YPT’s mission is to provide career guidance, fellowship, and networking opportunities for young professionals in the transportation field. We are the future of transportation.
Our goals are threefold:
- Professional Development: Provide a regular series of seminars from leading individuals or teams in the transportation field.
- Fellowship: Provide an ongoing forum for mutual support and interaction between young transportation professionals, especially for those starting their careers.
- Networking: Provide networking opportunities and seminars to help young professionals advance their careers and share innovative ideas.
YPT is a Washington, DC, based organization. However, membership to YPT is open to all young transportation professionals around the world. We DO NOT have an age-restricted definition of “young” in YPT. Anyone is welcome to participate in our activities. Here is a PowerPoint presentation introduction to YPT.
You can sign up for the official YPT Mailing List. You can also find us on Facebook. And you can click here to join our LinkedIn group.
Members of YPT’s Board of Directors. Click on the name for biography.
- Chair: Joung Lee email
Associate Director for Finance and Business Development, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- Deputy Chair: Chris Smith email
Intermodal Policy and Program Manager, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- Vice Chair for Administration-Secretary: Aaron Zimmerman email
Transportation Planner, Battelle Memorial Institute
- Vice Chair for Communication: David Grant Hill email
Manager of Organizational Change Management and Strategic Communication Projects, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Vice Chair for Finance-Treasurer: Nick Perfili email
Transportation Planner, Fairfax County Department of Transportation
- Vice Chair for Membership: Devon Barnhart email
Legislative Assistant, Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)
- Vice Chair for Programs: Nate Smith email
Manager of Government Relations, American Traffic Safety Services Association
- At-large Director: Matthew Bieschke email
Managing Principal-Infrastructure Advisory, Jacobs
- At-large Director: Jeff Ensor email
Consultant, Parsons Brinckerhoff
YPT's Board of Advisors are preeminent public and private sector leaders in transportation with a wide range of exemplarily experience in the field. We are grateful for their participation and willingness to assist the development of a new generation of transportation professionals. Click here for their biographies.
- Jack Basso, Chief Operating Officer, AASHTO
- Mortimer Downey, Chairman, PB Consult
- Robert Flanagan, Senior Vice President, First Southwest Company
- Emil Frankel, Bipartisan Policy Center
- John Horsley, Executive Director, AASHTO
- Tony Kane, Director of Engineering and Technical Services, AASHTO
- Janet Friedl Kavinoky, Director of Transportation Infrastructure, US Chamber of Commerce
- Emeka Moneme, Chief Administrative Officer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Gloria Shepherd, Associate Administrator for Planning, Environment, and Realty, Federal Highway Administration
- Stephen Van Beek, President and CEO, Eno Transportation Foundation
Our governing documents can be found here: