Action in Motion...
Your Regional Voice for Transportation Mobility
September 15th-
Alec Dreyer
CEO, Port of Houston Authority
Alec G. Dreyer is chief executive officer of the Port of Houston Authority. He was appointed by the Port Commission on September 29, 2009. Dreyer previously served as chief executive officer of Horizon Wind Energy, LLC, a Houston-based wind energy developer. Prior to that, Dreyer was an executive vice president of Dynegy, Inc., in charge of the generation division. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Comverge, Inc., a leading clean energy company, which provides demand response and advanced metering solutions to electric utilities and their customers. In addition, he served on the board of Eco Securities Group plc, which is in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits.Dreyer, a certified public accountant in Illinois and Missouri, has also served in executive positions at Illinova Corporation, Illinois Power Co., Illinova Generating Company and Price Waterhouse. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois, Dreyer earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma national scholastic honorary society.Dreyer and his wife, Sheri, have two children and one granddaughter
August 19th-
George Greanias
President & CEO, METRO
George Greanias is the acting President and CEO of Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO). He previously served on the Houston City Council and as City of Houston Controller. Mr. Greanias was a former candidate for the Mayoral race in 1997 and more recently was appointed by Mayor Parker to her Transition Team to lead the committee focused on transportation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.
July 15th-
Alan Clark
Director of Transportation Planning, H-GAC
Alan Clark is the Director of Transportation Planning for the Houston-Galveston Area Council. He is the Director for H-GAC's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which is responsible for development of the region's multimodal transportation plans. The MPO's Transportation Policy Council approves the programming of all federal highway and transit funds in Harris and the adjacent seven counties. Mr. Clark's responsibilities also include coordinating the Houston-Galveston area’s response to mandates contained in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
In 2009, Mr. Clark was elected to the American Association of Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Board of Directors. That same year, he was presented with the Anchor Award for Transportation Excellence in the Houston-Galveston Area. Mr. Clark was made a Texas “Road Hand” by the Texas Transportation Commission in 1995 for his significant contributions to retooling of the transportation planning process.
In 2006, Mr. Clark was also appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure-Gulf Coast Case Study. In 2005, Mr. Clark was named a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Policy Study Committee on Climate Change in U.S. Transportation. He is currently a member of the National Academy of Science’s Oversight Committee of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2).
Mr. Clark has been a transportation planner with H-GAC since 1983 and has managed its transportation and air quality programs since 1986. Mr. Clark has served as an Adjunct Professor with Texas Southern University. Prior to coming to H-GAC, he worked as a transportation planner with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and as a traffic engineering consultant.
Alan holds Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering and City and Regional Planning from Ohio State University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in his hometown of Knoxville.
June 16th-
Colonel Kenneth W. Wisian
Untied States Air Force, Ellington Field
Colonel Kenneth (Ken) W. Wisian is the Commander of the 147th Reconnaissance Wing, Texas Air National Guard, at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas.
Colonel Wisian received his commission in the Air Force through AFROTC as a Distinguished Graduate, and graduated in 1982 from The University of Texas in Austin. He completed Undergraduate Navigator Training at Mather AFB, California, in 1983 and was assigned to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, in 1984 as a B-52G Navigator and Radar Navigator. In 1989 he was selected to attend the USAF Test Pilot School and graduated in 1990. He then served as Test Navigator for the MC-130H Talon II and Chief Test Navigator for the AC-130U Spectre (Spooky) Gunship, accumulating over 70 hours of medium and high-risk test flight. In 1993 he left active duty to pursue his Ph.D. in Geophysics. Colonel Wisian transferred to the Texas Air National Guard and joined the 136th Airlift Wing as a C-130H Navigator in 1994. As both a traditional Guardsman and an Air Technician full-time, he served as the Chief Navigator and Assistant Operations Officer of the 181st Airlift Squadron and the Operations Officer and Commander of the 136th Operations Support Flight before being named Commander of the 136th Operations Group and Vice Air Commander of the 136th Airlift Wing. In 2009, he took command of the 147th Reconnaissance Wing. Colonel Wisian is a Master Navigator with over 3800 hours, primarily in the B-52G, C-130H, MC-130H, and AC-130U, and combat time in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq.
He is married to Dr. Meena Balakrishnan and has one daughter, Danielle.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal w/ oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Combat Readiness Medal w/ two oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal w/ oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ oak leaf cluster
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short w/ oak leaf cluster
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border w/ oak leaf cluster
Air Force Longevity Service w/ three oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/ Silver Hourglass and two M devices
NATO medal
Louisiana Emergency Service Medal
Texas Outstanding Service Medal
Texas Adjutant General’s Individual Award w/ three stars
Texas Federal Service Medal
Texas Faithful Service Medal w/ bronze cactus
May 12th- Jeff Ross, P.E.
Pate Engineers, Inc.
Jeff E. Ross, P.E. has more than thirty years of experience in the planning and design of urban infrastructure systems including surface transportation, both vehicular and pedestrian, flood control and drainage, water storage and distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment for site development, land development, and public works projects. Mr. Ross has combined his undergraduate education in civil engineering with a master’s degree in public administration to provide a unique outlook on municipal policy issues relating to development planning and design codes. He has put this outlook to practice in the preparation of design guidelines, capital budget allocations, impact fee studies, and tax increment reinvestment zones.
As Principal-in-Charge, Mr. Ross leads the largest component of this Houston-founded corporation. His primary responsibility is to oversee the business aspects of the development of new work assignments, staff recruiting and development, quality assurance of the office’s work product, and client relationship management. His background in a broad spectrum of civil engineering projects allows him to relate to the needs of the Houston clients. He also has established a high-level of community activity and has participated in the development of public policy and design guidelines widely used in the Houston community.
