Meet The External Advisory Board of Directors

PacTrans External Advisory Board and Its Role

The role of the External Advisory Board (EAB) is to provide input on PacTrans’ strategic planning and outreach activities. We anticipate up to two meetings per year where the EAB will help review PacTrans activities and provide advice and vision on strategic directions. Members of the EAB include directors from the research office of the state DOTs in Region 10 and representatives from other transportation agencies, private industries, and communities. Currently, the PacTrans EAB includes the following transportation professionals:

  • Anna Bosin (Alaska DOT)
  • Scott Drumm (CPCS Transcom)
  • Anna Zivarts (Disability Mobility Initiative)
  • Michael Bufalino (Oregon DOT)
  • Wayne Kittelson (Kittelson & Associates)
  • Miles Crumley (TriMet)
  • Ned Parrish (Idaho Transportation Department)
  • James Amundsen (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium)
  • Anne Freeman (Washington DOT)
  • Lewison Lem (Port of Portland)
  • Vidhu Shekhar (Microsoft)
  • Cristina DeMattio (Alaska Department of Transportation)

The first meeting of the PacTrans EAB with the PacTrans Board of Directors was held on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 on the UW Campus.


  • Chief of Research, Development & Technology Transfer, AKDOT&PF

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    Consultant, CPCS Transcom


  • Director, Disability Mobility Initiative


  • Principal at Kittelson & Associates, Inc.


  • Manager, Service Performance and Analysis Team, TriMet

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    Research Program Manager for the Idaho Transportation Department

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    Engineering Project Manager, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)

  • Bufalino


    Research Manager Oregon Department of Transportation


  • Program Administrator of Research and Library Services, Washington State Department of Transportation


  • Transportation Planning Programs Manager, Port of Portland


  • Government Strategy Leader – US State & Local Government, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft


  • Research, Development & Technology Transfer Program Manager, Alaska Department of Transportation

Previous Members of the External Board of Directors

Thanks to our former board members for their efforts and continued support of transportation research