Rusty Ennemoser is the Community Resources and Public Involvement Coordinator for the Florida Department of Transportation. She is responsible for assisting FDOT districts and Metropolitan Planning Organizations in ensuring that social and cultural effects and community issues are fully considered during planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of Florida’s transportation system. Rusty has a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Florida International University in Miami and a Master of Science degree in Multilingual/Multicultural Education from the College of Education at Florida State University. She is a doctoral candidate in the Florida State University College of Education, Sociocultural and International Development Education Studies program. Her research focus is adult immigrant education and language proficiency. Prior to her current position, she was a public information officer at Florida DOT. She also worked for the Florida Department of State’s Division of Historical Resources where she was the founding editor of Florida Heritage magazine and served as its editor for seven years. Rusty also was a public information officer for Baptist Hospital of Miami for seven years, after which she was a communications consultant in Coral Gables.

JEFF KRAMER, AICP, Senior Research Associate, Planning and Corridor Management, has a primary research focus on public involvement and MPO policy, planning and processes and includes such varied subjects as MPO structure and form, regional transportation planning coordination, and public involvement performance measures. Mr. Kramer holds a Master's degree in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Government from Cornell University. Mr. Kramer has 20 years of transportation planning experience in both the private and public sectors. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Metropolitan Policy, Planning and Processes (ADA20) and a 2006 Charley V. Wootan Award winner for a paper of outstanding merit in the field of policy and organization presented at the TRB Annual Meeting. He is also a member of the AMPO Technical Committee, the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Call 813-974-1397.

DOMENICK PONTORIERO Graduate Research Assistant. Domenico Pontoriero is a graduate research assistant with the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His undergraduate work in International Business and Management Information Systems and current graduate studies in Human Geography led him to work on the Public Involvement Performance Measurement. His primary current project is leading the development, testing, and revisions of a software package that will allow end users to track public involvement efforts of major projects. Along with public involvement, his areas of interest include urban design, social/environmental justice, transportation systems, and public transportation. As his Master’s program comes to a close, Domenick is working on a thesis that explores the connection between available transit infrastructure and a recent shift in urban populations. Call (813) 974-5746.

Planning and Public Involvement Coordinator: Michael Baker Corporation 2003 – Present (9 years) Community Participation and Outreach, Technical Manager Specialties Website and graphic design, social media, writing, market research, public outreach and facilitation Transportation Planner/Public Involvement Specialist: Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates 2000 – 2003 (3 years) Planning Studio Manager Hunter College 1999 – 2001 (2 years) Education City University of New York-Hunter College MA, Transportation/Urban Planning 2000 – 2002 Vassar College BA, English & Geography