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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: January 23, 2018
Action Agenda
Item No. 11-a
SUBJECT: Go Triangle Transit Citizen Advisory Committee - Recommendations
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Operating & Protocols Guidelines
Applicant Interest List
Applications of Persons on the Interest
List
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clerk’s Office, 919-245-2130
PURPOSE: To consider making four (4) recommendations for appointment to the Go
Triangle Transit Citizen Advisory Committee and to select one (1) liaison from the 7 BOCC
members.
BACKGROUND: The following information is for Board consideration:
Committee members will not have authority to create or enforce policy or rules, but their
analysis and recommendations will be welcome.
The GoTriangle Board of Trustees will appoint 30 people to the committee, with fourteen (14)
from Wake County, nine (9) from Durham County and seven (7) from Orange County. The
Orange County Board of Commissioners will recommend four (4) applicants to Go
Triangle and Go Triangle will select the three (3) additional members for a total of seven (7).
The BOCC will select one (1) liaison to represent Orange County.
The committee will meet six times a year. Members will be allowed to serve two two-year terms.
• Recommendation for appointment to a full term (Position #1) “At-Large Orange County
Resident” for (To Be Determined) expiring (To Be Determined).
• Recommendation for appointment to a full term (Position #2) “At-Large Orange County
Resident” for (To Be Determined) expiring (To Be Determined).
• Recommendation for appointment to a full term (Position #3) “At-Large Orange County
Resident” for (To Be Determined) expiring (To Be Determined).
• Recommendation for appointment to a full term (Position #4) “At-Large Orange County
Resident” for (To Be Determined) expiring (To Be Determined).
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POSITION NO. NAME SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE EXPIRATION DATE
1 To Be Determined At-Large Orange County
Resident
To Be Determined
2 To Be Determined At-Large Orange County
Resident
To Be Determined
3 To Be Determined At-Large Orange County
Resident
To Be Determined
4 To Be Determined At-Large Orange County
Resident
To Be Determined
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: Enable Full Civic Participation. Ensure that Orange County
residents are able to engage government through voting and volunteering by eliminating
disparities in participation and barriers to participation.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board consider making an
recommendations for appointment to the Go Triangle Transit Advisory Committee.
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OPERATING AND PROTOCOLS GUIDELINES FOR TRANSIT
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Purpose
The purpose of this committee (hereinafter “committee”) is to contribute
information and advice to the Research Triangle Regional Public
Transportation Authority d/b/a GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter
“Board”) on current and emerging issues associated with planning and
providing a high quality transit network that serves the needs of the Triangle
community.
This committee serves at the discretion of the GoTriangle Board of Trustees.
GoTriangle may amend, change, or terminate the structure of this committee
at its discretion.
GoTriangle’s Vision and Mission Statement
To make exceptional public transportation the foundation of the region’s
community, prosperity, and mobility.
GoTriangle improves our region’s quality of life by connecting people and
places with safe, useful, reliable, and easy-to-use travel choices.
Consistent with the GoTriangle 2017-2021 Strategic Plan, the Committee will help
GoTriangle achieve the goal of assuring high quality customer service through
actively engaging communities we serve.
Committee’s Roles and Responsibilities
Members will be made up of citizens from the Triangle community.
Members are responsible for understanding and staying within the bounds of
the committee’s roles and responsibilities. This committee’s role is to:
Provide advice and feedback to the Board on current and emerging
issues associated with planning and providing a high quality transit
network. Such advice may consider: planning for public
transportation systems; views of various constituent groups;
suggesting how transit can assist with equity issues, such as
homelessness, affordable housing, economic opportunity, individuals
with handicaps and/or disabilities, and seniors; providing information
regarding the customer experience of transit riders; communicating
stakeholder opinions, attitudes, and needs to the Board and identify
areas of concern and recommend changes.
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The committee has no authority or responsibility to create or enforce
policy or rules, but their analysis and recommendations are welcome.
The committee will be one source of citizen-based information and advice
to assist in the delivery of GoTriangle’s transit planning and operational
services.
Providing Input and Advice to GoTriangle
Advisory committee members will be selected to represent a broad range of
residents. The Board will gain value from understanding a range of perspectives.
It is important that advice and recommendations to the Board be presented
showing the different views of committee members on key issues of concern.
Consensus recommendations should include the full range of stakeholder views.
Majority report and minority report recommendations are appropriate if
necessary. Proposed solutions and/or recommendations should be viable and
cost-effective. If the committee has not provided a report and/or
recommendation on an issue to be decided, the Board shall proceed with its
business in a timely fashion in the absence of a report and/or recommendation.
The Board, at its sole discretion, may or may not act on information and advice
provided by the Committee.
The Committee shall present a comprehensive written report annually to the
GoTriangle Board.
GoTriangle staff may assist with the written record to insure that all ideas are
expressed in a clear and concise manner.
Membership and Structure
The committee shall consist of thirty (30) members to carry out the objectives
and duties. The Board shall seek a committee composition that consists of
fourteen (14) Wake County residents, nine (9) Durham County residents, and
seven (7) Orange County residents. The membership from each county will be
representative of the demographics of that county including, but not limited to,
socioeconomic diversity and geographic diversity of the population of the county.
Meetings
The committee shall meet at least six (6) times per year. A written report from
the meeting shall be provided to the Board within ten (10) business days of the
meeting.
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The contact person for GoTriangle may assist with coordinating these meetings
and helping secure meeting space at GoTriangle.
The initial meeting of the full Advisory Committee shall be in
2018.
Terms and Removal of Members
The Committee members shall be appointed by the GoTriangle Board. The
Wake County Board of Commissioners shall nominate 6 members, the Durham
Board of Commissioners shall nominate 5 members and the Orange County
Board of Commissioners shall nominate 4 members. The additional nominations
shall be chosen from applicants that have applied directly to GoTriangle.
The members of the Committee terms shall not exceed two (2) years and no
member shall serve more than two (2) terms.
The Committee shall choose a Chairperson to serve for a period of two (2) years.
The Wake County Board of Commissioners, Durham County Board of
Commissioners and Orange County Board of Commissioners shall each appoint
one member of their Board of Commissioners to act as a liaison between their
Board of Commissioners and the Transit Citizens Advisory Committee. The
Commissioners shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Committee.
Transportation directors for Wake, Durham and Orange Counties shall also be
ex-officio, non-voting members of the Committee.
A committee member may be removed at the GoTriangle Board’s discretion. A
committee member who has two or more unexcused absences may be removed
f rom the committee.
Committee members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional
manner and be respectful of others. Abusive language or other types of
unprofessional conduct will be grounds for immediate removal from the
committee.
Nomination Solicitations
Announcements for nominations will be distributed widely and will be specific
about the duties and responsibilities. Nominations must be accompanied by
adequate information on the amount and kinds of experience that qualify the
nominee for the particular position. Nominations should be received on or before
a deadline identified by the GoTriangle Board.
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During an announced period for applying, candidates may send a letter of
interest along with resume and application for the advisory committee to:
GoTriangle Board of Trustees
c/o Shelley Blake
General Counsel
GoTriangle
P.O. Box 13787
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Wake County Board of Commissioners
c/o Denise Hogan
Clerk to the Board
Wake County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 550
Raleigh, NC 27602
Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
Durham County Board of Commissioners
c/o Michelle Parker Evans
Clerk to the Board
Durham County Board of Commissioners
200 E Main Street
Durham NC 27701
clerk@dconc.gov
Orange County Board of Commissioners
c/o Thom Freeman
Assistant to the Clerk to the Board
Orange County Board of Commissioners
200 South Cameron Street
P.O. Box 8181
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
tfreeman@orangecountync.com
Staff Coordinator
GoTriangle will designate a staff person who will assist in organizing and
conducting meetings. The staff person will be responsible for sending the
Committee members copies of information that is distributed by GoTriangle.
All meetings will be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order.
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Open Public Meetings Act
Transit Citizen Advisory Committee meetings shall be open public meetings.
External Communication
The committee is created to provide input and feedback to the Board, and not for
the purpose of influencing other entities.
The committee shall not communicate its positions and opinions to entities
outside the Board without notifying GoTriangle.
The committee shall not meet with outside entities in their official capacity unless
it has received prior approval by GoTriangle.
Compensation
Advisors are responsible for their own travel and meal expenses unless
otherwise expressly provided.
Adoption and Amendment to Guidelines
These guidelines are adopted by a majority vote of the GoTriangle Board of
Trustees. Amendments to these guidelines shall be made only by a majority of
the GoTriangle Board of Trustees.
These guidelines are hereby adopted by the GoTriangle Board of Trustees this
the 30th day of October 2017.
