Steve Deck has 29 years of experience in transportation planning and policy, all levels of NEPA analyses, and a wide range of municipal planning efforts. He has been responsible for the oversight of planning analyses for a variety of types of projects and has extensive expertise in the area of community/public involvement. He has provided training in the areas of transportation impact fees, secondary and cumulative impact analyses, comprehensive and regional planning, the transportation project development process, and planning implementation tools. He also serves on a municipal planning commission, providing him with an understanding of local planning issues and procedures. He currently acts as the office manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Harrisburg, PA office and manages the PennDOT Planning Services and Implementation and Aviation/Rail Freight open-end contracts.

Brian Funkhouser has over 20 years of transportation planning experience in both the public and private sector. In addition to his MPO experience with the Harrisburg Area Transportation Study (HATS), he has worked for almost a decade with the private consulting firm of Gannett Fleming in Camp Hill. His work experience there has included various types of transportation plans, including: bicycle/pedestrian, greenways, long range transportation plans, and corridor studies. Brian also works with community planners on the development of transportation elements of county and municipal comprehensive plans. He has also served as a course developer and trainer for PennDOT’s Intermodal Coordinator Course. More recently he has worked with regions such as South Central Pennsylvania, Northern Tier, and North Central Pennsylvania on the development of “LUTED” plans that recognize the dynamic relationship that exists between transportation, economic development, and recreation projects. Brian has also served his community as a borough council member and chairman of his local planning commission in Bloomfield Borough, Perry County.

Angela Watson has more than 15 years’ experience and is currently a Senior Transportation Planner with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. Prior to joining PB, Angela worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) as a Transportation Planning Specialist Supervisor and was responsible for managing the Department's land use related initiatives and policies. Angela received her Bachelor of Science in Geography with a concentration in Urban and Regional Development from Penn State University, and her Master of Science degree in Community and Regional Planning from Temple University. Angela is currently the President of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), and is a member of the advisory board of the Penn State Children’s Hospital Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion. She was the Zoning Administrator for the City of Harrisburg prior to being employed with PennDOT, and currently serves on the City’s Zoning Hearing Board.