WTS Annual Conference 2018 Proposal Title The Route to Resilience: Lessons from integrating resilience into transportation assets Educational Track Resiliency & Sustainability: From Planning to Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Operations Julie Chang New York, NY Principal & General Manager, Sam Schwartz E-Mail: [email protected] Julie Chang is an accomplished global business leader for complex and high-profile resilience and sustainability projects. She presently serves as the General Manager for the Sam Schwartz New York practice focus- ing on transportation planning and engineer- ing. She has dedicated the last 20 years of her career to building stronger, better more resilient communities. Elsie Poisson-Vitet New York, NY Senior Program Manager Storm Mitiga- tion and Resilience Office, Port Author- ity of New York & New Jersey E-Mail: [email protected] Ms. Elsie Poisson-Vitet is the Senior Program Manager for Finance and Opera- tions in the Port Authority New York & New Jersey’s Storm Mitigation and Resilience Office. She manages the financial forecast- ing and, business policies and processes that influence the overall performance of the Agency’s estimated $4 billion Sandy Recov- ery and Resiliency Program. Keely Thibodeaux New Orleans, Louisiana Founder and Principal at Landmark Consulting LLC E-Mail: [email protected] Keely Thibodeaux, Founder and Principal of Landmark Consulting, LLC, has proven success in developing best practices while offering solid advice to executives on regulatory compliance oversight, busi- ness process consulting, and technical support to state agencies, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations. Prior to found- ing Landmark Consulting LLC, Keely also served as the Deputy Recovery Program Manager for the City of New Orleans and the FEMA Public Assistance Coordinator for Jefferson Parish, LA. Molly Urbina Denver, Colorado President and CEO of Urbina Strategies LLC and Former Executive Director of the Colorado Resiliency and Recovery Office E-Mail: [email protected] Molly provides expert land use and resil- ience consulting for private, public and non-profit sectors. Molly recently served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Resiliency and Recovery Office appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in February of 2014. She served 4 years as the resiliency and recovery leader of the state to coordi- nate the diverse and complex portfolio of disaster recovery and resiliency efforts. Rebecca Zack New York, NY Assistant Commissioner of Intergovern- mental and Community Affairs at the New York City Department of Transpor- tation E-Mail: [email protected] Rebecca Zack is the Assistant Commis- sioner of Intergovernmental and Commu- nity Affairs at the New York City Department of Transportation. Rebecca oversees and manages the outreach and development of relationships with over 150 New York City elected officials and community organiza- tions across the city. Rebecca is respon- sible for DOT’s strategy in responding to concerns from elected officials.