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APPLICANT IN TEREST LIST
GO TRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Jason Baker Day P hone: 919-442-8278 Sex: Male
124 Justice Street Evening P hone: 919-442-8278 Ethnicity – N/A
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Cell P hone: 919-442-8278 Jason@jasonbaker.us
Heather Brutz Day P hone: 240-281-0234 Sex: Female
303 Copperline Drive Apt. G Evening P hone: 240-281-0234 Ethnicity – N/A
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Cell P hone: 240-281-0234 brutzh@gmail.com
Molly DeMarco Day P hone: 541-231-3292 Sex: Female
120 Justice Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Evening P hone: 541-231-3292
Cell P hone: 541-231-3292
Ethnicity – N/A
mollydemarco@gmail.com
Tom Farmer Day P hone: 706-506-3665 Sex: Male
211 N. Elliott Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Evening P hone: 919-869-7003
Cell P hone: 706-506-3665
Ethnicity – N/A
thomas.farmer@va.gov
Cor Rademaker Day Phone: 919-537-2504 Sex: Male
112 Emerywood Place
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Evening Phone: 919-537-2504
Cell: 919-537-2504
Ethnicity – N/A
Cor@strateq.nl
John Rees Day P hone: 919-599-0502 Sex: Male
103 Newell Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Evening P hone: 919-599-0502
Cell: 919-599-0502
Ethnicity – N/A
jrees@gmail.com
Gary Saunders Day P hone: 919-656-5470 Sex: Male
103 Woodshire Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Evening P hone: 919-942-0045
Cell: 919-656-5470 Ethnicity – N/A
Gsaun039@gmail.com
Jayse Sessi Day P hone: 919-402-7074 Sex: N/A
1812 Steadfast Road
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Evening P hone: 919-402-7074
Cell: 919-402-7074 Ethnicity – N/A
jayseasessi@yahoo.com
Alison Stuebe Day P hone: 617-308-1590 Sex: Female
111 Simerville Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Evening P hone: 919-880-5579
Cell: 617-308-1590 Ethnicity – N/A
astuebe@med.unc.edu
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter “Board”)
on current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality transit
network that serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name:
Address:
City:
State/ZIP:
*County:
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange County to be appointed to the
Committee.)
Home phone:
Cell phone:
Education:
Current employment:
Licenses held:
References (limit of 3):
Do you use public transit? If so, how often?
Would you be willing to try public transit?
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities.
Jason Baker
124 Justice Street
Chapel Hill
NC 27516
Orange
N/A
919-442-8278
BA Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill; Master of Geospatial Information Science, NCSU
Red Hat (Marketing / Community Management)
I am a daily rider of the GoTriangle CRX between Chapel Hill and Raleigh, and a frequent user of Chapel Hill Transit as well.
I have been using both Chapel Hill Transit and GoTriangle (Triangle Transit) extensively for over fifteen years.
Yes.
As the Triangle continues to grow at a rapid pace, our only hope for maintaining our region as a place which is both
environmentally sustainable and affordable to people at all income levels is to plan for a future where automobile
ownership is truly optional. An affordability model for our region must consider housing and transportation costs together,
and we must concentrate the development of future housing along transit corridors to maximize its accessibility.
I believe both of the current GoTriangle board members from Orange County / Chapel Hill (Barry Jacobs / Michael
Parker) are familiar with my work on transit issues, as would be past members Ed Harrison and Bernadette Pelissier
if current members shouldn't be listed.
For many people with disabilities, public transit is their only viable option for transportation. In addition to ensuring our
general services are as accessible as possible, and supplemented with excellent paratransit service, I think it's critical
that we consider the needs of people with disabilities as we do station planning for our future rail service, to ensure that
we build places where one can meet all of their basic needs in short distances without the need for an automobile.
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Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide
beneficial information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit your
response to 100 or fewer words)
Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
A strong transit system is important on multiple levels when considering economic opportunity, both in allowing individuals
access to job opportunities, as well as by ensuring that the Triangle is competitive on the national stage against other regions
so that we are able to attract the best companies to our region to provide those job opportunities.
When I co-chaired the citizens' committee advocating for the passage of the half-cent sales tax in support of the Orange
County Transit Plan in 2012, I had the opportunity to speak to individual across our county and help to communicate the
importance of transit of all types helping better the economic standing of our county for both residents who will utilize it
directly as well as those who will not use the system itself but will still benefit from all of the positive externalities
that it creates.
I travel regularly for work and have had the opportunity to experience transit systems both similar and very different from
the system we have here in the Triangle, including numerous transit systems both in the United States and abroad. I think
there are many lessons to be learned from how other communities are approaching the same problems we have.
I think I have a lot to offer the committee, as a regular rider and advocate for transit ridership, and a strong background
in transportation and land use planning from my work in Chapel Hill, including on our Transportation and Planning Boards.
I also bring a unique perspective having done a good amount of work on the more technical side of transportation and
spatial analysis from my work in graduate school, where I focused my GIS analytics work on land use and transportation
issues. Finally, I very interested in public communications and public input processes, both individually and professionally,
and I think I can offer a lot in shaping strategies for collecting broad input from area residents.
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Those interested in serving can send a letter of interest along with resume and this application to
one of these locations or email addresses:
GoTriangle Board of Trustees, c/o Shelley Blake, GoTriangle General Counsel, PO Box
13787, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or sblake@gotriangle.org
Wake County Board of Commissioners, c/o Denise Hogan, Clerk to the Board, PO Box
550, Raleigh, NC 27602 or Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
Durham County Board of Commissioners, c/o Michelle Parker Evans, Clerk to the
Board, 200 E Main St., Durham, NC 27701 or clerk@dconc.gov
Orange County Board of Commissioners, c/o Thom Freeman, Assistant to the Clerk to
the Board, 200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or
tfreeman@orangecountync.gov
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Jason
Baker
PO Box 14
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919.442.8278
jason@jasonbaker.us
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Volunteer Experience
Member & Vice Chair, Chapel Hill Planning Board
2008–2014, Vice Chair 2013-2014
Member, Orange-Chatham Sierra Club Executive Committee
2010-2014
Co-Chair, Orange County Friends of Transit
2012
Member, Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan Initiating Committee
2011
Chair, Downtown Merchants of Historic Hillsborough
2010–2011
Member, Chapel Hill Transportation Board
2006–2007
Member, UNC Advisory Committee on Transportation
2006–2007
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Professional Experience
Red Hat / Marketing & Community, Opensource.com
2013 - PRESENT
❏Performed regular analytics and reporting on a variety of web, email,
and social marketing metrics, both for reporting on our progress and
informing future strategic content decisions.
❏Improved site’s Google search rank for on a variety of targeted
keywords. Doubled year-over-year organic search traffic, now
accounting for almost two-thirds of site’s overall pageviews.
❏Provided technical review and editing for staff, community
moderators, and other contributors across a wide variety of topics
including Linux, system administration, and various programming
languages.
❏Assisted with administration, bug fixes, testing, and feature planning
and development for complex customized Drupal installation, as well
as support to other staff members for Drupal-specific issues.
Letters and Maps / Technical Director
2012 - 2013
❏Managed a small web design and development company, primarily
building and maintaining websites for small businesses, nonprofits,
political campaigns, and individuals.
❏Led client acquisition, project management, and handled client
relationships across the project and development lifecycles.
❏Directed all technical aspects of business, including: client-side
markup and programming; content management system installation,
customization, and maintenance, and administration of our web and
database servers.
NC State University / Graduate Teaching Assistant
2012
❏Assisted with a graduate level course in advanced geospatial
analytics for three consecutive terms.
❏Responsibilities included grading, message board support,
assignment testing and revision, course materials creation, help
session assistance, and general help with course logistics.
Weaver Street Market / Marketing Specialist
2008-2011
❏Led outreach and spoke at numerous events for local schools,
universities, community groups, and other interested parties.
❏Managed endowed community grant fund and coordinated annual
grant committee process.
❏Designed, wrote, and edited internal and external communications
materials, including signage, press releases, website, newsletters,
brochures, and other collateral.
❏Managed membership services through a period of annual growth of
approximately a thousand households.
❏Represented employer with local merchants' associations, chamber
of commerce, and other business groups and served as executive
secretary and staff support to board of directors, and managed staff
support to the annual board elections process.
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Education
NC State University
Master of Geospatial Information Science and Technology
Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
Studies focused on data modeling and analysis, web and mobile application
development (primarily JavaScript for web and Java for Android), database and
server software management, and scripted data processing in Python. Master’s
project focused on developing a web-based mapping application for recording trail
issues and conducting citizen science projects in partnership with the Triangle Land
Conservancy.
UNC Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Minor, Environmental Science & Studies
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter “Board”)
on current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality transit
network that serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name:
Address:
City:
State/ZIP:
*County:
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange County to be appointed to the
Committee.)
Home phone:
Cell phone:
Education:
Current employment:
Licenses held:
References (limit of 3):
Do you use public transit? If so, how often?
Would you be willing to try public transit?
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities.
