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Office of Operations Structure by Office/Team Members Text Version

Office of Operations structure chart showing the Operations' Office/Team Members and their contact information.

Office of Operations (HOP)

Acting Associate Administrator: Tony Furst
Staff Assistant: Joan Gaines - (202) 366-0408

Team Member HOP Support: Richard Brennan - (202) 366-3493

  • Staff
    • Nanette Prillerman - (202) 366-1808
    • Pidge Chapman - (202) 366-8889
    • Barry Zimmer - (202) 366-4082
    • Zia Burleigh - (202) 366-1896
    • DeVelle Simms - (202) 366-4010
    • Barbara McClary - (202) 366-6329
    • Vacant

Operations Webmaster: Harry Crump - (202) 366-9849

Office of Transportation Management (HOTM)

Director: Regina McElroy
Staff Assistant: Judy Cooper - (202) 366-6726

The following teams/staff falls under HOTM:

Operations Deployment Team

  • Program Coordinator: Stephen Clinger - (202) 366 2168
  • Staff
    • Larry Swartzlander - (202) 366-6066
    • Emiliano Lopez - (202) 366-2199
    • Marianna Rizzo - (202) 366-9631

Systems Management Team

  • Program Coordinator: John Halkias - (202) 366-2183
  • Staff
    • Jessie Yung - (202) 366-4672
    • Neil Spiller - (202) 366- 2188
    • Eddie Curtis - (404) 562-3920
    • Vacant

Congestion Management and Pricing Team

  • Program Coordinator: Wayne Berman - (202) 366-4069
  • Staff
    • Greg Jones - (404) 562-3906
    • Rick Backlund - (202) 366-8333
    • Patrick DeCorla-Souza - (202) 366-4076
    • Allen Greenberg - (202) 366-2425
    • Angela Jacobs - (202) 366-0076
    • Darren Timothy - (202) 366-4051

Transportation Information Team

  • Program Coordinator: Robert Rupert - (202) 366-2194
  • Staff
    • James Pol - (202) 366-4374
    • Jimmy Chu - (202) 366-3379
    • Tom Stout - (202) 366-6054
    • Rich Taylor - (202) 366-1327

Office of Transportation Operations (HOTO)

Director: Bob Arnold
Staff Assistant: Carolyn Newman - (202) 366-1993

The following teams/staff falls under HOTO:

Work Zones Team

  • Program Coordinator: Chung Eng - (202) 366-8043
  • Staff
    • Tracy Scriba - (202) 366-0855

Road Weather Team

  • Program Coordinator: Paul Pisano - (202) 366-1301
  • Staff
    • Roemer Alfelor - (202) 366-9242
    • Pat Kennedy - (202) 366-9498

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Team

  • Program Coordinator: Hari Kalla - (202) 366-5915
  • Staff
    • Scott Wainwright - (202) 366-0857
    • Bruce Friedman (202) 366-5012
    • Kevin Sylvester - (202) 366-2161

Emergency Transportation Operations Team

  • Program Coordinator: Kim Vasconez - (202) 366-1559
  • Staff
    • Dave Helman, Traffic Incident Management - (202) 366-8042
    • Laurie Radow - (202) 366-2855
    • Paul Sullivan - (202) 366-5465

Emergency Operations Team

  • Program Coordinator: Jesse Johnson - (202) 366-4628
  • Staff
    • Butch Morgan - (202) 366-6738

Office of Freight Management and Operations (HOFM)

Director: Tony Furst
Staff Assistant: Rose Skerkavich - (202) 366-9210

The following teams/staff falls under HOTO:

Freight Policy Team

  • Program Coordinator: Rolf Schmitt - (202) 366-9258
  • Staff
    • Crystal Jones - (202) 366-2976
    • Michael Sprung - (202) 366-9047

Freight Operations and Technology Team

  • Program Coordinator: Mike Onder - (202) 366-2639
  • Staff
    • Randy Butler - (202) 366-9215
    • John Nicholas - (202) 366-2317
    • Tom Kearney - (518) 431-4125 Extension 218

Freight Program Delivery Team

  • Program Coordinator: Kate Quinn - (202) 366-4241
  • Staff
    • Carol Keenan - (202) 366-6993
    • Ed Strocko - (202) 366-2997
    • Carl "Chip" Millard - (202) 366-4415

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