U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced August 17 that 24 members had been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE), a Department of Transportation (DOT) organization aimed at providing advice and recommendations to Secretary Buttigieg regarding issues of civil rights and transportation equality.

The DOT reviewed over 240 applications for the committee. The newly-appointed members, who will each serve two-year terms, include: 

• Anthony Foxx — professor at Harvard University (chair)
• Stephanie Gidigbi-Jenkins — partner at North Star Strategies and VP of the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance (Vice Chair)
• Shoshana Akins — manager of Public Participation Planning for the Delaware Valley Region Planning Commission
• Charles Brown — founder of Equitable Cities
• Flora Castillo — president of Pivot Strategies.
• Clarence Daniel-Angapak — Community Development Division director for the Association of Village Council Presidents
• Veronica Davis — deputy director of Houston Public Works and director of Transportation and Drainage Operations for the City of Houston
• Destiny (Thomas) Deguzman — founder and CEO of the Thrivance Group
• Yochai Eisenberg, PhD — assistant professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago
• Icema Gibbs — VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and DEI at JetBlue
• Priya Sarathy Jones — deputy executive director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center
• Vince Malone — chief of staff and administration for the WeGO Public Trust/Nashville MTA
• Andrea Marpillero-Colomina — Sustainable Communities program director at GreenLatinos
• Diana Mendes — corporate president for Infrastructure and Mobility Equity at HNTB
• Roger Millar — secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation
• Prashanthi Raman — VP of Global Government Affairs at Cruise
• Azikiwe Rich — executive director of Performance Management for the NYC Department of Transportation
• Oliver Sellers-Garcia — Green New Deal director and senior advisor to the Mayor of the City of Boston
• Tunya Smith — director for the Office of Civil Rights at the North Carolina Department of Transportation
• Camille C. Williams — director of Social Responsibility for the Transportation Diversity Council
• Phil Washington — CEO of the Denver International Airport
• Eboni Wimbush — president and CEO of the Airport Minority Advisory Council
• Gregory Winfree — agency director at the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute
• Jing Zhang — transportation planner for the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization

“We are grateful to the distinguished members of the ACTE, and I look forward to working with them as we continue our efforts to bring better infrastructure — and the jobs and opportunities that come with it — to every community across the country,” said Secretary Buttigieg.