Mr. Ross is a member of the City of Houston Planning Commission and has chaired committees on Long Range Planning and the General Plan for the City. He has been actively engaged with City of Houston and Harris County officials on the development of design guidelines and policies for public infrastructure including roadway design, water systems, sanitary sewer systems, storm sewer and detention facilities. Based on his community interests, he has promoted quality of life aspects of public infrastructure such as the use of detention facilities for recreational purposes and the creation of heavily used pedestrian space that promotes drainage, safety, and the aesthetic goals of the client. He also chaired a joint committee of the City of Houston Public Works Department and the engineering community to prepare the Groundwater Plant design guidelines which were originally adopted in 1998. Mr. Ross has also served on committees that resulted in the adoption of Lift Station Design Guidelines and the Design Manual for Wastewater Collection Systems, Water Lines, Storm Drainage, and Street Paving in the City of Houston. He worked with the City of Houston and Harris County in the development of their stormwater management ordinances or regulations and plans prepared to comply with the National EPA requirements. Mr. Ross is President-Elect of the Houston Council of Engineering Companies; which is a trade association that provides technical expertise and a political voice for engineering interests in the Houston metropolitan region.
Mr. Ross has left his mark on the Houston community through his efforts in the design of urban infrastructure improvements such as the White Oak Bayou confluence with Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, the reconstruction of McKinney and Lamar Streets in the CBD, the improvement of sidewalks in the SE/Toyota Arena quadrant of the CBD, and as the engineering consultant for the Midtown TIRZ. He has specific knowledge of the design requirements and permitting process of the City and has completed numerous civil designs that were approved by this agency. Many of his projects have required coordination (interlocal agreements) among agencies including the City of Houston, TxDOT, Harris County Toll Road Authority, METRO, Harris County Engineers, and the Harris County Flood Control District.
April 14th- Joe Adams, Union Pacific Railroad
Joe Adams is Vice President – Public Affairs for Union Pacific Railroad with responsibility for the Railroad’s regional governmental relations, media and charitable programs. In 1999, UP Chairman and CEO Dick Davidson appointed Adams to work with elected officials, business and civic leaders on railroad issues in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Adams began his career with the railroad in 1978 as an Assistant General Attorney in Omaha with responsibility for federal legislative issues. He was promoted to Associate General Counsel and put in charge of the railroad's government affairs program in 1982. In 1987, Mike Walsh, then CEO of Union Pacific, appointed Adams as Executive Assistant to the Chairman with responsibility for the coordination of senior management activities and the management of the Railroad's Executive Department. When Walsh left Union Pacific to head Tenneco, Adams continued in this capacity under Dick Davidson.
Prior to joining Union Pacific, Adams served in the Nixon and Ford Administrations in Washington, D.C. at the Civil Aeronautics Board, the White House and the U.S. Treasury Department. He is a graduate of Brown University and Stanford Law School.
Adams maintains an office at the Union Pacific’s regional headquarters in Spring
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Thank you for Making the 11th Annual State of the Counties Address a Success!
A special thank you to Guidry News for providing the photos.
The Bay Area Houston Transportation Partnership serves as the transportation management organization facilitating Regional Mobility Management for employers, government agencies and residents in the Bay Area Transportation Partnership regional service area.
VISION STATEMENT
The Bay Area will be an economically robust community with an environmentally sound and diverse mobility system to improve the quality of life for its residents.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
- Empower Commute Alternative Committees to prioritize, plan and achieve BayTran goals and objectives.
- Work with Regional Transportation Agencies: H-GAC, Texas Department of Transportation, Houston Transtar, METRO and Connect Transit to address Transportation Management for our region.
- Work with levels of Governmental Authority including: municipal, regional, county, state & federal.
- Establish Strategic Regional Alliances with key regional organizations -- Economic Development Foundations, Chambers, Developers.
- Establish effective Transportation Demand Management with Industry, Communities and Residents.
REGIONAL INITIATIVES / PROJECTS
- Participation on TxDOT 2030 Committee Public Hearing
- Task Force Leader on Harris County Hurricane Ike Damage Assessment Report
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (Project StarStream) for Bay Area transportation corridors & members
- POHA/Port Road Expansion Initiative Support
- Economic Alliance Houston Port Region Transportation Task Force Supoport
- Texas State Legislation passed to designate the NASA area scenic corridor as the "NASA Parkway" and a BayTran project to officially recognize the historical significance of "NASA Road 1" with a historical marker.
- Creation of a regional Scenic District stretching from Highway 146 in Seabrook west to the City of Alvin, featuring uniform lighting, signage and landscaping.
- BayTran Leadership to finalize a $1.9 million Intelligent Transportation System grant for a regional video integration and distribution project with the Texas Department of Transportation and Houston Transtar to help with traffic management, homeland security and hurricane evacuation for the Bay Area Houston communities and citizens
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Former Mayor, City of Houston
Bob Lanier
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Mayor, City of Houston
Bill White
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Judge, Galveston County
The Honorable James Yarbrough
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Judge, Harris County
The Honorable Ed Emmett
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Judge, Brazoria County
The Honorable Joe King
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2008 Charles A. Jacobson Award
The Honorable Tom Reid, Mayor, City of Pearland
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(L-R) Mike Ogden-Past Chairman BayTran, Tom Reid-Mayor City of Pearland, Bob Robinson-Vice-Chairman BayTran, Bob Lanier-former Mayor of Houston, Coletta Castleschouldt-President of BayTran
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