The TTI Council meets annually to discuss issues relating to transportation research.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council is comprised of a small group of high-level transportation professionals from across the state of Texas and from every sector of the transportation world. The Council provides a tremendous service to the Institute by providing advice on transportation issues and trends, and supporting our research programs and initiatives.
These distinguished men and women formally meet with TTI leaders annually to help the agency advance its vision of being a premier higher-education-affiliated transportation research institute sought out by organizations from all over the world to solve transportation problems. In addition, during the year, we frequently meet with individual council members to help advance new research opportunities and resolve problems.
Texas is recognized as having one of the finest multimodal transportation systems in the world, which is due in part to the work of our Council members. We appreciate the contribution they provide to TTI and the State of Texas, and we value their input and ongoing support.
Dennis L. Christiansen
Agency Director
TTI Council Membership
Updated March 2015
Jack Albert
President, Reece Albert, Inc.
San Angelo, Texas
Bill Allaway
Senior Advisor, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA)
President, TTARA Research Foundation
Austin, Texas
John Bartosiewicz
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, McDonald Transit Associates, Inc./RATP DEV
Fort Worth, Texas
Michael Behrens
Director, National Transportation Programs, Michael Baker Corporation
Yoakum, Texas
Rollin Bredenberg
Vice President, Service Design and Performance, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Fort Worth, Texas
David Cain
President, David Cain Consulting
Dallas, Texas
Joel Camarano
Executive Director, Auto Underwriting Innovation and Development, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
San Antonio, Texas
Dennis Christiansen
Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, Texas
Perri D’Armond
President and CEO, West Houston Association
Houston, Texas
Chuck Ellison
Founder and Principal, The Ellison Firm, Attorneys at Law
College Station, Texas
Roger Guenther
Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority
Houston, Texas
Judy Hawley
Texas Business Development Director, Advanced Acoustic Concepts
Corpus Christi, Texas
Kris Heckmann
Partner, Granite Public Affairs
Austin, Texas
Mike Heiligenstein
Executive Director, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
Austin, Texas
Roger Hord
President and CEO, West Houston Association
Houston, Texas
Thomas Johnson
Executive Vice President, Associated General Contractors of Texas
Austin, Texas
Bob Jones
Chairman, Jones & Carter, Inc.
Houston, Texas
Joe Keese
Former CEO and Director, TransPecos Banks
Pecos, Texas
Thomas Kornegay
Former Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority (Retired)
Houston, Texas
David Laney
Attorney, business and financial law
Dallas, Texas
Bob Lanier, Member Emeritus
Principal, Landar Corporation
Houston, Texas
Russell Laughlin
Senior Vice President, Hillwood Properties
Fort Worth, Texas
Carlos Lopez
District Engineer (Retired), Austin District, Texas Department of Transportation
Austin, Texas
James McCarley
Principal, James McCarley Consultants
Dallas, Texas
Drayton McLane Jr.
Chairman, McLane Group
Temple, Texas
Gregg Mitchell
President, Trinity Highway Products, LLC
Dallas, Texas
Tom Niskala
Transportation Planning Director, Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization
Corpus Christi, Texas
Arnold Oliver
HNTB Corporation
Wichita Falls, Texas
Lawrence Olsen
Executive Vice President, Texas Good Roads & Transportation Association
Austin, Texas
Colin Parrish
Advisor for Budget, Planning and Policy, Office of Governor Rick Perry
Austin, Texas
Doug Pitcock
Owner, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Williams Brothers Construction Company
Houston, Texas
Rene Ramirez
Founder and Owner, Pathfinder
McAllen, Texas
Herbert Richardson
Director Emeritus, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, Texas
Phil Ritter
Executive Vice President, Government and Stakeholder Affairs, DFW International Airport
Dallas, Texas
Amadeo Saenz
Former Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation
Austin, Texas
Gary Slagel
President and CEO, CapitalSoft, Inc.
Richardson, Texas
Mark Stiles
President, Stiles Land & Cattle, LLC, Italy, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Oscar Trevino
President and Owner, O. Trevino Construction
North Richland Hills, Texas
Gary Trietsch
Vice President, Dannenbaum Engineering Company
Houston, Texas
Chase Untermeyer
International Business Consultant
Houston, Texas
Leonard Waterworth
Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority
Houston, Texas
Linda Watson
President/CEO, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Austin, Texas
LtGen Joe Weber, USMC, (Ret)
Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation
Austin, Texas
Phil Wilson
Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation
Austin, Texas