TAC Officers - 2025

Representing Primary Alternate

Smaller Cities (1)

Chair
Morad Kabiri, P.E., AICP
City Manager
City of Friendswood

Jildardo Arias, P.E., CFM
Director of Engineer
City of Friendswood

Fort Bend County Transit

1st Vice Chair
Perri D'Armond
Director Public Transportation
Fort Bend County

Pamela LeBrane
Manager, Finance & Administration
Fort Bend County

Harris County - Toll Road Authority

2nd Vice Chair
Brian Alcott, P.E.
Assistant Director of Capital Projects & Infrastructure, Harris County Toll Road Authority

Amar Mohite
Deputy Director, Capital Planning

TAC Members - 2026

Representing Primary Alternate

Active Transportation (1)

Sherry Weesner, P.E., CPM
President
Memorial-Heights TIRZ5

Lisa Graiff
Sr. Capital Projects Manager
Houston Parks Board

Gulf Coast Rail District

Katherine Parker
Interim Executive Director

(Vacant)

Houston Airport Systems

Sean Middleton
Managing Aviation Planner

Tim Joniec, C.M., IAP
Dir. of Government & Stakeholder Relations

Regional Transportation Advocacy Group

Christina Cabral
Executive Director
TAG Houston

Marlisa Briggs
President
North Houston Association

Smaller Cities (2)

Joseph Peart
Public Works Director
City of Shenandoah

Lori Klein Quinn
Mayor
City of Tomball

Smaller Cities (3)

Andy Rodgers
Deputy City Manager
Mont Belvieu

Chad Nesvadba
Mayor
City of Needville

Smaller Cities (4)

Lee Tipton
City Manager
City of Cleveland

Dan Davis
Mayor
City of Manvel

The Woodlands Township

Todd Stephens
Director of Intergovernmental Relations

Chris Nunes
Chief Operating Officer

Regional Toll Authority

Robert Castaneda
Operations Manager

David Gornet
Executive Director

Transportation Management Organization

Amy Skicki
President & CEO
BAYTRAN

Philip Toups
Client Relations & Account Management
BAYTRAN

Truck Freight Transportation

Danny Schnautz
President
Clark Freight Lines

Liz Castillo
President
Greater Houston Trucking Association

METRO

Clint Harbert, AICP
Vice President
System & Capital Planning

Alan Clark
Chief Strategy Officer

TxDOT Beaumont District

Lisa Collins, P.E.
Director of Tr. Planning & Development

Brent Rawlinson
General Engineering Tech

TxDOT Houston District

Grady Mapes, P.E.
Director
Tr. Planning & Development

Randee Shields, P.E.
Director
Transportation Operations

Port Houston

Callie Barnes
Director, Seaport Connectivity

Candice Armenoff
Chief Strategy Officer

Port Freeport

Rob Lowe
Chief Executive Officer

Jason Miura
Dir. Of Trade & Economic Development

The Woodlands Transit

Ruthanne Haut
Deputy Director, Community Services

Nicole Mathews
Transit Manager

City of Baytown

Brant Gary
Assistant City Manager

Martin Scribner
Director of Planning & Development Services

City of Conroe

Brandy Taylor
Engineering Manager

Chuck Purvis
Assistant Director Community Development

City of Galveston

Robert Winiecke, P.E., CFM
Director of Public Works

Brandon Cook
Assistant City Manager-Development & Municipal Services

City of Houston

Fabio Capillo
Assistant Director

Johana Clark, P.E., PTOE, ENV SP
Deputy City Engineer

City of Houston

Marlene Gafrick
Senior Advisor for Planning

Vonn Tran
Director, Planning Department

City of Houston

David Wurdlow
Assistant Director, PW

Megan Campbell
Deputy Assistant Director

City of League City

Christopher Sims
Director of Engineering

Cara Davis
Assistant Director Project Management

City of Missouri City

Vicenzo S. Corazza, P.E.
City Engineer

Edward Nagorski, P.E.
Assistant City Manager

City of Pasadena

Sarah Benavides, P.E.
Engineer & Sr. Assist. PW Director

Mark Gardemal, P.E.
Engineer, Deputy Director, Public Works

City of Pearland

Lorenzo Wingate
Director of Engineering & PW

Fabiola DeCarvalho, CFM, AMP, MIAM
Assistant Director of Capital Projects

City of Sugar Land

Melanie Beaman
Transportation & Mobility Coord.

Huy Ton, P.E.
Sr. Engineering Manager

City of Texas City

Kim Golden, P.E.
City Engineer

Jack Haralson, P.E.
Engineer Public Works

Brazoria County

Wael Tabara, P.E.
Assistant County Engineer

Karen McKinnon, P.E.
Assistant County Engineer

Chambers County

Zachery Vogler
Engineering Director

Cory Taylor, P.E.
County Engineer

Fort Bend County

Stacy Slawinski, P.E.
County Engineer

Rick J. Staigle, P.E.
First Assistant County Engineer

Galveston County

Michael Shannon, P.E.
County Engineer

Nancy Baher, P.E.
Assistant County Engineer

Harris County

Patrick Mandapaka, Ph.D., AICP
Sr. Director of Planning and Development Services
Office of the County Engineer

Richard Smith, P.E.
Director
Traffic Engineering & Operations
Office of the County Engineer

Harris County

Luis Guajardo, AICP
Director of Planning & Comm. Development
Harris County Precinct 4

Faustino Benavidez, P.E.
Deputy Chief of Staff-Engineering
Harris County Precinct 2

Harris County Transit

Ken Fickes, CCTM
Director, Office of Transit Services
Harris County Community Services

Vernon Chambers
Assistant Director, RIDES
Harris County Transit

Liberty County

Hon. Jay Knight
County Judge

Gerald Kolarik
Commissioner, Pct. 4.

Montgomery County

Jason Smith
Deputy Chief of Staff

Thomas Woolley
Director of Engineering

Waller County

Ross McCall, P.E.
County Engineer

Luke Fortkamp, P.E.
Assistant County Engineer

Advisory Members

Representing Advisory Member

Chief Transportation Officer / MPO Director (or his/her designee)

Ron Papsdorf

Director, TxDOT District Transportation Planning – Houston District

Catherine McCreight

Director, TxDOT District Advanced Project Development – Houston District

Sue Theiss

Designated Representative, Federal Highway Administration

(Vacant)

Designated Representative, Federal Transit Administration

(Vacant)