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Who the Members Are

Members of the New York State Advisory Panel on Transportation Policy for 2025 with Executive Directors of the NYS Thruway Authority and NYS Bridge Authority

Pictured from left to right:

• Mitchell Pally, Vice-President, Long Island Association, Inc.
• James M. Melius, MD, Dr. P.H., Administrator, New York State Laborers Employers' Cooperation and Education Trust
• Janette Sadik-Kahn, Senior Vice-President, Parsons Brinkerhoff of New York City
• James D. Newman, President, NOCO Energy Corporation of Tonawanda, Erie County
• Patricia Gilchrest, Executive Director, Orange County Citizens Foundation
• Joseph H. Boardman, (Panel Chair) Commissioner, NYS Department of Transportation
• Elliot G. Sander, Director, New York University Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
• Thomas Tranter, former Chemung County Executive and Director of State and Local Government Relations for Corning, Inc., Corning, Steuben County
• James T.B. Tripp, General Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund
• James McGowan, President-Elect, American Automobile Association, New York State, Inc.
• Michael R. Fleischer, Executive Director, NYS Thruway Authority
• Dennis Fitzgerald, former Executive Director of the Capital District Transportation Authority
• George C. Sinnott, Executive Director, NYS Bridge Authority

Not pictured:

• Richard Garman, President, R&P Oak Hill, LLC, Buffalo, Erie County
• Arthur J. Roth, former State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance