Management

The UC Davis Sustainable Transportation Center is governed by a director with assis­tance from an executive committee, the educa­tional director, an external advisory committee, UC Davis transportation faculty, and STC staff.

Susan Handy, Ph.D., a professor in the UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and Poli­cy, is director. Handy oversees all STC activities and programs and represents the STC at exter­nal meetings and events.

The executive committee provides input to the director on STC activities and approves the an­nual budget, funding decisions, and oper­ating policies. Cur­rent executive com­mittee members are Patricia Mokhtarian, Ph.D., a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Dan Sperling, Ph.D., a professor of Environmen­tal Science and Policy and director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis).

Mokhtarian also serves as educational direc­tor. In this role, she is responsible for awarding program fellowships as a part of the admissions process for both the ITS-Davis Graduate Group in Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP), which she chairs, and the STC’s programs.

The external advisory committee comprises distinguished leaders from industry, govern­ment, and academia with expertise that matches the STC’s focus areas of regional transportation planning, environmental planning and review, and energy policy. The committee reviews the activities of the STC at its annual meeting and provides important external guidance on all as­pects of the STC program.

The UC Davis transportation faculty consists of 58 faculty members from 13 different academic departments affiliated with ITS-Davis, includ­ing a core of 12 faculty members who focus primarily on transportation. Faculty serve on ad hoc committees for reviewing faculty research grants and dissertation fellowships, making se­lections for the outstanding student awards, and for other purposes as needed.

The STC staff, housed within ITS-Davis, pro­vides critical support, particularly with respect to financial aspects of the STC.  Christina Adamson, STC Program and Financial Coordinator, is responsible for completing required financial reports and coordinating competitive grant and fellowship programs. She also super­vises maintenance of the STC website and serves as the primary administrative con­tact with agencies such as the U.S. De­partment of Trans­portation, Caltrans, and the Council for Univer­sity Transportation Centers.  The ITS-Davis event and outreach coor­dinator organizes workshops and symposia, as well as other outreach activities for the STC.  Annemarie Schaaf is the TTP graduate program coordinator and works with the educational director in awarding program fellowships and tracking educational activities.  Roberta Devine, ITS-Davis financial assistant, is in charge of purchasing and accounts payable for the STC.  Ning Wan, ITS-Davis network administrator, su­pervises some STC computer-related functions.  Jamie Knapp, a writer under contract to ITS-Davis, contributes to the quarterly electronic newsletter and annual reports.  Ernie Hoftyzer, ITS-Davis management services officer, oversees all staff assigned to the STC program.