Heather Brutz
303 Copperline Drive Apt. G
Chapel Hill
NC, 27516
Orange
240-281-0234
240-281-0234
B.A. in political science and environmental studies, Williams College (2002); MBA, University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill (2015)
NC Clean Energy Technology Center, NC State University
Cece Grant, Former co-worker at Transportation for America, 202-905-9014, Cece248@gmail.com
James Corless, Former Director, Transportation for America, 202-297-4399, jcorless@mac.com; Paul Neebe, Chair of the
Chapel Hill Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board, 919-929-9394, neebetc@gmail.com
For years I did not own a car and only used public transit. That includes 8 years in Washington, DC and 6 months
car-free in Chapel Hill. Additionally, in Chapel Hill, there was a period of about 3 years in which I used transit daily. I now
take the CRX a few times a month and also use Chapel Hill Transit a few times per month.
I have spent many, many hours on public transit and plan on continuing to do so.
One measurement of the affordability of an area is the amount that people need to spend on housing and transportation
combined. Poor households often spend a high percentage of their income on transportation. Public transit that connects
low-income areas with jobs and schooling reduce the need for as many cars per household. HUD and USDOT recommend
that an area be considered affordable if residents spend less than 45% of their income on housing & transportation.
Some people with disabilities are not able to drive. For these individuals, public transit offers increased mobility options. It
helps people getting to jobs, healthcare, entertainment, and shopping. Depending on the individuals' abilities, both fixed
route and paratransit are crucial parts of the system to help people with disabilities
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Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide
beneficial information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit your
response to 100 or fewer words)
Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
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Those interested in serving can send a letter of interest along with resume and this application to
one of these locations or email addresses:
GoTriangle Board of Trustees, c/o Shelley Blake, GoTriangle General Counsel, PO Box
13787, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or sblake@gotriangle.org
Wake County Board of Commissioners, c/o Denise Hogan, Clerk to the Board, PO Box
550, Raleigh, NC 27602 or Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
Durham County Board of Commissioners, c/o Michelle Parker Evans, Clerk to the
Board, 200 E Main St., Durham, NC 27701 or clerk@dconc.gov
Orange County Board of Commissioners, c/o Thom Freeman, Assistant to the Clerk to
the Board, 200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or
tfreeman@orangecountync.gov
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HEATHER BRUTZ
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Kenan-Flagler Business School – Chapel Hill, NC 2015
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Full-Time Program
WILLIAMS COLLEGE – Williamstown, MA 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Environmental Studies, graduated cum laude
EXPERIENCE
NC CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, NC STATE UNIVERSITY – Raleigh, NC Current
Finance and Operations Manager
• Fundraised $4.5 million from state and federal grants and private donations
• Manage annual budget of $2 million
• Wrote textbook for national fleet management organization on sustainable fleet management
• Organizing Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference and Expo
UNC KENAN-FLAGLER SUSTAINABILITY CAPSTONE – Chennai, India and Eastern NC 2015
Student Consultant
• Investigated options for a water ferry system on the Albemarle Sound
• Researched market for off-grid solar products in India for a multinational solar company
SMART GROWTH AMERICA – Washington, DC 2010-2013
Transportation for America Interim Field Director (2012-2013)
• Created and implemented outreach strategies for the 8-person field team to build bipartisan support for
federal transportation policies that promote local control, economic development, and public health
Transportation for America Regional Organizer (2010-2012)
• Built relationship with and mobilized stakeholders in southern and western states
• Supervised organizers in California, Montana, Minnesota, Oregon
PARTNERSHIP PROJECT – Washington, DC 2009-2010
Clean Energy Works Field Coordinator
• Managed the development of a database to track the coordinated actions of 220 field organizers in 10
environmental organizations to build support for a federal comprehensive clean energy and climate bill
• Organized a DC Lobby Day with over 200 businesses encouraging Congress to pass a climate bill
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY – Washington, DC 2008-2009
National Outreach Coordinator
• Supervised field staff in the Midwest region to build support for state and federal clean energy policies
• Engaged local Audubon chapters in support of climate legislation
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION – Washington, DC 2007-2008
Director of Young Adult Programs
• Recruited and trained college students to advocate for immigration reform and climate legislation
ADDITIONAL
• Fluent in Spanish
• Member of the Chapel Hill Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board
• Volunteer with Capital Area Friends of Transit to pass Wake County Transit Plan
• Co-chair of Chapel-Hill Carrboro NAACP Housing Committee
brutzh@gmail.com
(240) 281-0234
linkedin.com/in/hbrutz
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter “Board”) on
current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality transit network that
serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Molly De Marco
Address: 120 Justice Street
City: Chapel Hill
State/ZIP: North Carolina, 27516
*County: Orange
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange County to be appointed to the
Committee.)
Home phone: N/A
Cell phone: 541-231-3292
Education: My highest degree is a PhD in Public Health (Health Behavior)
Current employment: Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global
Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill and Research Scientist at the Center for Health Promotion &
Disease Prevention at UNC-CH
Licenses held: {I don’t know what this is referring to}
References (limit of 3):
Brian Litchfield, Director of Chapel Hill Transit (blitchfield@townofchapelhill.org)
I have worked with Brian during my time as co-chair with Orange County Justice United and as a leader with the Orange
County Transit Advocates on the successful plan to increase service in a historically African American neighborhood. I have also
helped engage communities in Chapel Hill and Carrboro (predominately low-resource communities) to provide feedback on current
and potential transit service to Chapel Hill Transit.
Damon Seils, Carrboro Alderperson (damon.seils@gmail.com)
I have worked closely with Damon to advocate for a comprehensive regional transit system over the last six years, including
community organizing through OrangePolitics.org and Orange County Transit Advocates.
Maggie West, Director of the Community Empowerment Fund (CEF)
(maggiew@communityempowermentfund.org)
I have worked with Maggie to engage CEF clients, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in providing feedback on
transit needs over the last four years.
Do you use public transit? If so, how often?
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I take public transit at least five days per week to commute to work, community events and social
engagements. My most commonly used routes are the Chapel Hill Transit NS and T routes to get to work
and campus, the CHT/GoTriangle 420 and the OPT Hill-to-Hill connector to get to Hillsborough for
meetings with the county health department and other county staff, and the RSX or the 405 to get to Duke
University for meetings with colleagues. I have put my bicycle in or on a bus on every one of these routes.
Would you be willing to try public transit?
I try public transit every chance I get. If I have to make a transfer, even better. In the last four months, I have
collected metro cards from Boston, Atlanta, and Washington, DC. I’ve tried light rail in Baltimore and
Denver in the last two years. I’ve taken trains in four countries in the last year. I’ve taken GoTriangle from
Orange County to Durham, Raleigh and RDU. I’m always excited when I am able to add another tried route
to my list.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning.
I have written and spoken publically advocating for comprehensive, regional transit service for over five years
in the Triangle. Some of those pieces are below. Being a public health professional, I am more adept at
discussing the social, mental, and physical benefits of a strong public transit system. I do know, however, that
a strong, supported public transit system can reduce the cost of living by eliminating the need to pay for a car,
it’s upkeep and fuel. Further, a robust public transit system contributes to more walkable and bikeable
communities with less need for vast parking lots and multi-lane roads. Land can instead be used to grow food
and provide for recreation.
I’ve been helping to launch a local organization called NEXT Chapel Hill-Carrboro. I am the board chair.
Here is our statement of believes on transit: http://nextnc.org/issues/transit-and-transportation/
I used to have a monthly column in the Chapel Hill News with a few colleagues. Here is one piece we wrote
in support of the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit project:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/chn-opinion/article38082588.html
Here’s another on density and transit-oriented development:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/chn-
opinion/article151009242.html
Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities.
It is vital that we plan for and support a robust regional transit system. It is reality, that all of us will live with
disabilities as we age. We will not always be able to walk, bike or drive for transportation. Public transit is a
great equalizer. Public transit provides connects for those who are not able to navigate our community in
these other ways. We must plan a system that provides transportation for people with disabilities including
thinking through how folks with these limitations will navigate that ‘last mile’.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
I am a long-time transit rider who has the great good fortune of being able to easily take public transportation
to work every day in Chapel Hill. I would like more people to be able to do this – especially those who are
dependent on public transit because they cannot afford to own a car. I have been working in support of a
DOLRT system for our two counties for five years because I believe in it’s promise to improve the lives of
our neighbors. The DOLRT, like public transit itself, is a social justice tool. It will assist our lower resource
neighbors to get to and from work much faster than they currently can with buses. For example, a commute
from Alston Avenue in Durham to Patterson Place where many lower-income folks work will be nearly cut in
half from 51 minutes to only 27 with the DOLRT opening many more economic doors for our lower
resource neighbors. This decrease will give residents more free time to spend with family, get more education,
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be physically active, and participate in the civic life of their community. The dividend hours that can be re-
deployed as a result of the DOLRT coming on line will further help our transit-dependent neighbors by
allowing more frequent headways and extended hours.
