Brian Lagerberg, Chair

Public Transportation and Commute Options Program Manager
Washington State Department of Transportation
Phone: (360) 705-7878    Fax: (360) 705-6820
E-mail: lagerbb@wsdot.wa.gov

Member Bio:

"I thrive on the opportunity to participate because I have a lot of ideas on how to improve CTR and my participation on the Board is a way to make these changes real."

Brian is the Public Transportation and Commute Options Program Manager with the Washington State Department of Transportation. He has been involved in the CTR program since 1991. He initially was responsible for the evaluation of the program, and since 1994 has been managing the program. Brian was appointed to represent the Secretary of Transportation on the CTR Board because of his enthusiasm for identifying ways to make things better and his knowledge of the CTR program.

Kim Becklund

Transportation Policy Advisor
City of Bellevue
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009-9012
Phone: (425) 452-4491     Cell: (206) 979-9265     Fax: (425) 452-2874
Email: KBecklund@bellevuewa.gov

Member Bio:

Kim's commitment to Commute Trip Reduction is shown every day as she vanpools from her home in West Seattle to her office in Bellevue.

Kim Becklund has been a transportation professional for over 17 years and has held positions in the public, private and non-profit sectors focused on transportation finance, policy, regional transit, highway planning and political advocacy. Currently she is serving as the City of Bellevue's Transportation Policy Advisor where she has been since 1999. Kim has been active over the last ten years with the Women's Transportation Seminar, community life in Bellevue and Seattle and is an active member of the State's Commute Trip Reduction Task Force. She has a BA in Sociology/Political Science from Western Washington University and an MPA from the Evergreen State College. .

Aurora J. Crooks

Transportation Demand Management Manager
Spokane County CTR Office
1026 W. Broadway Avenue
Spokane, WA 99260
Phone: (509) 477-7540     Fax: (509) 477-7478
Email: ACrooks@spokanecounty.org

Member Bio:

"It's not just my job, it's a life style. I hope that when my three grandchildren grow up, progress made in the field of Transportation Demand Management will prove to have increased their quality of life also."

As the Transportation Demand Management Manager in the Spokane County CTR office, Aurora is responsible for administering the CTR program for the entire County. She has worked in the Transportation Demand Management field for over 14 years. She has conducted the ETC Basic Training course for not only Spokane County, but also for Kitsap, Thurston, Clark and Yakima Counties. She has served on many statewide committees, including the Trip Reduction Performance Program (TRPP) selection committee, and the nine-county work group.

Matt Hansen

Market Development Supervisor
King County Metro Transit
400 Yesler Way
YES-TR-0600
Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 263-3598     Fax: (206) 684-2058
Email: Matt.Hansen@metrokc.gov

Member Bio:

"Commute Trip Reduction is important. Our communities, our citizens, and the planet will be better off if we are successful."

Matt represents King County Metro Transit on the CTR Board. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing employer-based commute trip reduction programs. He also has a background in transportation research and policy analysis. King County Metro is the largest public transportation provider in the state, and it also has the largest public vanpool fleet in the nation. One of the skills Matt brings to the board is the ability to develop partnerships to help coordinate action by multiple stakeholders while helping each one to see the value in the end product.

Michael Harbour

General Manager
Intercity Transit
P.O. Box 659
Olympia, WA 98507
Phone: (360) 705-5855     Fax: (360) 357-6184
Email: mharbour@intercitytransit.com

Member Bio:

"The answer to our transportation challenges is not simply to throw more resources at the problem. We live in a beautiful state and to maintain the quality of life expected by our residents we must use existing resources better, improve public transportation, and provide transportation choices."

Michael represents the Washington State Transit Association (WSTA) on the CTR Board. He has been General Manager of Intercity Transit for over 11 years and has served a variety of roles at WSTA. He is currently Chair of the WSTA legislative committee. Intercity Transit operates a 140+ vanpool program and is active in the Thurston County CTR program.

Ted Horobiowski

Fleet Services Manager
Avista Utilities
1411 East Mission Avenue     P.O. Box 3727, MSC 54
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
Phone: (509) 495-4756     Fax: (509) 495-4269
Email: ted.horobiowski@avistacorp.com

Member Bio:

"Transportation congestion, air quality and energy independence are key areas of concern throughout the Spokane area."

Ted is the Fleet Services Manager at Avista Utilities in Spokane. In managing a fleet of vehicles for a multi-state electric and gas utility Ted is involved in local, regiona,l and national transportation issues. He served on the City of Spokane's Plan Commission for over 12 years and took particular interest in transportation infrastructure and related topics. His educational background includes urban planning and transportation issues.

