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Pages 141-146

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From page 141...
... She has been a member of the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council since 1991, is chair of the Advisory Committee for the Leading Indicators, and is a member of advisory committees at the National Science Foundation, at several statistical agencies, and at universities.
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From page 142...
... is a member of the senior staff of the Committee on National Statistics. She is a former vice president and deputy director of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., and was an American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation research fellow at the Bureau of the Census.
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From page 143...
... During his 18 years as an elected county official, he served as president of the National Association of Counties and president of the National Association of Regional Councils. He is also a registered patent attorney who engaged actively in a patent and trademark law practice before coming to AASHTO.
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From page 144...
... He also serves as chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which oversees highway construction, highway use regulations, compliance with federal transportation laws, and administration of the Transportation Trust Fund and the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. Previously he was manager of strategic planning at Norfolk Southern Corporation, focusing primarily on intermodal projects and transportation planning.
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From page 145...
... ALICE J WATLAND is senior program officer for transportation data at the Transportation Research Board, a unit of the National Research Council, where she coordinates the activities of the standing committees that address national, state, and local transportation data policy issues.
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From page 146...
... He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and previously chaired the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, served on the executive committee of the Transportation Research Board, and served on other NAS-NRC commissions and panels.
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