Here’s a column I wrote in the News and Observer in support of transit (March 2017):
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/chn-
opinion/article138202918.html?utm_content=buffer39525&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com
&utm_campaign=buffer
Here’s another column I co-authored in the Carrboro Citizen (September 2012) about the social justice case
for transit:
http://www.ibiblio.org/carrborocitizen/main/2012/09/27/the-social-justice-of-public-transit/
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide
beneficial information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
I have participated in extensive racial equity training. I conduct community-based research with an anti-racist
lens. I have training and expertise in community organizing and engagement. I’ve been involved in advocating
for improved transit service with communities of color in Chapel Hill-Carrboro for several years. As of
November 6, 2017, I’ve used bike shares in nine cities and seen how they connect to transit systems. I
participate in place-making trainings and have led ‘Jane’s Walks’ in Carrboro and Chapel Hill to discuss place-
making and community spaces. I’ve attended InterCity visits that provided insight into city connectivity
(Bloomington, IN; Athens, GA).
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit
your response to 100 or fewer words)
There are many benefits to public transit – it’s safer, it’s healthier (those who ride transit walk more), it
promotes social engagement, it promotes equity, it’s good for the environment, it’s more fun (you can read,
talk, listen to music and not concentrate on driving). I want more people to be able to experience this. I want
to help shape our regional transit system guided by Enrique Penalosa’s idea that maximum investment in the
least advantaged will be the most advantageous for all. I feel that serving on the Transit Citizen Advisory
Committee is one step I can take to accomplish this.
Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
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Curriculum Vitae
Molly De Marco, Ph.D., MPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • 1700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., CB# 7426 •
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426 • (919) 966-9563 • molly_demarco@unc.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. July 2007 Oregon State University Department of Public Health,
Health Promotion & Health Behavior Track, Corvallis, OR
Dissertation: The Relationship between Income and Food Insecurity: The Role of Social
Support among Rural and Urban Oregonians
Chair: Sheryl Thorburn, MPH Ph.D.
MPH May 2000 Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Concentration: Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Thesis: An Examination of Alcohol Related Mortality Rates of African-American Women.
Chair: Claire Sterk, Ph.D.
B.S. June 1996 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA,
Biological Sciences
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Aug. ’14-present Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public
Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
Mar. ’09-present Research Fellow & Project Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
Sept. ’07-Aug. ‘09 NRSA Health Services Research Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH/AHRQ T-32 HS000032-19),
Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-CH
Jan. ’06 – Jan. ‘07 Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology, Rural Oregon
Food Security Assessment
Sept. ’05 – Sept. ‘06 Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Dept. of Public Health
Positive Action Youth Development Curriculum Research Group
Nov. ’05 – June ’06 Interviewer, Oregon State University, Department of Public Health, Barriers to HIV
Prevention and Treatment in a Low Risk Setting.
May – August ’04 Focus group facilitator and qualitative data analyst, Oregon State University, Department
of Public Health
Diabetes Management among Native Women Living on Reservation in OR & WA
Jan’00 - May ’00 Research Assistant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
HIV, STDs, & TB Prevention, Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Behavioral Intervention
Research Branch Atlanta, GA
Oct. ’98 – May ’00 Graduate Research Assistant, Teen Assessment Project, Emory University School of
Medicine, Atlanta, GA
A study researching the effects of maternal substance abuse on children
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sept. ’03-June ’07 Oregon State University, College of Health and Human Sciences, Department of Public
Health, Corvallis, OR
Undergraduate
o H 312: AIDS and STDs in Modern Society (instructor),
o H 220: Introduction to Epidemiology and Health Data Analysis (instructor)
Graduate
o H 524: Health Data Analysis (Lab instructor)
Guest Lectures
o Health disparities related to rural residence
o Social determinants of food insecurity
o HIV/AIDS and rural communities
Aug. ‘08-11 UNC Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Guest Lecture
o Building a Food Systems Coalition (lecture during the 2008 Obesity Prevention
in Public Health Course)
March 2011- UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition
Guest Lecture
o Food Security & Food Systems (in Nutrition 725)
October 2011 UNC School of Government, Masters of Public Administration Program
Guest Lecture
• Racial Health Disparities (Poli Sci 722)
Spring 2012 - UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition
Lead Instructor and Course Developer
• Sustainable, Local Food System: The intersection of local food systems and
public health (Nutr 245)
Spring 2015 UNC-CH Department of American Studies
Co-Instructor and Co-Course Developer
• Carolina Cooks, Carolina Eats (AMST 375)
ACADEMIC SERVICE
April ’15-present UNC Food for All Theme Planning Committee
April – May –09 UNC Carolina Community Network grants program proposal reviewer
Dec. ’07-Sept. ‘09 Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Advisory Committee, UNC Chapel Hill
Nov. ’05 - May ‘06 Biostatistics Faculty Search Committee Member, Department of Public
Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University
Oct. ’04 - May ‘05 Biostatistics Faculty Search Committee Member, Department of Public
Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University
HONORS & AWARDS
The Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award in Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Recipient, ‘08-‘10
Postdoctoral Scholars Award for Research Excellence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2008
Oregon State University, College of Health and Human Sciences Graduate Student Fellowship, 2005-2006
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Health Education Thesis Award, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory
University, 2000
University of California Regent Scholar, 1992 - 1994
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GRANTS - CURRENT
9/30/14-9/29/18 USDA Center for Behavioral Economics and Healthy Food Choice Research (Co-Investigator)
4/1/15-8/31/18 SNAP & EFNEP Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence –
Southern Regional (Co-Investigator)
09/01/12-08/31/18 Healthy Food for All in NC Program (SNAP-Ed) - NCDSS/USDA (FY 2013 $19,877, FY 2014
$149,000, FY 2015 $550,000, FY 2016 $890,000, FY 2017 $1,141,513, FY 2018 $1,438,494)
(Principal Investigator)
07/01/13-06/30/18 UNC Clinical Translation Science Award/NIH U54 ($11,409,302) (Core Staff)
11/1/12-10/31/17 NC Growing Together: An Integrated Project to Enhance Food Security and Sustainability
through the Development and Evaluation of Two Large-Scale Models of Local Food Distribution
(large grocery chain and military base)/NCSU/USDA ($300,000) (Co-Investigator and Consumer
Team Lead)
9/1/16-8/31/18 Wisconsin FNV Social Marketing Evaluation (WI-DSS/USDA) ($75,000) (Lead Evaluator)
GRANTS - COMPLETED
01/01/14-12/31/14 NOURISH: Promoting Healthy Food Choices Early in Life in Underserved Communities/Aetna
Foundation (Co-Program Director and Evaluator, $40,000)
01/01/14-12/31/14 Home Base Farm to School Implementation Grant with the Chapel Hill Carrboro City
Schools/USDA (Project Director and Lead Evaluator, $75,000)
08/15/10-04/30/15 Center to Reduce CVD Disparities: Genes, Clinics and Communities/NIH P50 (Co-Investigator,
$10,050,042)
09/30/10-08/31/15 Carolina Community Network Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CCN II)/ NIH (Co-
Investigator, $4,498,723)
10/01/11-09/30/12 Community Engagement Consulting Models - Taking Them to Scale/NIH (Co-Investigator,
$499,996)
03/01/11-02/28/12 Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN)/CDC
(Consultant/Advisory Board, $35,000)
06/01/11-04/30/12 Faith, Farming, and the Future: A Church-based program addressing health disparities/NIH R21
(Co-Investigator, $402,142)
01/01/10-12/31/10 Produce Packs and Warren County Regional Food Processing Center Project/North Carolina
Rural Economic Development Center (PI, $75,000)
4/1/2010 – 6/31/11 Needs Assessment of the Estate Planning and Mental Health Needs of Black Farmers in North
Carolina/ Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (PI, $50,000)
4/1/2010 – 6/31/11 Harvest of Hope: Health Benefits and Dissemination Potential of a Church Garden Project/ North
Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute (Co-Investigator, $50,000)
6/1/2009 – 9/30/10 Charrettes: A Consultation Model for Community-Academic Partnerships/NIH (Evaluator,
$499,996)
11/1/08 – 8/31/12 Gillings Innovation Laboratory: Linking Local, Sustainable Agriculture and Health/ Gillings
Innovations Laboratories, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (Co-Investigator,
$275,000)
PUBLICATIONS
De Marco, M. & Thorburn, S. (2008). The association between sociodemographic factors, participation in assistance
programs and food insecurity among Oregon residents. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 3(1), 36-50.
De Marco, M., Thorburn, S., & Zhao, W. (2008). Perceived discrimination during prenatal care, labor, and delivery: an
examination of data from the Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 1998-1999, 2000, and 2001.
American Journal of Public Health. 98(10), 1818-1822.
De Marco, M. & De Marco, A. (2009). Welcome to the neighborhood: Does where you live affect nutrition, health, and
welfare program utilization? Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. 36(1), 141-166.
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De Marco, M., Thorburn, S., & Kue, J. (2009). “In a country as affluent as America, people should be eating:”
Qualitative findings from research to explore food insecurity among rural and urban Oregonians. Qualitative Health
Research, 19, 1010 - 1024.
De Marco, M. & Thorburn, S., The Relationship between Income and Food Insecurity among Oregon Residents: Does
Social Support Matter? Public Health Nutrition, published online: July 2009.
De Marco, A. & De Marco, M. (2010). Conceptualization and Measurement of the Neighborhood in Rural Settings: A
Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (1), 99-114.
De Marco, M., Cykert, S., Coad, N., Doost, K., Schaal, J., White, B., Young, D., Isler, M. R., & Corbie-Smith, G. (2010).
Views on personalized medicine: do the attitudes of African American and white prescription drug consumers differ?
Public Health Genomics. 13(5), 276-83.
Thorburn, S. & De Marco, M. (2010). Insurance-based discrimination during prenatal care, labor, and delivery:
perceptions of Oregon mothers. Maternal and child health journal. 14(6), 875-85.
Thorburn, S., & De Marco, M. Insurance, Discrimination, and Prenatal and Obstetrical Care: Data from the Oregon
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). (in press, Maternal & Child Health Journal)
De Marco, M., Weiner, B., Meade, S., Hadley, M., Goldmon, M., Boyd, C., Green, M., Manning, M., Godley, P.,
Howard, D., & Corbie-Smith, G. (2011). Assessing the readiness of Black churches to engage in health disparities
research. Journal of the National Medical Association. 103(9-10): 960-7
Balvanz, P., Barlow, M. De Marco, M., Samuel, K., Crowder, R., & Ammerman, A. (2011). “The Next Generation,
That's Why We Continue To Do What We Do": Experiences with land loss among African-American farmers in North
Carolina. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development; 1(3): 67-88.
Jones, B., Lightfoot, A., De Marco, M., Roman Isler, M., Ammerman, A., Nelson, D., Harrison, L., Motsinger, B.,
Melvin, C., Corbie-Smith, G. (2012). "Community Responsive Research Priorities: Transforming Health Research
Infrastructure. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, special issue on "The
Science of Community Engagement.” Volume 6.3: 339-348.
Lightfoot, A., De Marco, M., Dendas, R., Jackson, M., & Meehan, E. (2014). Engaging Underserved Populations in
ACA-required Needs Assessments: A Report from the Field. Special Issue of the Journal for Health Care for the Poor and
Underserved, (JHCPU) 25th Anniversary Edition. Volume 25, 1: 11-18 | DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0060
Black, K. Z., Hardy, C. Y., De Marco, M., Ammerman, A., Corbie-Smith, G., Council, B., Ellis, D., Eng, E., Harris, B.,
Jackson, M., Jean-Baptiste, J., Kearney, W., Legerton, M., Parker, D., Wynn, M. & Lightfoot, A. (2013). Beyond
Incentives for Involvement to Compensation for Consultants: Increasing Equity in CBPR Approaches. Progress in
Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action 7(3), 263-270.
De Marco, M., Smith, T., Kearney, W., Jones, C. Kearney-Powell, A., & Ammerman, A. (2014). Growing Partners:
Building a community-academic partnership to address health disparities in rural North Carolina. Progress in Community
Health Partnerships. Volume 8(2). 181-186 | DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2014.0021
De Marco, M., Gustafson, A., Gizlice, Z., Ammerman, A. (2014). Locally-Grown Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing Habits
and the Association with Children’s Diet. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.9(3), 372-387.
De Marco, M, Smith, T., Kearney, W., Ammerman, A. (2016). Harvest of Hope: The impact of a church garden project
on African American youth and adults in the rural American South. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19320248.2016.1146193. NIHMSID 815270 PubI.ID 114693
De Marco, A., De Marco, M, Biggers, A, West, M., Young, J., & Levy, R. (in press). Asset-development among people
experiencing homelessness: An evaluation of the Community Empowerment Fund. Journal of Sociology and Social
Welfare.
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Skinner, H., Calancie, L., Vu, M., Garcia, B., De Marco, M., Ammerman, A., & Schisler, J. (in press). Using
Community-Based Participatory Research Principles to Develop More Understandable Recruitment and Informed
Consent Documents in Genomic Research.
Ammerman A, Hartman TS, De Marco M. (2017). Behavioral Economics and SNAP – Making the Healthy Choice the
Easy Choice. American Journal of Preventative Medicine. S145-S150
De Marco, M., Chapman, L., McGee, C., Calancie, L., Burnham, L., & Ammerman, A. (2017). Merging opposing
viewpoints: Analysis of the development of a state-wide Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council in a traditional
agricultural state. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. In press.
LaJeunesse, S., De Marco, M., & Crayton, T., Assessing the physical activity and economic impacts of wayfinding signs:
A panel study in Chapel Hill, NC. Submitted to Cities & Health.
Sheppard, B., Kearney, W., Soldavini, J., Chauvenet, C. & De Marco, M. Community-academic partnerships to develop
community gardens in the rural, American South using SNAP-Ed funding. Submitted to the Journal for Community
Engagement and Scholarship.
Sadeghzadeh, C., Soldavini, J., Uslan, D., & De Marco, M. Use of a novel sales tracking method to evaluate the success
of a rural healthy corner store intervention. In preparation for submission to Health Promotion Practice.
Chauvenet, C., De Marco, M., Barnes, C., & Ammerman, A. WIC Recipients in the Retail Environment – Assessing
Customer Experience and Satisfaction. Submitted to Public Health Nutrition.
Uslan, D., Sadeghzadeh, C., Alexander, R., Campbell, D., & De Marco, M. The adaptation of the Baltimore Healthy
Stores Intervention for the Rural South. In preparation.
Chauvenet, C., Leone, L., & De Marco, M. The Role of Retailers in the Selection of Healthful, Low-Cost Products
among WIC Recipients. In preparation.
Jeffries, J., Stammes, J., Campbell, D., & De Marco, M. A Social Marketing Campaign to Encourage Use of SNAP-EBT
at Farmers’ Markets. In preparation.
De Marco, A., De Marco, M., & McGuirt, J. Examining the association between child care centers’ implementation of
best practices on nutrition and physical activity and child BMI over time. In preparation.
De Marco, M., Watson-Ormond, K., Hopping, B., & Chapman, L. Messaging in Grocery Stores to increase local food
purchasing: What works? In preparation.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Thayer, L., De Marco, M., Calancie, L., Cunningham-Kay, M., & Ammerman, A. (2015). Intervening to Change Eating
Patterns: How can individuals and societies effect lasting change through their eating patterns? In R. Neff (Ed.),
Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Public Health, Environment, and Equity (pp. 457-482). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-
Bass.
PRESENTATIONS
Weiner, B., De Marco, M., Green, M., Boyd, C., Hadley, M., Goldmon, M., Manning, M., Ammerman, A., & Corbie-
Smith, G. (2008, June). Organizational Readiness to Engage in Research: Examining the organizational factors of Black
Churches that support engagement in research to reduce health disparities. Poster presentation at 14th Annual NRSA
Trainees Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Weiner, B., De Marco, M., Green, M., Boyd, C., Hadley, M., Goldmon, M., Manning, M., Ammerman, A., & Corbie-
Smith, G. (2008, June). Organizational Readiness to Engage in Research: Examining the organizational factors of Black
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Churches that support engagement in research to reduce health disparities. Poster presentation at the Family Research
Consortium IV Fifth Annual Summer Institute, New Orleans.
Weiner, B., De Marco, M., Green, M., Boyd, C., Hadley, M., Goldmon, M., Manning, M., Ammerman, A., & Corbie-
Smith, G. (2008, October). Organizational Readiness to Participate in Research: Examining the organizational factors of
Black Churches that support engagement in research to reduce health disparities. Poster presentation at the annual meeting
of the American Public Health Association, San Diego.
Thorburn, S., & De Marco, M. (2008, October). Insurance, Discrimination, and Prenatal and Obstetrical Care: Data from
the Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the
American Public Health Association, San Diego.
Weiner, B., De Marco, M., Green, M., Boyd, C., Hadley, M., Goldmon, M., Manning, M., Ammerman, A., & Corbie-
Smith, G. (2008, December). Organizational Readiness to Participate in Research: Examining the organizational factors of
Black Churches that support engagement in research to reduce health disparities. Poster presentation at the first annual
Trans-NIH Health Disparities Summit, National Harbor Maryland.
De Marco, M., Weiner, B., Meade, S-A., Hadley, M., Green, M., Boyd, C., Goldmon, M., Manning, M., Howard, D.,
Godley, P., & Corbie-Smith, G. (2009, June). Assessing the readiness of Black churches to engage in health disparities
research. Oral presentation at 15th Annual NRSA Trainees Research Conference, Chicago, IL.
De Marco, M. & De Marco, A. (2009, November). Conceptualization and measurement of the neighborhood in rural
locales: A systematic review. Oral presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association,
Philadelphia, PA.
De Marco, M., Kearney, W., Robbins, M., Crowder, R. & Ammerman, A. (2011, November). Harvest of Hope: Health
Benefits and Lessons Learned from a Church Garden Project. Roundtable presentation at the annual conference of the
American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
Kearney, W., De Marco, M., Tosha Smith, Anna Child, Meredith Robbins and Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD (2012,
October). Faith, Farming, and the Future: A church-garden project for youth development, presentation at the annual
conference of the American Public Health Association Oct. 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA
Lightfoot, A., De Marco, M., Hardy, C., and Community Expert Pool (2012, October). Moving towards equity:
Community leadership expanding capacity for CBPR, presentation at the annual conference of the American Public
Health Association Oct. 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA
Black, K., De Marco, M., Jackson, M., Council, B., Wynn, M., Muhammad, M., Hardy, C., Jones, B., Lightfoot, A.
