The Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role Measuring Performance, Targeting Improvement -- Special Report 279 (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Study Committee Biographical Information
Study Committee Biographical Information
Pages 173-180
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He also served on the President's Management Coun cil, as Chairman of the National Science and Technology Council Com mittee on Transportation Research and Development, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Amtrak. Previously, he was Executive Direc tor and Chief Financial Officer of New York's Metropolitan Transporta tion Authority, the nation's largest independent public authority.
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He received the Frank Turner Life time Achievement Award, which is cosponsored by a number of trans portation organizations and administered by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) ; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Pub lic Transportation Association; and the Leadership Award from ITS Amer ica.
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He consulted for the Office of Technology Assessment on studies of alternative user fees and other benefit charges for financing infrastructure. He has examined the costs associated with ship design regulation and was a member of the Marine Board's Committee on Tank Vessel Design and TRB's Commit tee for the Study of Public Policy for Surface Freight Transportation.
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Sally Ann Lentz is the Executive Director and General Counsel of Ocean Advocates, Clarksville, Maryland, a national, nonprofit environmental organization that promotes marine policy positions within the U.S. gov ernment and international organizations.
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The Pittsburgh Port District, which spans 11 counties, encompasses more than 200 miles of commercially navigable waterways in southwestern Pennsylvania. The port complex supports more than 200 river terminals and barge industry service suppliers and is served by three major railroads and four Interstate highways.
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He was a cofounder and Chairman of the Board of Apogee Research, a transportation consulting firm that later merged with Hagler Bailly. While serving as Senior Vice President of Hagler Bailly and head of the firm's transportation practice, he was responsible for developing innovative finance techniques that merge funding from public and pri vate sources.
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He has also conducted research on wildlife habitats in the region and provided testimony on ecological issues. Before assuming his current position, he conducted ecological research and field studies in New York and Michigan, as well as fishery studies in rivers near hydro electric dams.
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Prior to his academic career, he was Vice President of Engineering and Management Sciences Corporation, a management consulting firm specializing in transporta tion. He also worked for 4 years on the Los Angeles waterfront as a long shoreman and marine clerk.
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