Laurie G. McGinnis, Director Center for Transportation Studies University of Minnesota 200 Transportation and Safety Building 511 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: (612) 625-3019 E-mail: mcgin001@umn.edu CURRICULUM VITAE Education M.P.A., Public Leadership Concentration, University of Minnesota, 2006 M.B.A., University of Minnesota, 1985 B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1979 Employment History 2010 - Director, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota Direct staff of 25 in carrying out Center s research, education, and outreach functions, with an annual budget of $15 million and with involvement of over 150 faculty and research staff from 33 departments. Lead funding efforts. Represent Center in national, state, and university activities. 2001 2010 Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota Identified program opportunities, secured funding, and directed programs in transportation research, education, and outreach during period when Center doubled its annual budget. Provided research program leadership to interdisciplinary research teams to meet sponsor needs. Led Center s annual performance measurement effort. 1997 2001 Director of Research and Contract Management, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota Directed the Center s $7 million annual transportation research program and managed the administrative functions. Oversaw development and monitoring of the Center s $10 million annual budget. 1991 1997 Research Coordinator, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota Managed the transportation research program with University faculty and sponsoring organizations. Developed and managed an RFP process for research proposals that resulted in $3 million of funded research annually. 1
1984 1991 Project Manager, HNTB Corporation Managed numerous large and small engineering projects, including design, plan preparation and construction administration activities. Served as Project Manager for Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge design and Project Engineer for Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge design. 1982 1984 Programmer/Analyst, Technalysis Corporation Provided technical and marketing support for a system of financial and distribution software packages. Demonstrated software, trained and supported clients, developed manuals. 1979 1982 Project Engineer, Owen Ayres and Associates Executed design and plan preparation of numerous civil engineering projects. Designed and programmed computer program for concrete slab bridges. Professional Activities Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences 2013 Member, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project Panel 20-83B, Communicating the Results of NCHRP Strategic Transportation Issues Research 2010 Chair, Section on Research and Education, providing oversight of 5 committees 2010 2014 Member, National Research Council Committee on National Research Frameworks: Application to Transportation 2010 2011 Member, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project Panel 20-91, Collaboration Between NCHRP and ERA-Net Road 2003 2009 Chair, Committee on the Conduct of Research 1997 2002 Member, Committee on the Conduct of Research 2001 2007 Member, Committee on Women s Issues in Transportation WTS (Women's Transportation Seminar) 2005 2010 Member, International Advisory Board 2002 Member of the Year Award, Minnesota Chapter 2001 Member, Inaugural Class of Leadership Training Program 2000 2002 Chair, National Conference Committee for 2002 Conference 1998 2000 Chair, National Research Initiatives Committee 1996 1998 Treasurer, National Board of Directors 1994 1996 Director, National Board of Directors Community Service 2006 2010 Member, Planning Commission, City of Lake Elmo, Minnesota 2005 Volunteer, Jane Addams School for Democracy s Learning Exchange Circle 2004 Volunteer, United Way Washington County s Program Selection Committee 2
Professional Registration 1983 Professional Engineer: Minnesota Research Contracts and Related Sponsored Efforts 2013 Principal Investigator, Center for Transportation Studies Operations FY14- FY15. Sponsor: Minnesota 2011 2014 Co-Investigator, Corridors of Opportunity Evaluation. Sponsor: U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2011 2013 Principal Investigator, Center for Transportation Studies Operations FY12- FY13. Sponsor: Minnesota 2010 2012 Co-Investigator, Enterprising Twin Cities Transitways: Regional Competitiveness and Social Equity in an Integrated Land Use and Transit Context. Sponsors: Surdna Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota 2010 2011 Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program, Phase 2. Sponsor: Federal Highway Administration. 2010 2014 Principal Investigator, TERRA Membership Pooled Funds. Sponsors: Minnesota Department of Transportation as lead state, other state DOTs. 2009 2011 Principal Investigator, Center for Transportation Studies Operations FY10- FY11. Sponsor: Minnesota 2009 2010 Principal Investigator, Design of a Framework for Measuring Sustainable Regional Development. Sponsor: McKnight Foundation 2009 2011 Principal Investigator, Itasca Project Transportation Initiative. Sponsor: Itasca Project 2009 2010 Principal Investigator, Cost Estimating Transition Project. Sponsor: Minnesota 2009 2010 Principal Investigator, Process Facilitation of Mn/DOT's Professional/Technical (P/T) Consultant Contracting Process. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2009 2011 Co- Investigator, Minnesota Low Carbon Fuels Study. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Commerce 2009 Principal Investigator, Mn/DOT Symposium on Transportation Long-Range Solutions. Sponsor: Minnesota 2009 2010 Principal Investigator. Pavement Research Institute. Sponsor: Minnesota 2008 2009 Principal Investigator, subcontract to PB Americas, Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on Global Climate Change. Sponsor: National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 2007 2009 Principal Investigator, Cost Estimating Process Improvement and Organizational Integration Project, Phase II, III, and IV. Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2007 2008 Principal Investigator, Transportation Policy and Technology Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota. Sponsor: Minnesota State Legislature. 2006 2007 Co-Investigator, Evaluation of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program, Phase 1. Sponsor: Federal Highway Administration. 3
2004 2013 Principal Investigator, TERRA Board Support. Sponsors: Minnesota Department of Transportation, Local Road Research Board, private and academic institutions. 2004 Principal Investigator, Spring Load Restriction Study Policymakers Summary. Sponsor: Minnesota Local Road Research Board Research Contracts and Related Sponsored Efforts (continued) 2003 2008 Co-Investigator, Pavement Research Institute. Sponsors: Minnesota Department of Transportation, Local Road Research Board. 2003 2004 Co-Investigator, Mn/ROAD Governance Structure. Sponsor: Minnesota Publications McNeil, S., W. Ball, I. Feller, R. Gallamore, G. Giuliano, D. Huft, D. Judycki, T.J. Kim, L. McGinnis, H. Richardson, P. Sweatman, N. Wilson. Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation s Future. TRB Special Report 313, 2014 Kirk, K., J. Tableporter, A. Senn, J. Day, J. Cao, Y. Fan, C. Schively-Slotterback, E. Goetz, L. McGinnis. Framework for Measuring Sustainable Regional Development for the Twin Cities Region. CTS 10-04, January 2010. Elston, D., D. Huft, B.T. Harder, J. Curtis, M. Evans, C. Jenks, L. McGinnis, H. Paul, G. Roberts, E. Wingfield, J.B. Wlaschin. Transportation Research Program Administration in Europe and Asia. FHWA-PL-09-015, July 2009. Contributor: Strategies for Reducing The Impacts of Surface Transportation on Glogal Climate Change: A Synthesis of Policy Research and State and Local Mitigation Strategies. Transportation Research Board, February 2009. Contributor: Funding Sources for Transportation Research: Competitive Programs Transportation Research Board, January 2009. Boies, A., D. Kittelson, J. Lucke, J. Marshall, L. McGinnis, P. Nussbaum, T. Patterson, W. Watts, E. Wilson. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation Sources in Minnesota. CTS 08-10, June 2008. Boies, A., D. Kittelson, J. Lucke, J. Marshall, L. McGinnis, P. Nussbaum, T. Patterson, W. Watts, E. Wilson. A Smaller Carbon Footprint. CTS 08-10S, June 2008. Krizek, K., G. Barnes, R. Wilson, R. Johns, L. McGinnis. Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation Study. June 2007. McGinnis, L. Transportation Research Circular E-C070: Optimizing the Dissemination and Implementation of Research Results. November 2004. McGinnis, L. Design of a Staged, Two-rib Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge. Transportation Research Record No. 1290, pp. 188-193. 1991. Hill, J.J., L.G. McGinnis, W.R Hughes, A.M. Shirole. Design and Construction of Transversely Posttensioned Concrete Bulb Tee Beam Bridge. Transportation Research Record No. 1180, pp. 87-89. 1988. 4
Presentations Framing U.S. Surface Transportation Research for the Future. Organized and moderated session, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2014. Improving the Human Resources and Facilitating Networking. Presenter and panelist at EUTRAIN Final Conference, Brussels, Belguim, 2013. Managing the Relationship between Your Center and Your University. Panelist, Council of University Transportation Centers Annual Meeting, 2013. Institutional and Policy Implications of an Effective Research Framework. Presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2013. Transportation Research and Education Highlights in MAP-21. Presentation at Minnesota Transportation Alliance MAP-21 Workshop, Minneapolis, MN, 2012. National Research Frameworks, Part 2: Town Hall Meeting. Organized and moderated session, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2012. Optimizing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges to E.U.-U.S. Collaboration in Transportation Research. Part of Session: International Research Collaboration: Finding Common Ground, Part 2. Roundtable panelist, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2009. From Generating Unmet Research Needs to Prioritizing Formal Research Needs Statements. Part of Workshop: Conduct of Transportation Environmental Research: What You Should Know About Getting It Done Will Detailing the Process Yield Future Progress? Organized and moderated session, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2009. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Sources in Minnesota. Presentation to joint meeting of Minnesota House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee and House Environment Policy and Oversight Committee, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 24, 2009. Communications Strategies for Mn/DOT s Cost Estimating Process Improvement and Organizational Integration Project. Presentation at 19 th Annual CTS Transportation Research Conference, St. Paul, MN, 2008. Evolving Partnerships in Energy and Climate Change: The Minnesota Experience. Presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Sources in Minnesota: A Study for the Minnesota Legislature. Presentation at workshop for Minnesota legislators and staff, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 18, 2008. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Sources in Minnesota: A Study for the Minnesota Legislature. Presentation to Minnesota House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 4, 2008. Conduct of Research Committee Overview. Presentation at AASHTO Research Advisory Committee Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, 2006. Getting Involved in Research Activities. Presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2006. Cultures of Conducting Research. Organized and moderated session at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2002. Measuring Research Benefits: Impacts of University Research, Presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1997. 5
Other Research, Education, and Outreach Contributions 2010 2014 Host, organizer, and moderator, Annual CTS Transportation Research Conference. 2014 Member, Partnership for Regional Opportunity Board, Twin Cities Region. 2011 2013 Member, Corridors of Opportunity Policy Board, Twin Cities Region. 2013 Host and moderator, CEO Leadership Forum: Leading the 21 st Century DOT. 2011 2013 Member, Network of Associated Entities, European Transport Research Area International Cooperation Activities Project. 2011 Moderator, Conference on Performance Measures for Transportation and Livable Communities, Austin, Texas. 2011 Host and moderator, World Symposium on Transportation and Land Use Research, Whistler, British Columbia. 2010 Host and moderator, 2010 Capacity Building Workshops for Cost Estimation and Cost Management, University of Minnesota. 2010 Member, UMore Park Academic Mission Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee on Structuring a UMore Park Community of Scholars, University of Minnesota. 2010 Moderator, Workshop on Transitway Impacts on the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region: Research Results and Future Implications. 2009 Host and moderator, Personal Rapid Transit Symposium, sponsored by Minnesota 2009 Host and moderator, Sustainable Regional Development Focus Group Workshop, sponsored by McKnight Foundation. 2009 Member, Peer Review Team, Mn/DOT Project Management Peer Review. 2009 2013 Member, Transportation Engineering and Road Research Alliance Board of Directors (TERRA). 2009 Member, Minnesota Local Road Research Board. 2009 2013 Chair, ITS Institute Board. 2009 Member, Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program Steering Committee. 2008 Member, Transportation Research Program Administration International Scan Tour. Scan team visited six countries to exchange knowledge on research program administration processes and practices. Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration and AASHTO. 2008 Member, Peer Exchange Panel, National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 2007 Planned and moderated a workshop to frame the research project Assessing Policy and Technology Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota. Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers from multiple disciplines participated in the workshop. 2006 Designed and implemented knowledge-building process for identifying critical transportation research needs with Mn/DOT and the Minnesota Local Road Research Board. The process creates opportunities for the University to build knowledge in emerging issue areas. 2004 2010 Chair, Pavement Research Institute Advisory Committee. 2003 Developed and implemented the CTS Scholars program. The program engages faculty and researchers with a focus in transportation in working closely with CTS to identify interdisciplinary research opportunities, develop new education initiatives, and respond to emerging trends. 2003 2009 Developed a communications and outreach plan for TRB Conduct of Research Committee. Led creation of and oversaw implementation of multiple strategies 6
including Web site, electronic newsletter, annual meeting sessions, and research collaboration wiki. 2002 2005 Developed strategy with Civil Engineering Department to establish CTS Richard P. Braun Chair in Transportation Engineering using CTS royalty funds. 2000 2002 Chair, National Conference Committee, 2002 WTS National Conference. 1993 2001 Guest Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering Project Management course. 7