(2012, October). Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a community-academic partnership consultation model,
presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association Oct. 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA
Barnes, K., Lightfoot, A., Hardy, C., Barbara Harris, Eng, E., Council, B., Coad, N., Benedict, S., Rivera, I., Peterson, P.,
De Marco, M., Ammerman, A. (2012, October). Advancing Equity in a CBPR Partnership: Seeds of HOPE and the
CBPR Charrette Process, presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association Oct. 27-31,
2012; San Francisco, CA
Hardy, C., Lightfoot, A., De Marco, M., and the Community Expert Pool. (2012, October). Community expertise in
CBPR: Beyond Incentives to compensation, presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health
Association Oct. 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA
De Marco, M., Hopping, B., Watson-Ormond, K. (2014, November). The Local Loyalty Project: Can positioning a
regional grocery chain as a purveyor of local foods increase customer loyalty and local foods sales? Presentation at the
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA. November 17, 2014.
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De Marco, M., Hopping, B., Watson-Ormond, K. (2014, June). Can positioning a regional grocery chain as a purveyor of
local foods increase customer loyalty and local foods sales? Presentation at the ASFS/AFHVS 2014 Conference:
Collaboration & Innovation Across the Food System, Burlington, Vermont. June 19, 2014.
Ammerman, A. & De Marco, M. (2015). WIC, Shopping, and Cost Containment Perspectives of stakeholders:
participants, program staff, retailers, manufacturers. Presented at the BECR WIC Roundtable on Cost Containment,
Washington, D.C. on August 7, 2015
De Marco, M. (2017, July). Behavioral Economics in the Healthy Retail Environment: SNAP-Ed Implementation.
Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, July 22, 2017; Washington,
DC.
Sheppard, B. and De Marco, M. (2017, November). Beyond the health benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables: rural
community gardens as avenues to socio-economic development, renewed interest in cultural traditions, and community
cohesion. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.
Chapman, L., Chauvenet, C., De Marco, M. (2017, November). Healthy retail interventions: Establishing partnerships
and utilizing sales data to conduct healthy food choice research. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American
Public Health Association, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.
McGuirt, J., Jilcott-Pitts, S., Hanson, K., De Marco, M., Seguin, R., Kolodinsky, J., Becot, F., Ammerman, A. (2017,
November). A choice experiment to examine factors influencing willingness to participate in a Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) program among low income parents. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.
ADVISEES
Students funded/mentored (# of years funded)/years
Nutrition
PhD: Tosha Smith (2 years), informal mentorship, RA experience/2011-2014
PhD: Linden Thayer, Dissertation Committee/2013-2016
PhD: Jared McGuirt, Dissertation Committee/2014-2016
PHD: Beth Hopping (1 year), Dissertation Committee/2013-2016
PHD: Sally Bullock (1 partial year) RA experience /2016-2017
PHD: Yani Estrada (2 years) RA experience/2014-2017
PHD: Gina Trappiccio (2 partial years) RA experience /2015-2017
PHD: Jessica Soldavini (2 years, 3rd secured) RA experience/2015 - present
PHD: Leah Chapman (1 year, 2nd secured) mentorship, RA experience/ 2016 - present
MPH/RD: Emily Welker (2 years) RA experience/2012-2014
MPH/RD: Caroline Messerschmidt (2 years), Master’s Paper Reader/2013-2015
MPH/RD: Carolina Sardano (2 years) RA experience/2015-2016
MPH/RD: Melissa Walter, Master’s Paper Advisor/reader/2015-2016
MPH/RD: Kathryn Bernstein, faculty advisor/2015 - present
BSPH: Nichole Bonzano, faculty mentor/2015-2017
BSPH: Bridget Gallagher (1 summer), faculty mentor/2016 - present
BSPH: Nasir Siddique, faculty mentor/2016 – present
BSPH: Alvaro Nava, faculty mentor/2017-present
BSPH: Maria Koutlas, faculty mentor/2017-present
Health Behavior
MPH: Claire Sadeghzadeh (1 year, 2nd secured) RA experience/2016 - present
MPH: Sarah Prager – Practicum Placement/2014-2016
MPH: Jennifer Delcourt – Practicum Placement/2012-2013
MPH: Rose Watson-Ormond – Practicum Placement/2012-2014
Co-hosted/advised two Masters Capstone Projects: 1. Carolina Campus Community Garden 2. Interfaith Food Shuttle
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MCH
PHD: Christina Chauvenet (summer of year 2, 3rd secured)/2015 - present
Other
Career Explorer: Kelli Farrington (undergraduate at NC A & T)/ Summer of 2017
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION The purpose of this committee is to
advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter “Board”) on current and emerging issues
associated with planning and providing a high-quality transit network that serves the needs of our entire
community. Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Cor Rademaker
Address: 112 Emerywood Pl. City: Chapel Hill State/ZIP: NC 27516 County: Orange County
Cell phone: 919 537 2504
Education: Msc Urban Design, Msc Human Geography, Mba.
Current employment: Professor UNC Smart Cities
Licenses held:
References (limit of 3): Jodi Bakst (realestateexperts.com, Phil Mason, Planning Manager Town of Chapel
Hill, Prof. Arcot Rajasekar, Professor (Big) data analytics
Do you use public transit? Yes
If so, how often? Twice a month in the US, daily in Europe
Would you be willing to try public transit? Ofcourse!
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning. :
Depends on the kind of PT, PT services are essential for affordable housing, but for instance the Light
Rail would have a positive impact on housing prices, Commercial Development, and car use! Essential
for Land use planning to include effective PT planning. (PT=Public Transit)
Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilitie:
Essential, but busses must be low floor vehicles.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity. :
There are different levels of Public Transport, just giving a rough system overview; local buses,
streetcars, rapid buses, interliners, light rail, trainsystems, etc. The higher the level of transit, the more
economic influence. Dominant examples are airports, but basically you can see economic developments
occur already at levels as rapid bussystems/interliners, and lightrail.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide
beneficial information to this committee?
1. Former VP of the The Hague (Netherlands) public transport company HTM (bussystems,
streetcars, light rail, 3000 empl.)
2. My company Strateq consults on all urban systems, public transit systems as well
3. Professor at UNC, School of Information and Library Sciences in Smart Cities
4. As user and citizen of Orange County
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Rademaker
Cornelis Nicolaas Jacobus (Cor)
112 Emerywood Pl. Galvanistraat 56
Chapel Hill 27516 2517RD The Hague
North Carolina Netherlands
+1 919 537 2504 +316 51234598
Biography
Cor Rademaker worked in urban planning and design with regards to sustainable and social development since the end
of the eighties with his company, Strateq. Throughout the years, Strateq has been involved in more than 70% of urban
development in The Netherlands. Mr. Rademaker is cooperating closely with several universities, such as The Hague
University’s program on Innovative Entrepreneurship and the Technical University Delft on a project to create a Green
Campus and on a program to make areas and buildings autarkic on energy, water and waste. In North Carolina, In the
USA Cor has closely cooperated with the School of Library Sciences at the University of North Carolina on Smart City
programs for students and professionals. He manages the Smart City Day at the UNC CleanTech Summit, has
established a Smart City Center NC and worked on a project to create Smart and Connected Communities between
successful cities and rural small towns. Strateq is involved in diverse Smart City Projects, such as in Rotterdam,
Amsterdam, Eindhoven, and The Hague, and in Rio de Janeiro, Charlotte and Austin..Cor Rademaker is chairman of the
National Advisory Board for Strategies for Smart Cities, and the EU SSCC Smart City Coordination Group. This includes
normalization of strategies, processes and technology involved in Smart Cities, resulting in a roadmap to Smart Cities.
Previous Cor was COO at one of the larger public transit authorities in the Netherlands, the HTM in The Hague.
Cor studied urban planning and urban design, mobility management, and human geography. He holds a masters of
engineering on urban planning and design from Tilburg, and masters of science from Rijksuniversity Utrecht and an MBA
from Erasmus Rotterdam.
Cor is innovative and ‘out of the box’, entrepreneurial, a motivating manager, result oriented, efficient and effective. Cor is
an expert in City Planning and Design, Mobility and Transportation, Renewable Energy, Water Management, Strategy and
marketing, Circular Economy, Urban Resilience, Leadership and original thinking.
Cor is married and has 3 kids
Education
1976-1980 Nat. Verkeers Academie te Tilburg
Urban and Regional planning and design, land use management, mobility and transport management
1980-1986 Erasmus Universiteit te Rotterdam
Business administration, commercial economy
1988-1993 Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht
Social Geography; economic Geography
1997-2000 Koninklijke Academie voor de Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Arts)
Fine arts and photography
Professional Experience
CEO North Carolina Centre for Smart and Connected Communities 2017– present
Professor at UNC
Developing and lecturing Smart City Classes and programs 2015 – present
Chairman National Advisory Board Strategies for Smart Cities/EU SSCC Coordination Group
Developing standards, technology, approach and roadmaps on Smart Cities in the Netherlands and
Europe 2014 – present
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Cooperating on diverse Urban, Green, Entrepreneurial Projects with:
Technical University Delft, Technical University Eindhoven, Rijks University Utrecht, The Hague
University of Applied Science 2012 – present
Program manager, Technical University Delft, Faculty of Architecture
Green campus, Green Cities, Smart Cities 2011 – present
Professor, The Hague University, Faculty of Science.
