Transportation Research Board 2016 Annual Report (2016)

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TRB 2016 Annual Report | 47 tures are estimated at $88 million for the cal- endar year 2016. A statement of income and expenditures appears on pages 8–9. AffiliAte And sponsor services TRB’s core programs have five main levels of support: student affiliates, individual affiliates, organizational affiliates, sustaining affiliates, and sponsors. All affiliates and sponsors contribute to the support of TRB activities through annual fees based on the level of services selected. Individual and student affiliates’ benefits in- clude reduced registration fees for the TRB An- nual Meeting; a complimentary subscription to TR News, TRB’s magazine, which features articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation; discounts on most TRB books and reports; and use of the TRB library. Organizational affiliates include govern- ment agencies, academic organizations, pri- vate organizations, and consultants committed to the advancement of knowledge about the nature and performance of transportation sys- tems and system components. In addition to the range of benefits for individual affiliates, organizational affiliates receive most publica- tions at no cost, including complimentary ac- cess to TRR Online, the web posting of papers from the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board; and compli- mentary registrations—as well as marketing and exhibit opportunities—at the TRB Annual Meet- ing. Organizational affiliate contributions range from $4,850 to $11,875, depending on the level of benefits selected. the trb AdministrAtion and Finance Division provides financial management services and administrative support for the work of TRB staff; financial oversight of the contracts and grants related to TRB activities; expenditure controls; administration of publications sales and distribution; maintenance of the benefits and services for sponsor and affiliate organizations; and liaison to the administrative and financial offices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. finAnciAl mAnAgement The division manages the contracts and grants that support TRB’s work, prepares budgets for continuing operations and individual projects, and controls expenditures. TRB’s total expendi- Gary J. Walker Director Finance and Business Operations Bud Wright, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (left), chats with Tony Furst (center) and Michael Trentacoste (right) of the Federal Highway Administration at a meeting of the TRB Executive Committee. AASHTO and FHWA are TRB sponsors. (Photo: Risdon Photography) AdministrAtion And finAnce

48 | TRB 2016 Annual Report the American Institute of Certified Planners. The minimum annual contribution to become a sus- taining affiliate is $19,000. Sponsors are the major source of financial support for TRB’s core programs. Federal, state, and local government agencies and professional societies and organizations that represent indus- try groups are eligible to participate as TRB spon- sors. Fees and services are negotiated to fit each sponsor’s needs and to assure fundamental sup- port for the Board’s programs and activities of interest to the entire transportation community. Each sponsor places a representative on the TRB Executive Committee. The current minimum an- nual contribution for a TRB sponsor is $65,000. (See pages 49–50 for a list of TRB sponsors and sustaining affiliates.) publicAtion sAles And distribution TRB disseminates the results of transportation research and technology worldwide through the timely distribution of its publications. In addi- tion to printed editions, TRB publishes almost all publications—some exclusively—in electronic format. The Transportation Research Record: Jour- nal of the Transportation Research Board is ceasing its print editions after the 2016 series and will be available only in electronic format starting in 2017. Sponsors, sustaining and organizational affili- ates, and subscribers have the option to receive all publications released by TRB or to receive only those publications in a particular transpor- tation mode or select area of interest. A complete listing of TRB publications issued from January 1 through December 31, 2016, appears on pages 54–56. Staff News James W. (Jim) Henson, Jr., retired as Financial Officer in 2016 after more than 20 years of exemplary service to TRB and the National Academies’ Office of the Chief Financial Officer. In addition to the many benefits offered to an organizational affiliate, sustaining affiliates are entitled to complimentary registration to any TRB webinar. In 2016, TRB conducted ap- proximately 100 webinars on a variety of topics, with a total of more than 33,000 registrants. The webinars offered more than 100 professional development hours for professional engineers, and certified planners had the opportunity to earn more than 50 hours of certification main- tenance credits from the webinars approved by The TRB exhibit at the 2016 Annual Meeting displayed information about a range of benefits in every category for sponsors and affiliates. (Photo: Risdon Photography) Visitors to TRR Online can find all papers published in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transpor- tation Research Board since 1996 in electronic format.