Bryan Davis, AICP, is passionate about sustainable transportation options. His work at the CCRPC focuses on regional Transportation Demand Management programs, bicycle and pedestrian projects, complete streets, and engagement with our cities and towns to support and help realize their vision for livability. Bryan’s background includes public service with the US Forest Service and non-profit experience in land conservation and affordable housing. He lives in Burlington with his family and has a thing for trails.

Charles Dillard is an urban designer and planner with the City of Burlington. Newish to the world of TDM, Charles nevertheless has over 15 years experience as an urban designer and planner in New York City, Raleigh, NC and now Burlington. Charles lives in the far, far New North End and treasures his bike ride commute to Downtown Burlington. When not biking to work, Charles is a proud rider of the #7 bus.

Dan started his State Government career in 2020 after 15 years of working for a regional planning commission in Vermont where he contributed to land-use policies, stormwater design, and transportation planning. His position with the Vermont Agency of Transportation is twofold including as a Public Transit Program Coordinator and the Go! Vermont Program Manager. The combination of regional planning, environmental and transportation experience contributed to his passion and understanding of public transit and transportation demand management (TDM), and his favorite mode of mobility is e-scooter.

Emilie Krasnow is a Representative in Vermont’s House of Representatives. She serves on the House Committee on General and Housing. She is also a member of the Climate Solutions Caucus, Women’s Caucus, Future’s Caucus, Working Vermonters Labor Caucus, Social Equity Caucus, and Older Vermonters Caucus.

Emilie was born in Middlebury, grew up in Charlotte, and, since 2005, has called South Burlington home. She grew up in a political environment and started door-to-door canvassing in 1994 when her father was first elected to the Vermont legislature: she was seven. Emilie studied leadership and management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business. She gives presentations at Vermont high schools and colleges promoting civic engagement and serves on the Community Service Committee of the South Burlington Rotary Club, the South Burlington Library Foundation Volunteer Committee, and the South Burlington Housing Trust Committee.

Prior to her election, Emilie worked for seven years at the Vermont State House, four as an assistant in the Vermont Senate and three as an assistant in the Lieutenant Governor’s office. Emilie volunteers at local and statewide food shelves, affordable housing coalitions, and has volunteered and worked on over a dozen municipal, county, statewide, and federal campaigns.  

Ilona Blanchard has decades of getting projects built. Currently the Community Development Director at the City of South Burlington, she worked previously in Maryland outside Washington, DC. She is currently managing the design of the Walk Bike Bridge over I-89 at Williston Road which will connect Burlington – South Burlington – Williston along the US Route 2 corridor for walkers and cyclers. This $22M project is funded with a variety of sources, including federal aid, two federal discretionary grants and TIF District financing.

Jonathon oversees Local Motion’s programming, including Complete Streets Technical Assistance, youth and adult cycling skills eduction, and Safe Routes to School. He leads Local Motion’s local advocacy and State-level lobbying.

KATE LALLEY is a Washington, DC native, but has lived in Shelburne since 2003. She attended Kenyon College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English, followed by a master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Virginia. Kate maintained a practice in landscape and urban design for 15 years, serving public, private and institutional clients in New England, New York and Washington, DC. Upon moving with her family to Vermont in 2003 her work shifted away from a focus on site design to community planning. Since 2015 Kate has worked as a regional planner. She helps communities to increase attainable housing, especially in walkable contexts to make more affordable, healthful and car-lite lifestyles with easier access to jobs and daily needs available to more Vermonters. In addition to reducing emissions this model also provides opportunities to manage stormwater to protect water quality and other sensitive natural resources. 
In Shelburne Kate has been an active community volunteer, most recently serving as a member of the town’s selectboard and prior to that, as a planning commissioner for 15 years. Member of the House of Representatives: 2023 – present. 

Clare Nelson is a research scientist at the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center. Her background is in transportation policy with an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. She uses data driven approaches to understand transportation in and beyond the state of Vermont and has a passion for science communication.

Jenna Antonino DiMare has served as the Executive Director of Vermont-based non-profit organization the Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) since 2013. She also has the pleasure of serving as the Director of the Burlington 2030 District, an urban sustainability and climate change initiative managed by VGBN that works to reduce building energy consumption, water usage and transportation emissions. Jenna holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA) from Cornell University and a BA from Brown University, where she studied architecture, ecological design and environmental policy. When not in the office, Jenna enjoys hiking, backcountry skiing, photography, cooking, and co-teaching mushroom hunting workshops with her partner via their project The Mushroom Forager, LLC.