Marketing, Business Development, Innovation and management 2008 – 2011
CEO Strateq, The Hague
CEO consultancy group on sustainable, inclusive and holistic urban development, smart cities 1989 – present
Senior Consultant Business, NSS The Hague
Research and consultancy on international operations, strategies, marketing and marketing research 1986 – 1989
COO on Planning and Operations Public Transportation, HTM The Hague (>2000 empl.)
Managing buses, streetcars on vehicles, routes, stops and frequencies. 1981 – 1986
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter “Board”)
on current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality transit
network that serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name:
Address:
City:
State/Zip:
*County:
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange county to be appointed to the
committee.)
Home phone:
Cell phone:
Education:
Current employment:
Licenses held:
References (limit of 3):
Do you use public transit? If so, how often?
Would you be willing to try public transit?
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities.
John Rees
103 Newell Street
Chapel Hill
NC, 27516
Orange
919-599-0502
919-599-0502
Associates of Science
IBM, RTP
Yes. I use the Chapel Hill Transit, most frequently the NS and V bus
I also am a regular user of the GoTriangle 805 bus as I use that to commute to work from Chape Hill.
I have also used the 105 to get to Raleigh after work and the 700 and 405 to get to / from Durham
Yes. In fact, I already use it frequently
Good, and reliable public transit is essential for affordable housing for several reasons.
(1) It reduces the cost of car ownership to families (2) It reduces the costs of hosing projects by reducing parking
facilities. (3) It reduces the amount of impermeable surface needed to support cars.
(4) It permits more space to be used for housing instead of car storage
People who are unable to drive themselves due to disabilities become stranded at home, and dependant
on others to get to work each day and also to common appointments.
These barriers cna prevent people from holding good jobs due to lack of options for getting to work.
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Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide
beneficial information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit your
response to 100 or fewer words)
Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
We have put people into an expensive hole when it comes to getting to work. Most good jobs are in urban
centers or office parks, surrounded by expensive housing options. This has driven people father and farther out,
and the search for affordable housing. However, the costs of commuting, and the need for families to own multiple
cars eat up all or most of any perceived savings, also taking away their time to spend with families or to engage in
training to improve their careers.
Basically, people are locked into a daily grind of hour plus commutes burning their savings in fuel and auto maintenance costs. It is a hard cycle to avoid and break
Transit, and transit oriented development offers a glimmer of hope for people in this situation, and it also brings them in close to improved educational options for their children
As a regular transit commuter, I have seen first hand the good and bad of what GoTriangle currently offers.
In my work doing outreach at my place of work, I have heard the reasons people do not use transit.
I have also watched, in frustration, as GoTriangle has missed out on some opportunities to take advantage of
new transit riders and gain ridership.
One example is the now retired Johnston County route. GoTriangle rant it just like all their other routes, but
they (in my opinion) missed out on an opportunity in growing a strong, grass roots base of Choice riders while
that line was run.
I am passionate about transit. I have volunteered for GoTriangle at events they have hosted at IBM. I have participated in other events to promote transit.
I have worked 1:1 with people, helping them try transit, and encouraged them to give it a try.
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Those interested in serving can send a letter of interest along with resume and this application to
one of these locations or email addresses:
GoTriangle Board of Trustees, c/o Shelley Blake, GoTriangle General Counsel, PO Box
13787, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or sblake@gotriangle.org
Wake County Board of Commissioners, c/o Denise Hogan, Clerk to the Board, PO Box
550, Raleigh, NC 27602 or Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
Durham County Board of Commissioners, c/o Michelle Parker Evans, Clerk to the
Board, 200 E Main St., Durham, NC 27701 or clerk@dconc.gov
Orange County Board of Commissioners, c/o Thom Freeman, Assistant to the Clerk to
the Board, 200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or
tfreeman@orangecountync.com
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John Rees
103 Newell Street
Chapel Hill, NC
jrees@gmail.com
Current employer:
IBM
Research Triangle Park
Position:
I/T Architect, Cognitive @ IBM
What I do:
I provide computer application architecture for cognitive and business applications. I also evaluate and
specify dev ops software and applications to automate and improve the way my team provides
processing capacity and business applications to the company
Positions and activities of relevance to the position of Go Triangle Transit Citizens Advisory
Committee.
Roles performed for the benefit of the Town of Chapel Hill
I am the vice chair of the Chapel Hill planning commission. I was appointed by the town council and
have served for 18 months. In this role, I review and provide guidance to the Chapel Hill town council
on development projects that range from small subdivisions to large commercial projects. This
position requires me to have a good knowledge of the towns LUMO or Land Use Management
Ordinance as well as transportation impacts and the towns 2020 plan. The Planning Commission
meets twice a month.
Additionally, I am the liaison to the towns Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board. In this role,
I collect and feed back the issues as the board deliberates on projects that will have an impact to the
towns transportation and connectivity. In this role, I am required to be familiar with the towns
comprehensive plan, the bike plan and the connectivity plans the town is drafting currently as well as
with rapidly growing areas such as the Ephesus Fordham (AKA Blue Hill) area.
Non profits of note:
I am currently the president of the Bicycle Alliance of Chapel Hill (BACH). BACH is a non profit,
dedicated to improving Chapel Hill for the needs of cyclists. We have worked with the town to obtain
bike lanes in downtown, we have held cruiser rides with town staff, to provide them with some insights
to the issues cyclists face in town, and we petition the town for improved infrastructure. Prior to that, I
was the president of the Carolina Tarwheels Cycling club. The Tarwheels are a recreational club that
provides group rides and raises funds the club grants to local non profits that have cycling related
activities, especially youth oriented organizations.
GoTriangle connections:
I am a regular commuter on GoTriangle. I use the 805 and the 800, to commute to work in RTP. I
have also used the 700, the CRX and the 105 / 100 to make trips to Raleigh and Durham.
Additionally, I have volunteered my time to assist GoTriangle to perform commuting outreach at two
IBM locations in RTP, and have worked with GoTriangle employees to help promote transit.
I am a huge fan and advocate of regional transit in the area. I am experienced in working on boards,
and I am excited at the opportunity to assist GoTriangle in any way I can to provide better transit
options for myself and other users of transit as well as work to grow the usage and effectiveness of
transit in the Wake, Durham and Orange county area.
Thank you for your consideration
John Rees
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter
“Board”) on current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality
transit network that serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Gary Saunders
Address: 103 Woodshire Lane
City: Chapel Hill
State/ZIP: NC 27514-2430
*County: Orange
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange County to be appointed to the
Committee.)
Home phone: 919-942-0045
Cell phone: 919-656-5470
Education: B.S., ChE
Current employment: Acting Supervisor, Stationary Source Compliance Branch, NC Division of Air Quality
NC Department of Environmental Quality, 1641 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1641
Licenses held:
References (limit of 3):
Michael Pjetraj, Deputy Director, NC DAQ
Anne Galamb, Transportation Demand Management Coordinator (City of Raleigh)
James Hammond, NC DAQ
Do you use public transit? If so, how often? Yes, each weekday (CHT routes and GoTriangle CRX route).
I have been using the CRX route in conjunction with CHT and CAT/GoRaleigh since its inception in August
2005
Would you be willing to try public transit? See answer above
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning.
It is my observation that transit planning has been an afterthought inland use planning and may be
addressed in the affordable housing discussion and community planning. Recently, with the increase in
resources for transit, it seems to be have changed to a leading rather than lagging consideration,
particularly for housing that is designed for low and moderate-income people. However, it is important
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to actually plan and provide for such housing in conjunction with transit rather than make it a “nice to
consider” item.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities.
For some, it may be the only reliable means of getting from point to point. It seems, however, that
barriers exist for a broader use by people with disabilities. The combination of timing, access and routes
served seem to be largest issues. However, certain routes seem to do well with serving limited
populations, e.g, elderly persons who wish to get to and from senior activities or certain retail locations.
We need to broaden out these services to make them more appealing and less challenging.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
We can see some local impacts associated with successful transit; a few less cars, a few more dollars for
people to spend as discretionary purchases rather than on their automobile, which translates to
economic impact. State government employees who use the GoPass and routinely do not drive can save
hundreds of dollars per month that may translate into local spending and support of our local economy.
