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Mid-America Regional Council Pilot of the Data Business Plan for State and Local Departments of Transportation: Data Business Plan

Appendix A. Stakeholder Registry

Stakeholders include any internal or external person or organization that collects, owns, maintains, uses, interfaces with, accesses, or benefits from roadway travel mobility data. Internal stakeholders may include those involved in traffic operations, traffic safety, roadway design, pavement design, maintenance, air quality, modal, and connected vehicle capture activities. External stakeholders may include State and local transportation agencies, traffic management centers, transportation system managers, Corridor Coalitions, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, researchers, freight operators, private data providers (e.g., INRIX, Nokia-Navteq-HERE, TomTom, TrafficCast, etc.), neighboring State departments of transportation (DOT), media providers, the traveling public, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Site stakeholders should also include the individuals who will fulfill various data governance roles identified in the Guide:

  • Data Governance Council—Senior-level managers across business areas responsible for roadway travel mobility data.
  • Data Stewards—Individuals responsible for ensuring data is collected, maintained, and used in accordance to the policies established by the data governance council.
  • Data Business Owners—Individuals responsible for establishing business requirements for the use of roadway travel mobility data in their business area.
  • Data Custodians—Information Technology (IT) staff responsible for data system support.
  • Working Group—Collective group of internal and external stakeholders responsible for collecting and providing data and establishing business rules for roadway travel mobility data systems.
  • Community of Interest—Collective group of internal and external stakeholders who are users of roadway travel mobility data.

Table 8 identifies specific stakeholders to be engaged in each step of the Data Business Plan (DBP) development.

Table 8. Stakeholder registry.
Name Agency Email Type Roles and Responsibilities
Governance Stewards Business Owners Custodians
Ron Achelpohl MARC rona@marc.org Internal X No value No value No value
Frank Lenk MARC flenk@marc.org Internal X No value No value No value
Jay Heermann MARC jheermann@marc.org Internal X No value X X
Jim Hubbell MARC jhubbell@marc.org Internal X No value No value No value
Paul Bushore MARC pbushore@marc.org Internal X No value X No value
Eileen Yang MARC eyang@marc.org Internal No value X No value No value
Aaron Bartlett MARC abartlett@marc.org Internal No value X No value No value
Andrea Repinsky MARC arepinsky@marc.org Internal No value X X No value
Whitney Morgan MARC wmorgan@marc.org Internal No value X No value No value
Muril Stone MARC mstone@marc.org Internal No value X No value No value
Karen Clawson MARC kclawson@marc.org Internal No value X No value No value
Ray Webb MARC rwebb@marc.org Internal X No value X No value
Amanda Graor MARC agraor@marc.org Internal X No value No value No value
John Hwang MARC jhwang@marc.org Internal No value No value No value X
Sasan Baharaeen MARC sasan@marc.org Internal X No value No value X
Cities Various No value External No value No value No value No value
Counties Various No value External No value No value No value No value
Developers Various No value External No value No value No value No value
General Public Various No value External No value No value No value No value
Chuck Ferguson Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) cferguson@kcata.org Data Provider No value No value No value No value
Karen Miller MoDOT Karen.Miller@modot.mo.gov Data Provider No value No value No value No value
Dana Majors KDOT danam@ksdot.org Data Provider No value No value No value No value
Randy Johnson KC Scout randy.johnson@modot.mo.gov Data Provider No value No value No value No value
Monali Shah HERE monali.shah@here.com Data Provider No value No value No value No value
No value US Census No value Data Provider No value No value No value No value
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