Charlie Howard

Transportation Planning Director
Puget Sound Regional Council
1011 Western Ave., Ste. 500
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 464-7122     Fax: (206) 587-4825
Email: choward@psrc.org

Member Bio:

"Commute Trip Reduction is an essential part of the Puget Sound region's congestion relief strategy."

Charlie is the Transportation Planning Director of the Puget Sound Regional Council. He has 26 years experience in transportation planning at the federal, state, and regional levels.

Peter Hurley

Citizen Representative
127 NW 40th Street
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 228-1438     Fax: (503) 823-9194
Email: petersmartchoices@gmail.com

Member Bio:

Peter is a citizen representative to the CTR Board.

Joyce Phillips

Washington State Dept. of Community, Trade and Economic Development
906 Columbia Street SW
PO Box 42525
Olympia, WA 98504-2525
Phone: (360) 725-3045     Fax: (360) 753-2950
Email: joycep@cted.wa.gov

Member Bio:

"I believe an important component of CTR is how land use and transportation planning work together in comprehensive plans and implementation at the local level."

Joyce works in Growth Management Services (GMS) for the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. She specializes in transportation policy for GMS. Joyce has fifteen years of local and state government planning experience. She has worked for city, county and state government, in both Eastern and Western Washington. Her areas of interest include land use, transportation, historic preservation, rural area preservation, and urban design, and she has worked in both current and long-range planning.

Matt Ransom

Transportation Planning Manager
City of Vancouver
PO Box 1995
Vancouver, WA 98668-1995
Phone: (360) 696-8290 ext. 8412      Fax: (360) 696-8588
Email: matt.ransom@ci.vancouver.wa.us

Member Bio:

"My combination of personal passion and professional experience provide me with a unique perspective that I bring to the Board."

Matt is the Transportation Planning Manager with the City of Vancouver in Southwest Washington. He is responsible for developing transportation systems policy and overseeing all the transportation planning functions for the City of Vancouver. He has over a decade of professional experience working in local government, transit, and private consulting. The focus of Matt's work has been oversight of planning processes in the areas of transportation, land-use and economic development.

Robin Rettew

Senior Transportation Budget Advisor
Governor's Executive Policy Office
100 Insurance Building    MS 43113
Olympia, WA 98504-3113
Phone: (360) 902-0690     Fax: (360) 902-0680
Email: robin.rettew@ofm.wa.gov

Member Bio:

Robin has worked for the state of Washington for over 23 years including work at the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Legislative transportation committee, the Office of Financial Management, and the Governor's Policy Office.

William T. Roach

Citizen Representative
101 NE 58
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: (206) 529-0369
Email: wtroach@hotmail.com

Member Bio:

"I believe we need to involve the broader community of employers, developers and jurisdictions in better managing growth congestion in our state, on both the local and regional levels. Trip reduction is one of many strategies needed to accomplish increased mobility and livability in Washington in the face of the growing congestion on our roads and freeways."

William represents citizen interests as a citizen representative on the board. He has been part of the Commute Trip Reduction program since its inception in 1991. He helped to write the original CTR law and the subsequent updates. As a member of the CTR Task Force he helped write the vanpool and ridesharing tax incentives. William has 30 years of experience as a manager of innovative projects in the Public Transportation field. He is presently working part-time for the King County Department of Transportation on specific Transportation demand Management projects.

Page Scott

Executive Director
Yakima Valley Conference of Governments (YVCOG)
6 South 2nd Street, STE 605
Yakima, WA 98901
Phone: (509) 574-1550
Email: scottp@yvcog.org

Member Bio:

"I am looking forward to the implementation of the new Commute Trip Reduction law."

Page is the Executive Director of the Yakima Valley Conference of Governments (YVCOG), which is the lead agency for the Yakima Valley CTR program. She has been involved in commute trip reduction throughout her fifteen years of transportation planning experience. She was involved in establishing the CTR program in Clark County in 1992 after the CTR Act was first passed. Since that time she has consistently worked with CTR as part of metropolitan and regional transportation planning.

Marilyn Young Skogland

Program & Business Development Manager
Duwamish Transportation Management Association
5509 First Ave S, Suite B
Seattle, WA 98108
Email: mysmic@qwest.net

Member Bio:

"The Duwamish Transportation Management Association represents businesses in the world of transportation."

Marilyn is the Program and Business Development Manager for the Duwamish Transportation Management Association and the Manufacturing Industrial Council. She represents employers on the CTR Board.