In addition, have a well-planned, managed and functional transit system is a plus to those facilities and
companies looking to locate in the RTP region. This may be one of many factors that tip the region into
a favorable choice for economic opportunities.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide
beneficial information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
I currently serve on the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) and previously served on the
Orange County Commission for the Environment where one of our charges was to address
transportation issues in the State of the Environment Report
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit your
response to 100 or fewer words)
With more than 10 years experience using public transit on a near daily basis, I have perspective of a
person who sees what riders experience on a near daily basis on different systems. Prior to using the
express bus through GoTriangle, I had experience with the former Triangle Transit Authority and getting
between Chapel and Cary under the previous system. In addition, I have been and am currently a
GoTriangle Ambassador.
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Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
Attached.
Those interested in serving can send a letter of interest along with resume and this application to
one of these locations or email addresses:
• GoTriangle Board of Trustees, c/o Shelley Blake, GoTriangle General Counsel, PO Box
13787, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or sblake@gotriangle.org
• Wake County Board of Commissioners, c/o Denise Hogan, Clerk to the Board, PO Box
550, Raleigh, NC 27602 or Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
• Durham County Board of Commissioners, c/o Michelle Parker Evans, Clerk to the
Board, 200 E Main St., Durham, NC 27701 or clerk@dconc.gov
• Orange County Board of Commissioners, c/o Thom Freeman, Assistant to the Clerk to
the Board, 200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or
tfreeman@orangecountync.gov
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Gary L. Saunders
103 Woodshire Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2430
(919) 942-0045 (Home), (919) 656-5470 (Cell)
Gsaun039@gmail.com
GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Experience Entropy Environmentalists, RTP, NC
1976-1977
Project Engineer
Emission testing and projects associated with unique source testing problems. Emission testing workshops
conducted for US EPA and State Air Division Personnel (Nationwide) International Technology, Durham, NC
1978-1993
Senior Project Engineer and Manager of Air Quality Services
Managed projects for USEPA oversite inspections and workshop/training in all 10 US EPA Regions. Expertise
included training of clients on operation and maintenance of control equipment, industrial and utility boiler
operations, kraft pulp and paper mills, cement manufacturing, and iron and steel. Technical Director for
Savannah River Site Emission Inventory and source GIS identification project in support of permit activities at
the site. Parsons Engineering-Science, Cary, NC
1993-1997
Manager, Air Quality Services
Manager for air quality services consulting in the southeast United States. Provided performance testing,
permitting, pollution prevention and troubleshooting services to industrial, commercial, and governmental
agencies such as the US Coast Guard and the US Air Force. NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, Raleigh, NC
1998-Present
Special Projects Engineer (currently Acting Supervisor of the Stationary Source Compliance Branch)
Performance test review and observation, providing training on test methodology, odor evaluation,
combustion evaluation, swine farm operations, and stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines.
Chair of the NCDAQ Compliance Workgroup. Provide external presentations to public on rules, enforcement
and testing issues. Currently supervising stack test group, continuous emission monitoring group and
enforcement group,
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Gary L. Saunders
103 Woodshire Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2430
(919) 942-0045 (Home), (919) 656-5470 (Cell)
Gsaun039@gmail.com
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Education NC State University, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1975
Communication
Multiple years evaluation and presentation experience on highly complex technical and regulatory issues from
rules development, implementation, and enforcement to providing information on technical industrial
processes.
References
Provided upon request
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter
“Board”) on current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality
transit network that serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Alison Stuebe
Address: 111 Simerville Rd
City: Chapel Hill
State/ZIP: NC 27517
*County: Orange
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange County to be appointed to the
Committee.)
Home phone: 919-883-4961
Cell phone: 617-308-1590
Education: BS, MD, MSc
Current employment: Associate professor, UNC School of Medicine
Licenses held: NC drivers’ license; NC Medical License, MA Medical License
References (limit of 3):
Molly DeMarco, mollydemarco@gmail.com
Denise Shaver, Denise.Shaver@unchealth.unc.edu
Do you use public transit? If so, how often?
Yes; every weekday to and from work on Chapel Hill Transit, and often to other locations e.g. the airport
or downtown Raleigh, using GoTriangle. When traveling for business in other cities, I usually travel
using transit (both rail and bus) instead of taking a taxi or using ridershare services.
Would you be willing to try public transit?
See above.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning:
Our household has saved thousands of dollars over the ten years we’ve lived in Chapel Hill through our
reduced use of our car and not needing to pay for parking at UNC. These types of cost savings are critical
for lower-income people, which is why it’s important for the community to prioritize placing affordable
housing options along transit lines.
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Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities:
For people for whom driving is not an option due to disability, it is critical that they have access to useful
transit services to provide them with mobility options.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
Car ownership is expensive. As a physician at UNC, I have many patients who struggle to attend critical
medical appointments because of their inability to get transportation to the hospital or clinic. The
availability of convenient, reliable transportation also impacts people's ability to access employment
opportunities and keep jobs once they’ve earned them.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide beneficial
information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
Along with my daily transit ridership here, I’ve ridden on transit systems in communities throughout the
US, Europe, and Australia, and can provide useful insight not only on transit services but how transit can
link with other services such as bikeshare and good pedestrian accommodations to make transit use easier
and more feasible for people.
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit
your response to 100 or fewer words)
As a daily transit rider, I have a vested interest in making sure that the region’s transit agencies make their
customers’ needs paramount. I also want to advocate for my many patients who struggle to access jobs,
social services, and other resources in the community due to a lack of transportation or transit options.
Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
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Those interested in serving can send a letter of interest along with resume and this application to
one of these locations or email addresses:
• GoTriangle Board of Trustees, c/o Shelley Blake, GoTriangle General Counsel, PO Box 13787,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or sblake@gotriangle.org
• Wake County Board of Commissioners, c/o Denise Hogan, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 550,
Raleigh, NC 27602 or Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
• Durham County Board of Commissioners, c/o Michelle Parker Evans, Clerk to the Board, 200
E Main St., Durham, NC 27701 or clerk@dconc.gov
• Orange County Board of Commissioners, c/o Thom Freeman, Assistant to the Clerk to the
Board, 200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or
tfreeman@orangecountync.gov
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GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
The purpose of this committee is to advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter
“Board”) on current and emerging issues associated with planning and providing a high-quality
transit network that serves the needs of our entire community.
Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Alison Stuebe
Address: 111 Simerville Rd
City: Chapel Hill
State/ZIP: NC 27517
*County: Orange
*(Please note that you must reside in Wake, Durham or Orange County to be appointed to the
Committee.)
Home phone: 919-883-4961
Cell phone: 617-308-1590
Education: BS, MD, MSc
Current employment: Associate professor, UNC School of Medicine
Licenses held: NC drivers’ license; NC Medical License, MA Medical License
References (limit of 3):
Molly DeMarco, mollydemarco@gmail.com
Denise Shaver, Denise.Shaver@unchealth.unc.edu
Do you use public transit? If so, how often?
Yes; every weekday to and from work on Chapel Hill Transit, and often to other locations e.g. the airport
or downtown Raleigh, using GoTriangle. When traveling for business in other cities, I usually travel
using transit (both rail and bus) instead of taking a taxi or using ridershare services.
Would you be willing to try public transit?
See above.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning:
Our household has saved thousands of dollars over the ten years we’ve lived in Chapel Hill through our
reduced use of our car and not needing to pay for parking at UNC. These types of cost savings are critical
for lower-income people, which is why it’s important for the community to prioritize placing affordable
housing options along transit lines.
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Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilities:
For people for whom driving is not an option due to disability, it is critical that they have access to useful
transit services to provide them with mobility options.
Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity.
Car ownership is expensive. As a physician at UNC, I have many patients who struggle to attend critical
medical appointments because of their inability to get transportation to the hospital or clinic. The
availability of convenient, reliable transportation also impacts people's ability to access employment
opportunities and keep jobs once they’ve earned them.
Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide beneficial
information to this committee? (Please limit your response to 100 or fewer words)
Along with my daily transit ridership here, I’ve ridden on transit systems in communities throughout the
US, Europe, and Australia, and can provide useful insight not only on transit services but how transit can
link with other services such as bikeshare and good pedestrian accommodations to make transit use easier
and more feasible for people.
Please tell us why you would like to be on the GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee. (Please limit
your response to 100 or fewer words)
As a daily transit rider, I have a vested interest in making sure that the region’s transit agencies make their
customers’ needs paramount. I also want to advocate for my many patients who struggle to access jobs,
social services, and other resources in the community due to a lack of transportation or transit options.
Please attach a current resume/biography with application.
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Those interested in serving can send a letter of interest along with resume and this application to
one of these locations or email addresses:
• GoTriangle Board of Trustees, c/o Shelley Blake, GoTriangle General Counsel, PO Box 13787,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or sblake@gotriangle.org
• Wake County Board of Commissioners, c/o Denise Hogan, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 550,
Raleigh, NC 27602 or Denise.hogan@wakegov.com
• Durham County Board of Commissioners, c/o Michelle Parker Evans, Clerk to the Board, 200
E Main St., Durham, NC 27701 or clerk@dconc.gov
• Orange County Board of Commissioners, c/o Thom Freeman, Assistant to the Clerk to the
Board, 200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 or
tfreeman@orangecountync.gov
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