Jeffrey Boothe is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Holland & Knight LLP and an experienced advocate for transit authorities and cities who has worked extensively on federal transportation policy and legislative and regulatory affairs. He chairs the New Starts Working Group, a coalition of transit properties, cities and private sector companies that actively supports funding for mass transit, and that helps develop federal transportation policy that responds to concerns about congestion, air quality, economic development and quality of life. He is an active member of the American Public Transportation Association’s Legislative Committee and Light Rail Task Force, and is executive director of the Community Streetcar Coalition. He served as a legislative assistant to Senator Mark O. Hatfield and as a professional staff member on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.

As executive director in the Twin Cities office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Andriana Abariotes' work has included grant making, evaluation, strategic planning, training, community advocacy, finance, external relations and fundraising. Among her major achievements have been program design and management for LISC investments in community development corporations and the development of innovative learning experiences for community development practitioners. A graduate of Macalester College, she also received her master’s degree in social policy and nonprofit management from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. She has served as a policy advocate for housing and income and jobs strategies at Family and Children’s Services in Minneapolis. During graduate school, she worked on housing discrimination issues at the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice.

Art Lomenick, a Managing Director with Trammell Crow Company and President of High Street Residential, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company, is a nationally known expert in the field of urban development. He has been instrumental in enhancing and rebuilding neighborhoods in cities throughout the U.S., as well as Transit Oriented Development (TOD) initiatives. A long-time student of urban design and planning, he combines these studies with his knowledge of human behavior, architecture and economics to create a unique skill set.

Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D., is General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). Dr. Scott’s career in the transportation industry spans more than three decades. Prior to her appointment at MARTA, Dr. Scott served as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Sacramento Regional Transit District. She also served as the General Manager of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. Dr. Scott is the immediate past chairperson of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). She has also served as Executive Director of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA), Assistant Professor of Government and Public Affairs at Tennessee State University, and has taught graduate courses at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She currently serves on the national Board of the American Public Transportation Association, Reconnecting America, Rail~Volution, Transportation Learning Center, and the Transportation Research Board. Dr. Scott holds a doctorate in political science, with a specialization in public administration, from Howard University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Fisk University (Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa).