on Transportation Demand Management. In 2003, her transportation career began, helping commuters and employers learn about transportation options as manager of the regional CommuteInfo program.
In 2020, she earned the Association for Commuter Transportation’s (ACT) Transportation Demand Management – Certified Planner certification, as
well as a Cribs for Kids Women of Achievement Award. In 2019, Lisa Kay received the ACT President’s Award for Extraordinary Service and in 2016,
the Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association’s Superstars of Transit: Distinguished Service Award for Community Service. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Master of Public Management from CMU.
Dr. Eric Donnell
Eric is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, Director of the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, and Director of the Center
for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal
Transportation Infrastructure Systems. Eric has 21 years of
teaching and research experience related to geometric design
of highways and streets, speed management, and traffic safety. He has served as Principal or Co-principal Investigator on research projects from sponsors including the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Federal Highway Administration, PennDOT, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, New York City DOT, Montana DOT, and the Department of Defense.
Eric has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and technical research reports. He currently chairs the Transportation Research Board’s Design Section, and is past chair of the TRB Geometric Design Committee. He also serves as a member of the FHWA-PennDOT Statewide Transportation Innovation Council and is a member of the Governor’s Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Committee. Eric is a past leadership fellow of the Eno Foundation.
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