Jennifer is the Director of Sustainability for the City of Burlington. Jennifer’s work involves transitioning Burlington to net zero energy in the thermal and transportation sectors and in this capacity, supports, designs and implements projects within Burlington Electric Department, including work across city offices, and with stakeholders throughout Burlington, and beyond. Jennifer was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon, has a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University and a PhD in Environmental Sociology from American University.

Jonathan Slason, PE is a Managing Consultant at RSG. He has provided professional engineering and planning consulting services to public and private clients for nearly 20 years. He has worked both nationally and internationally on land use policy and planning, design projects, and more recently long range planning, emphasizing climate and equity goals. He leads RSG’s strategic modeling practice with a focus on exploratory scenario planning and currently is assisting FHWA and others to enhance the strategic modeling VisionEval platform. Jonathan has deployed the strategic model to analyze the effects of TDM options, evaluate how travel behavior changes in the face of pricing and the provision of travel options.

Matt Lawless moved to Vermont last year, to serve as Shelburne’s town manager. He previously managed two smaller towns in Virginia, with a total of 13 years’ local government. Lawless is an ICMA Credentialed Manager with a BA from William & Mary (VA) and an MPA from American University (DC); he has also begun UVM’s PhD in Sustainable Development Policy, Economics and Governance. Magyarul tanul.

Quinn began working at CarShare Vermont in 2020 due to his interest in the relationship between land use, affordability, and social connection. In addition to his part in the day-to-day running of the carsharing program, he serves as the organization’s analyst and planner, and has led efforts to introduce new vehicle locations and develop novel hosting partnerships.

Andrea Wright has worked for the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in an environmental capacity for 24 years. She has served in several roles primarily working with and leading teams to perform project reviews; conduct research; and develop tools, policies and procedures that avoid, minimize, and mitigate the impacts of transportation infrastructure on the natural and human environment. Andrea now serves as the Environmental Policy Manager, leading the Agency’s Environmental Policy and Sustainability team that has a primary focus on climate mitigation and adaptation but covers all matters related to transportation and environment. Andrea serves as a liaison to an array of government and non-government organizations to bring balance and perspective to a wide range of conversations that emerge and persist at the nexus of transportation and the environment and works to ensure that transportation environmental policies are well-grounded, fair, and practical.

Carole has worked for Working Fields for three years. Starting as an Account Manager she worked directly with individuals who wanted to work but transportation was a barrier. Carole moved to Business Development in the fall of 2023. She engages with Community Members and Employers who discuss transportation barriers. Carole would like to be part of the solution to work through the difficult transportation barrier.

Mary-Claire Crogan has more than 14 years of rural transit experience at Tri-Valley Transit (TVT) of Central Vermont. TVT provides local and commuter Shuttle Buses for public use, free door-to-door Dial-A-Rides for eligible residents and has recently piloted “EZ Trip Middlebury” as a hybrid version of these two service models. Mary-Claire’s work as a Community Relations Manager encompasses community outreach, services planning, fundraising, publications and media relations.

Narges Ahmadnia is a PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont. Her research primarily focuses on travel behavior in rural and small communities, exploring critical issues such as mode choice, housing satisfaction, and transportation impacts on climate change.
She holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in civil engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology. Her academic journey is marked by a commitment to understanding and improving transportation systems and their impacts on the community development and environment.

Dr. Gregory Rowangould is the Director of the Transportation Research Center and an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont. He specializes in modeling transportation systems, transportation policy evaluation and mobile source air quality analysis. His research focuses on understanding how the design and operation of transportation systems and transportation policy affect the sustainability of communities, public health, and equity. Since moving to Vermont, he has focused greater attention on the transportation needs of smaller cities and rural communities where there are unique challenges to sustainability and economic development. Dr. Rowangould is also a member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies standing committee on Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation.Dr. Rowangould holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis, a MS in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maine.

Shaun Robinson is an award-winning journalist covering state government and economic issues for VTDigger. During the legislative session, he also co-authors VTDigger’s daily politics newsletter, Final Reading. Previously at VTDigger, he covered local government and schools in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. Shaun studied journalism and political science at Boston University. He lives in Williston.

KATE LALLEY is a Washington, DC native, but has lived in Shelburne since 2003. She attended Kenyon College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English, followed by a master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Virginia. Kate maintained a practice in landscape and urban design for 15 years, serving public, private and institutional clients in New England, New York and Washington, DC. Upon moving with her family to Vermont in 2003 her work shifted away from a focus on site design to community planning. Since 2015 Kate has worked as a regional planner. She helps communities to increase attainable housing, especially in walkable contexts to make more affordable, healthful and car-lite lifestyles with easier access to jobs and daily needs available to more Vermonters. In addition to reducing emissions this model also provides opportunities to manage stormwater to protect water quality and other sensitive natural resources. 
In Shelburne Kate has been an active community volunteer, most recently serving as a member of the town’s selectboard and prior to that, as a planning commissioner for 15 years. Member of the House of Representatives: 2023 – present. 

Emilie Krasnow is a Representative in Vermont’s House of Representatives. She serves on the House Committee on General and Housing. She is also a member of the Climate Solutions Caucus, Women’s Caucus, Future’s Caucus, Working Vermonters Labor Caucus, Social Equity Caucus, and Older Vermonters Caucus.

Emilie was born in Middlebury, grew up in Charlotte, and, since 2005, has called South Burlington home. She grew up in a political environment and started door-to-door canvassing in 1994 when her father was first elected to the Vermont legislature: she was seven. Emilie studied leadership and management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business. She gives presentations at Vermont high schools and colleges promoting civic engagement and serves on the Community Service Committee of the South Burlington Rotary Club, the South Burlington Library Foundation Volunteer Committee, and the South Burlington Housing Trust Committee.

Prior to her election, Emilie worked for seven years at the Vermont State House, four as an assistant in the Vermont Senate and three as an assistant in the Lieutenant Governor’s office. Emilie volunteers at local and statewide food shelves, affordable housing coalitions, and has volunteered and worked on over a dozen municipal, county, statewide, and federal campaigns.  

LEONORA DODGE was born to Irish and Mexican parents and grew up in Montreal and Mexico City. She moved to the US as a young adult. She earned a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Williams College, and an M.A. in Latin American History from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed a college semester in Chile, and a semester in southern Spain, and studied in Guatemala for a month. She is the recipient of a Mellon Fellowship, a Ford grant, and a Fulbright.

Since moving to Vermont in 2000, Leonora has sought to build community connections, both professionally and as a volunteer for many organizations including HomeShare Vermont, Music Contact International, Justicia Migrante/Migrant Justice, and Essex B.E.S.T. (Building Equity, Solidarity, and Trust. Prior to running for office, she taught Spanish at Vermont Commons High School and at Champlain College, and worked as a classroom paraeducator in the Spanish Immersion Elementary program in Jericho. Her community service includes running Spanish playgroups, coordinating children’s activities at the annual Burlington Latino Festival, coaching world championship Odyssey of the Mind teams, and initiating the Essex-Westford School District International Potluck dinners.

Leonora also shares her love of Latinx culture by teaching inclusive and multi-age dance fitness classes and dance events through which she has raised several thousand dollars for local non-profits such as COTS, SD Ireland Cancer Research, and Steps to End Domestic Violence. She lives in Essex town with her husband and two children. She is fluent in both French and Spanish.

Member of the House of Representatives: 2023-present.

THOMAS IRA CHITTENDEN grew up in South Burlington, Vermont. Thomas has a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Vermont and his Vermont family lineage traces back nine generations to Bethuel Chittenden, the brother of Vermont’s first governor Thomas Chittenden.

He has been elected to the South Burlington City Council three times (2015, 2017, and 2020), currently serving in his third term. He has been twice elected by the faculty of the University of Vermont to serve as their Faculty Senate President and he served as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Green Mountain Transit Authority (2015–2020).

He currently serves as the co-chair of the Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition and a director of the Grossman School of Business Undergraduate Case Competition Program.  He was the 2019 UVM Grossman School of Business Faculty Member of the Year and in 2017 was awarded the University of Vermont President’s Distinguished Lecturer Award. He also serves on the New England Board of Higher Education, the Vermont Economic Progress Countil, and the Vermont State Infrastructure Bank. 

For a short period of time, he was a Volunteer Firefighter in the Town of Williston, Vermont and is a South Burlington Rotarian. He now lives in the Chittenden family home in South Burlington. He is the father of three children attending public school and is married to Kimberly Chittenden, who teaches in the Colchester