The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) was developed in 1998 as a joint effort between the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the Conference Of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP). The program's purpose is to develop a cadre of talented industry professionals, who serve as "Ambassadors", with the requisite knowledge, technical skills and abilities to enhance the understanding, acceptance and utilization of TCRP-sponsored research products

The Ambassadors assist transit providers in exploring the latest developments in advanced technologies, innovative management techniques and best operating practices as investigated by TCRP. They educate transit properties on the TCRP research process and how their transit professionals can participate. They also serve TCRP as a primary source of information on research efforts being conducted by transit properties, and the successes, failures and challenges of implementing TCRP and other transit research in the field.

There are 18 individuals that serve as TCRP Ambassadors. Ambassadors are selected annually from a pool of applicants composed of a panel of representatives from the transportation industry, including the Conference Of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), the National Transit Institute (NTI) and others.

Nominations are accepted by COMTO year-round. Nominations may be sent to COMTO National. Nominees should have practical transit field experience and currently work for U.S. transit agencies, government transit agencies at the state, regional and local levels, transit educational institutions, transit industry organizations or private firms that provide goods and services to the transit industry.

Click here to download more information about the TCRP Ambassador Program.  To view a personal message from current TCRP Ambassador Renee Edwards, please click here.  The nomination form can be found here.  If you have any questions or wish to request a visit from a TCRP ambassador, please contact COMTO National at (703) 234-4072.

TCRP Ambassadors:

Stephen Anderson
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
800 NW 33rd St.
Pompano Beach, FL 33064
(954) 788-7954
andersons@sfrta.fl.gov

Tamika Bell
Broward County Transit (BCT)
1 N University Drive, Suite 2401B
Plantation , FL 33324
(954) 357-8347
tabell@broward.org

Roscoe Brown
Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation
1501 West Washington Street
Indianapolis , IN 46222
(317) 614-9318
rbrown@indygo.net

Jack Chalabian
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
567 W. Lake Street, 10th Floor
Chicago , IL 60661
(312) 681-4176
jchalabian@transitchicago.com

Diane Corral-Lopez
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
1 Gateway Plaza, MS 99-13-2
Los Angeles , CA 90012
(213) 922-7676
corral-lopezd@metro.net

Monica Ellington
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
P.O. Box 660163
Dallas, TX 75266
(214) 828-6798
mellington@dart.org

Inez Evans
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
602 Main Street, Suite 1100
Cincinnati , OH 45202
(513) 632-9221
ievans@go-metro.com

Chris Pangilinan
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco , CA 94103
(415) 701-4578
chris.pangilinan@sfmta.com

Tiffany Pannell
Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)
33 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 275-5905
pannelltd@cota.com

Ramond Robinson
Charlotte Area Transit System
600 E. 4th Street
Charlotte , NC 28202
(704) 353-0018
rxrobinson@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Maria-Teresa Roman
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
567 W. Lake Street
Chicago , IL 60661
(312) 681-2704
mroman@transitchicago.com

Sandip Sen
Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T)
1600 E. Lancaster Avenue
Fort Worth , TX 76102
(817) 215-8707
ssen@the-t.com

Jaqueline Sheader
Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA)
2081 W. Whitehall Road
State College , PA 16801
(814) 238-2282 Ext. 141
jsheader@catabus.com

Carol Thomas
City of Fort Collins
6570 Portner Road
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 416-2097
cathomas@fcgov.com

Karen Walton
First Transit/Sioux Area Metro
500 E. Sixth Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
605-367-7885 Ext. 301
kwalton@siouxfalls.org

David White
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
2424 Piedmont Road NE
Atlant, GA 3032
(404) 848-5320
dwhite@itsmarta.com

Emille Williams
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
1234 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 580-7069
ewilliams@septa.org

Waiching Wong
District Department of Transportation
1660 Lanier Pl NW #204
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 497-0104
waiching.wong@dc.gov