TPO Staff includes transportation planners, traffic modelers, demographers, urban designers, and other planning professionals. Under the direction of Beth Alden, TPO Executive Director, the diverse skills of the staff ensure that transportation priorities are coordinated with land use, economic development, and regional and statewide plans for all modes of surface transport.
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Beth Alden, AICP, Transportation Planning Organization Executive Director, Board, Policy Committee, Sun Coast Transportation Planning Alliance, FL MPO Advisory Council, 813/547-3318 aldenb@plancom.org
Cheryl Wilkening, Executive Assistant, to the TPO Staff, 813/756-0371 wilkeningc@plancom.org
Gena Torres, TPO Assistant Executive Director, for External Relations and Active Transportation , 813/665-1357 torresg@plancom.org
Allison Yeh, AICP, LEED GA, TPO Assistant Executive Director, for Work Program Delivery & Sustainability. 813/582-7351 yeha@plancom.org
Johnny King Alaziz Wong, PhD, Executive Planner, for Performance-Based Planning and Programming, TIP priorities, Long Range Transportation Plan, TPO Certification, staff support to CAC. 813/699-7370 wongj@plancom.org
Wade Reynolds, AICP, Executive Planner, for interagency coordination on road network plans, PD&E studies, and freight, staff to Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) , 813/793-2361 reynoldsw@plancom.org
Lisa Silva, AICP, PLA, Principal Planner, for Vision Zero (safety), complete street design, transportation for school areas and tourism, staff to Livable Roadways Committee (LRC), liaison to Tampa’s Downtown Partnership and Westshore Alliance, 813/665-1329 silval@plancom.org
Elizabeth Watkins, AICP, Principal Planner, for bus and rail transit plans and analyses, liaison to HART, TBARTA, MPOAC Freight & Rail Committee., 813/582-7382 watkinse@plancom.org
Roger Mathie, GIS Project Manager II, for mapping and data analysis, graphic design, regional GIS support, special projects for the TPO, 813/565-9352 mathier@plancom.org
Amber Simmons, Budget and Grants Coordinator, for Grants and Budget Coordinator, TPO Unified Planning Work Program project manager, strategic grant applications & collaborations, 813/547-3379 simmonsa@plancom.org
Joshua Barber, AICP, Senior Planner, for Transportation Disadvantaged program, Title VI & Equity, Shared Mobility 813/576-2313 barberj@plancom.org
Vishaka Shiva Raman, Planner II, for TIP and Tampa Bay Regional Planning Model development, data collection and analysis, TSMO plans, staff support for ITS Committee, 813/793-2350 ramanv@plancom.org
Connor MacDonald, Planner I, for TIP amendments, transportation performance measures & targets, multimodal level-of-service reports, electric vehicle plans, 813/946-5994 macdonaldc@plancom.org
Lizzie Ehrreich, M.A., Planner I, for health, air quality, food systems, community gardens, and ETDM, 813/560.0255 ehrreichl@plancom.org
Benjamin Gordon, Planner I, reviews comprehensive plan amendments, planner for walk & bike plans, trails and greenways, staff to Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), 813/386-5972 gordonb@plancom.org