The WTS Colorado Executive Advisory Committee is composed of approximately 25 senior professionals from across the transportation industry in Colorado. The purpose of the EAC is to create an enhanced intersection between EAC and WTS Colorado members to help empower, educate, inform, and provide opportunities for career advancement through a series of themed engagement events and informal coaching/mentoring opportunities members looking to work through professional/personal challenges or enhance their careers.

The EAC members listed below are committed to the intent of the EAC and have volunteered to serve as coaches for WTS members. Please reach out to anybody you feel may be a good fit for you — all EAC members are excited to serve in this capacity and welcome the opportunity to meet with you.

Public Sector

Amy Ford, Executive Director / Dept. of Transportation and Infrastructure / City & County of Denver

Andrea Albo / Deputy Chief of Staff / Denver International Airport

Debra A. Johnson / General Manager and CEO / Regional Transportation District

Jessica Myklebust / Director Region 1 / Colorado Department of Transportation

Karen Good / Specialty Services Supervisor, Dept. of Transportation and Infrastructure / City & County of Denver

Private Sector (small business)

Amara Hildebrand / Owner / Eugene Lynne

Andy Mountain / President & CEO, GBSM, Inc.

Colleen Roberts / Owner / Peak Consulting Group

Crissy Fanganello / Coach / Transformational Leader 

Scott Epstein, CEO / Pinyon Environmental

Private Sector (large firms)

Carla Perez / Principal Consultant, Advisory Services / HDR Engineering Inc.

Carrie Wallis / Senior Sector Manager, DOT West / AtkinsRéalis 

Chau Nguyễn / HDR Engineering, Inc.

Chris Proud / Senior Transit Project Manager / HDR Engineering Inc.

Danielle Smith / West Region Director / Triunity, Inc. 

Denise Aten / Senior Vice President/Denver Office Manager / Bohannan Huston

Galina Leiphart / Senior Vice President, Business Growth Leader 

Holly Buck, President / Felsburg Holt & Ullevig

Jason Longsdorf / Transportation Group Manager / HDR Engineering Inc.

Jen Wood / Director Business Development / Parsons

Jenny Young / Mountain West Deputy Director / Felsburg Holt & Ullevig

Jessica Fields / Director of Operations, Western US / Toole Design Group

Kara Swanson / Vice President, Transportation Environmental Market Lead / Atlas

Lindsey Sousa / Senior Vice President, Greater West Transportation Regional Business Line Lead / AECOM

Patricia McKinney / Senior Project Manager and West Business Development Lead / T2 Utility Engineers

Sara Ciasto / Colorado Market Leader, Transportation / David Evans and Associates, Inc.

Contact information for EAC members

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the EAC committee co-chairs: Kara Swanson and Colleen Roberts.