Staff & Leadership
Transportation Alternatives is run by a professional staff whose efforts are multiplied by thousands of volunteers across the five boroughs. Join our team.
Senior Leadership
Reach out at info [at] transalt [dot] org
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Elizabeth Adams
Deputy Director, Public Affairs
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Thomas DeVito
Families for Safe Streets Director
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Megan Eiss
Senior Director of People and Operations
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Aubrie Fennecken
Director of Development
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Ben Furnas
Executive Director
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Shawn Garcia
Director of Advocacy
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Amy Klein
Senior Development Advisor
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Katie Lorah
Senior Advisor
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Philip Miatkowski
Senior Director of Research & Policy
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Alexa Sledge
Director of Communications
Advocacy
Reach out at advocacy [at] transalt [dot] org
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Elizabeth Adams
Deputy Director, Public Affairs
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Anna Berlanga
Bronx & Uptown Organizer
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Nick Conklin
Brooklyn Organizer
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Kanza El Hamel
Field & Equitable Partnerships Coordinator
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Mae Francke
Queens Organizer - Research and Design Strategist
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Shawn Garcia
Director of Advocacy
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Emily Jacobi
Manhattan Organizer
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Lauren Newman
Youth & Schools Organizer
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Rose Uscianowski
Staten Island & South Brooklyn Organizer
Communications & Design
Reach out at press [at] transalt [dot] org
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Charlie Baker
Associate Director of Digital Media & Marketing
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Michelle Deme
Digital Communications Coordinator
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Katie Lorah
Senior Advisor
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Alexa Sledge
Director of Communications
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Pink Supakarn
Graphic Designer
Development & Events
Reach out at devo [at] transalt [dot] org
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Eric Burghoffer
Events Consultant
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Cole Hawkins
Development Coordinator
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Aubrie Fennecken
Director of Development
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Amy Klein
Senior Development Advisor
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Nathan Lynch
Development Manager
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Nicole R.
Events & Partnerships Manager
Families for Safe Streets
Reach out at info [at] familiesforsafestreets [dot] org
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Thomas DeVito
Families for Safe Streets Director
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Dahlia Goldenberg
Families for Safe Streets Associate Director
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Bobby Preti
Families for Safe Streets Senior Social Worker
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Alexis Sfikas
Families for Safe Streets Organizer
Research & Policy
Reach out at research [at] transalt [dot] org
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Em Friedenberg
Research Manager
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Jack Greenwood
Research Associate
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Nina Guidice
Policy Manager
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Philip Miatkowski
Senior Director of Research & Policy
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Jessie Singer
Senior Strategist & Head Writer
Operations
Reach out at info [at] transalt [dot] org
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Megan Eiss
Senior Director of People and Operations
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Jeffrey Lee
CRM Manager
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PJ Mead
Associate Director of Finance & HR Administrator
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Alicia Perre-Dowd
Technology & Operations Manager
Board of Directors
Transportation Alternatives is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization overseen by its board of directors. Any member of Transportation Alternatives may nominate themselves or other members for board membership. Write info@transalt.org or mail to Janet Liff, Chair, 111 John Street, Suite 260, New York, NY 10038. The by-laws of Transportation Alternatives are available here (PDF).
Janet Liff
(Chair)
J. Liff Co.
Hope Reeves
(Vice chair)
Stanley Toussaint
(Treasurer)
MoCaFi
Jake Barton
Local Projects
Christine Berthet
CHECKPEDS, Sunnyside Records
Karl Chen
D.E. Shaw
Lucia Deng
Northwell
Michael Epstein
Google, Inc.
Daniel Kaizer
Mary Beth Kelly, ACSW
Private practice: psychotherapy
Andy Lerner
IA Capital Group
Gentry Lock
Stantec
Adam Mansky
Consultant
Edmundo Martinez
Martin Mignot
Index Ventures
Wiley Norvell
Rubenstein
Alison Sant
Studio for Urban Projects
Keith Tubbs
Capalino + Company
Kenneth Weine
Claire Weisz
WXY
Henry Rinehart (Co-Chair)
David Shephard (Co-Chair)
Michael Smith (Co-Chair)
Marc Agger
Lee Altman
Curtis Archer
George H. Beane
Ken Coughlin
Lucia Deng
Advisory Council
Michael Drinkard
Doug Ellis
Ed García Conde
Paul Gertner
Dereka Hendon-Barnes
Alex Herzan
Rich Kassel
Mary Beth Kelly
Anna Luten
Stephen Lyle
John Lynch
Richard B. Miller
Neysa Pranger
Jeff Prant
Matthew Reich
Shabazz Stuart
Steve Vaccaro
Lloyd Westerman
Howard Yaruss