Staff & Leadership

Transportation Alternatives is run by a professional staff whose efforts are multiplied by thousands of volunteers across the five boroughs. Join our team.

Senior Leadership

Reach out at info [at] transalt [dot] org

  • Elizabeth Adams

    Interim Co-Executive Director

  • Thomas DeVito

    Families for Safe Streets Director

  • Megan Eiss

    Interim Co-Executive Director

  • Shawn Garcia

    Director of Advocacy

  • Amy Klein

    Interim Director of Development

  • Katie Lorah

    Katie Lorah

    Senior Advisor

  • Philip Miatkowski

    Senior Director of Research & Policy

  • Alexa Sledge

    Director of Communications

Advocacy

Reach out at advocacy [at] transalt [dot] org

  • Elizabeth Adams

    Intern Co-Executive Director

  • Anna Berlanga

    Bronx & Uptown Organizer

  • Kanza El Hamel

    Field & Equitable Partnerships Coordinator

  • Shawn Garcia

    Director of Advocacy

  • Emily Jacobi

    Manhattan Organizer

  • Lauren Newman

    Youth & Schools Organizer

  • Kathy Park Price

    Brooklyn Organizer

  • Laura Shepard

    Queens Organizer

  • Rose Uscianowski

    Staten Island & South Brooklyn Organizer

Communications & Design

Reach out at press [at] transalt [dot] org

  • Michelle Deme

    Digital Communications Coordinator

  • Katie Lorah

    Senior Advisor

  • Alexa Sledge

    Director of Communications

  • Pink Supakarn

    Graphic Designer

Development & Events

Reach out at devo [at] transalt [dot] org

  • Eric Burghoffer

    Events Consultant

  • Cole Hawkins

    Development Coordinator

  • Amy Klein

    Interim Director of Development

  • Nathan Lynch

    Development Manager

  • Nicole R.

    Events & Partnerships Manager

Families for Safe Streets

Reach out at info [at] familiesforsafestreets [dot] org

  • Thomas DeVito

    Families for Safe Streets Director

  • Dahlia Goldenberg

    Families for Safe Streets Senior Advisor

  • Bobby Preti

    Families for Safe Streets Senior Social Worker

  • Alexis Sfikas

    Families for Safe Streets Organizer

  • Ana Theis

    Families for Safe Streets Social Worker

Research & Policy

Reach out at research [at] transalt [dot] org

  • Em Friedenberg

    Research Manager

  • Jack Greenwood

    Research Associate

  • Nina Guidice

    Policy Manager

  • Philip Miatkowski

    Senior Director of Research & Policy

  • Jessie Singer

    Senior Strategist & Head Writer

Operations

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  • Megan Eiss

    Interim Co-Executive Director

  • Jeffrey Lee

    CRM Manager

  • PJ Mead

    Associate Director of Finance & HR Administrator

  • Alicia Perre-Dowd

    Interim Associate Director of Technology & Operations

Board of Directors

Transportation Alternatives is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization overseen by its board of directors. Any member of Transportation Alternatives may nominate themselves or other members for board membership. Write info@transalt.org or mail to Janet Liff, Chair, 111 John Street, Suite 260, New York, NY 10038. The by-laws of Transportation Alternatives are available here (PDF).

Janet Liff
(Chair)
J. Liff Co.

Hope Reeves
(Vice chair)

Andrew Lerner
(Treasurer)
IA Capital Group

Christine Berthet
CHECKPEDS, Sunnyside Records

Karl Chen
D.E. Shaw

Michael Epstein
Google, Inc.

Daniel Kaizer

Mary Beth Kelly, ACSW
Private practice: psychotherapy

Gentry Lock
Stantec

Adam Mansky
Consultant

Martin Mignot
Index Ventures

Thomas Reardon
CTRL-Labs

Alison Sant
Studio for Urban Projects

Stanley Toussaint
MoCaFi

Keith Tubbs
Capalino + Company

Kenneth Weine

Claire Weisz
WXY

Henry Rinehart (Co-Chair)

David Shephard (Co-Chair)

Michael Smith (Co-Chair)

Marc Agger

Lee Altman

Curtis Archer

George H. Beane

Ken Coughlin

Lucia Deng

Michael Drinkard

Advisory Council

Doug Ellis

Ed García Conde

Paul Gertner

Dereka Hendon-Barnes

Alex Herzan

Karen Karp

Rich Kassel

Mary Beth Kelly

Anna Luten

Stephen Lyle

John Lynch

Richard B. Miller

Neysa Pranger

Jeff Prant

Matthew Reich

Shabazz Stuart

Steve Vaccaro

Lloyd Westerman

Howard Yaruss