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Capacity Builder Interest List for FY 2023 TCP

The table below includes key contacts for interested Capacity Builder organizations for the FY 2023 Thriving Communities Program. DOT is publishing this list to facilitate teaming between interested organizations. If you would like to be included on this list, please reach out to ThrivingCommunities@dot.gov. Please note that teaming is the responsibility of interested applicants; DOT does not facilitate teaming arrangements.

Key Contact and Email Name of Organization Location Community of Practice Program Interest

Ken Kanownik

kkanownik@lhtac.org

Local Highway Technical Assistance Council

Boise, ID 83703 Main Streets TCP-R

Bonnie Trowbridge

bonnie@drivecleanco.org

Drive Clean Colorado Arvada, CO 80004 Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-R

Kristi Sturtz

kristi@sturtzpmg.com

Sturtz Public Management Group, LLC

Hardeeville, SC Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Anna Naruta-Moya

anna.naruta-moya@dfa.nm.gov 

New Mexico’s Department of Finance and Administration, Federal Grants Management Bureau Santa Fe, NM 87501   TCP-R

Christopher Forinash

cforinash@nelsonnygaard.com

Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates National Complete Neighborhoods, Main Streets TCP-N

Melissa Lynn Rushing Evans

higheq205@gmail.com

Platinum Experienced Staffing Agency, LLC Cincinnati, OH 45237   TCP-N

Anna Stormer

AStormer@nff.org

Nonprofit Finance Fund New York, NY (HQ) All TCP-N, TCP-R

Vesna Petrin

vesna_petrin@abtassoc.com

Abt Associates Rockville, MD 20852 All TCP-N

Amy Johnson Ely

amy@pccsc.net

Palmetto Cycling Coalition Columbia, SC Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-R

Drew Woodward

drewwoodward@usdn.org

Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) National Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Mariah Heriman

Mheriman@theexcaliburgroup.com

The Excalibur Group Washington, DC 20020 Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N, TCP-R

Amy Dowis

amy@nwmorcog.org

Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments Maryville, MO  64468 Main Streets TCP-R

Alvaro Villagran

alvaro@sharedusemobilitycenter.org

Shared-Use Mobility Center National Complete Neighborhoods, Main Streets TCP-N

Marisa Jones

marisa@saferoutespartnership.org

Safe Routes Partnership National Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Justin Owens 

owens@kveng.com

Kaw Valley Engineering Salina KS, 67401 Main Streets TCP-R

Adrienne Holloway, Ph.D.

aholloway@amnygroup.com

AMNY Consulting Group Houston, TX 77098 Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Louis Alloro

louis@thewellbeinglab.com

Louis Alloro LLC DBA The Wellbeing Lab Los Angeles, CA, 91711   TCP-R

Nickel Lowman

nickel@scadesign.com

SCA Design Las Vegas, NV & Scottsdale, AZ All TCP-N, TCP-R

Tamar Shapiro

tamars@mpactmobility.org

Mpact Minneapolis, MN Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Rachel Bennett

rbennett@migcom.com

MIG, Inc. Berkeley, CA All TCP-N

Kisha C. Smith 

kcsmith@eloquencesolutionsllc.com

Eloquence Solutions, LLC Austin, TX, 78744 and National Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Sabin Yanez

syanez@cfse.com

COOK, Flatt & Strobel (CFS) Engineers Kansas City, MO & Topeka, KS All TCP-N

Kara Wentworth

wentworth@lasalle.edu

The Nonprofit Center Philadelphia, PA All TCP-N, TCP-R

Susan Park

susan@aa4h.org

Asian Americans for Housing and Environmental Justice Los Angeles, CA Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Gwen Jackson

gwen.urbaneenvironments@gmail.com

Urbane Environments Consultants Piedmont Region of NC Salisbury, NC Rowan County Complete Neighborhoods TCP-R

Shayna Gleason

sgleason@transportcenter.org

International Transportation Learning Center Silver Spring, MD and National Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N, TCP-R

Ben Wood

bwood@hria.org

Health Resources in Action, Inc. Boston, MA 02116 All TCP-N, TCP-R

Mark Nichols, P.E.

mark@traffic-engineering-solutions.com

Traffic Engineering Solutions, PLLC Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72403 All TCP-N

Breen Masciotra

breen@evolveea.com

evolve environment :: architecture Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Complete Neighborhoods, Main Streets TCP-N

Betz Mayer

Betz.Mayer@pnwer.org

Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Seattle, WA 98121 (HQ) All TCP-R

Ben Levenger

Ben@DTRedevelopment.com

Downtown Redevelopment Services, LLC Ravenna, OH 44266 Complete Neighborhoods, Main Streets TCP-N, TCP-R

LaTasha Ireland

latasha@i-reland.consulting

iRe Land Consulting, Inc. Fort Worth, TX All TCP-N, TCP-R

Mackenzie Love, AICP

mlove@gpisd.net

Great Plains Institute Minneapolis, MN 55407 Main Streets TCP-N

Barbara Reddick

breddick@swgrc.org

Southwest Georgia Regional Commission Camilla, Georgia 31730 Main Streets TCP-R

Lucas Fried

lucas@bennettmidland.com 

Bennett Midland New York, NY 10001 All TCP-N 

Steven Earl

contact@assets-m.com 

Assets Managers Ames, Iowa 50010 All TCP-N

Elizabeth Ward

Elizabeth.Ward@NV5.com

NV5 Parsippany, NJ 07054 All TCP-N, TCP-R

Radhika Nair

radhika@sevaworkshop.com 

Seva Workshop LLC Seattle, WA Main Streets, Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Susan Buchan

sbuchan@evgood2go.org 

Good2Go, LLC Boston, MA/Northeast US Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N, TCP-R

Taylor Allen

taylora@forthmobility.org

Forth Portland, OR 97209 All TCP-N

Stan Wall

swall@hraadvisors.com

HR&A Advisors Washington, DC and National All TCP-N

Chris Walls

chris@absolutegis.com

Absolute GIS, LLC National All TCP-N, TCP-R

Ann Dickson

ann@cpcommunities.org

Creative Placemaking Communities New Jersey Complete Neighborhoods TCP-N

Calvetta Phair

phair@theonitfoundation.org

The On It Foundation National All TCP-N, TCP-R

Jason Espie 

jason@revivestrategies.com

Revive Strategies LLC National All TCP-N

Heather Takle

HTakle@poweroptions.org

PowerOptions New England All TCP-R

Sumeet Sandhu

sumeet@ourtownhall.io

OurTownHall Vallejo, California All TCP-N

David Anglero

DavidAnglero@greenedgetech.org

Green Edge Tech Electric LLC Pittsburgh, PA 15206 All TCP-N, TCP-R

Brian P. Smith, PE, PTOE, PMP

smith.eng.assc@gmail.com

Smith Engineering and Associates, LLC Atlanta, GA 30303 All TCP-N, TCP-R