With the new year comes a renewed commitment to our members and the ITS community. In the last few months of 2024, ITS America prepared for 2025 by solidifying strong leadership and consulting members about how we can continue to focus our efforts best. Our goal is to ensure that the voices of all our members are heard as we continue to collaborate for a safer, greener, smarter future for all.  

A significant amount of the work we do is supported by our members through their participation on our committees, working groups, and communities of practice.

In November 2024, we sent two surveys to our members. The first was to provide insight and interest in participating in ITSA Committees and communities of practice, the value of ITS America communications and deliverables, and priority issue areas and technology that will be important for them in 2025. The second survey was conducted during individual committee meetings to determine important issue areas of interest.

Results from these surveys confirmed that our members believe we are on the right path for 2025. We also derived valuable feedback about our committees/COPs, with which we made some updates, highlighted in the list below.

2025 Committees/COPs updates:

• Combining the Workforce Development & Equity COPs into one
• Adding a focus on data governance, data management, quantum computing, AI procurement, and AI applications to be addressed by the AI & Digital Infrastructure Working Group
• Refocus the AAM Working Group on UAM/AAM – specifically drones, other emerging technologies for natural disaster relief and prevention efforts
• New collaboration across committees on issues of privacy, cybersecurity, interoperability, and workforce
• Deliverables in the form of white papers and policy briefs, deployment plans where applicable – our members indicated they find these more valuable than, for example, panel briefs

We have also finalized our 2025 Committee Leadership. Congratulations to the following leaders who will lead our Committees, Working Groups, and Communities of Practice in 2025!

ITS America 2025 Leadership

Committee	Leader	Organization
V2X and Connected Transportation Committee	Elise Feldpausch Suman Sehra*	Michigan DOT Harman
Future of 5.9 V2X Working Group	Blaine Leonard Jennifer Duthie	Utah DOT Cintra
Beyond 5.9 V2X Working Group	Brock Aun John Kenney	HAAS Alert Toyota
Digital Infrastructure Committee	David Man* Kurtis McBride	CalTrans Miovision
Shared Data Layer Task Force	Kurtis McBride Steve Voit	Miovision Monotch
Multi-Modal Use Case Ecosystem Task Force	David Man Daniel Sweeney	Caltrans Accenture
AI & Digital Transformation Working Group	Karen Lightman Vidhu Shekhar	CMU Microsoft
IIJA & DI Policy Working Group	Melanie Alvord John Barton*	Texas DOT HNTB
Emerging Technology Committee	Preeti Choudary* Ximon Zhu	Drive Ohio NuMobility
Multi-Modal Transportation & On Demand Transportation Working Group	Amber Crabbe Crissy Ditmore	SFCTA Edgewise LLC
Digital Twinning Working Group	Greg McGuire Matthew Junak	Mcity HNTB
Advanced Air Mobility Working Group	Nicholas Short Beth Kigel	North Carolina DOT HNTB
Automated Vehicle Committee	Sarah Searcy* Nat Beuse	North Carolina DOT Aurora
AV Freight Task Force	Zeke Reyna	Texas DOT
Community of Practice	Leader	Organization
Cybersecurity	Christopher Lyon Rick Tiene Susan Howard	Nevada DOT Mission Secure Michael Baker
Sustainability	Tina Singh Open	Toyota Open
Workforce Development & Equity	Dara Wheeler Tiffany Fuller Virginia Lingham	Caltrans New York DOT WSP

*Indicates new leader to the committee, working group, or community of practice

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ITS America is also honored to welcome our new 2025 Board leadership.

“Strong, strategic leadership is essential to delivering on our organization’s mission and vision,” said ITS America President & CEO Laura Chace. “Transforming our transportation system through investments in technology will provide safe, accessible mobility options and access to more opportunities for our communities.

Our Board Directors and Officers lead by example in advancing safer, greener, smarter solutions for all.”

Board of Directors Leadership:

• Chair – Chris Armstrong, Cavnue
• Vice Chair – Tilly Chang, San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA)
• Secretary – Seleta Reynolds, Los Angeles Metro
• Treasurer – Laurel Straub, State Farm Insurance
• Immediate Past Chair – Joanna M. Pinkerton, HNTB

New Board Directors:

• Shailen Bhatt, COO – AtkinsRéalis
• David Desharnais, President & CEO – Rekor

• Zac Doerzaph, Executive Director – VTTI
• Robert Brydia, Senior Research Scientist Division Head – TTI
• Solomon Caviness, Commissioner – ATL DOT
• Preeti Choudhary, Executive Director – DriveOhio

We look forward to continuing to collaborate with our members in 2025 as we ring in a new era of ITS technology development and deployment.