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- Mark Hansen, Ph.D., Director, NEXTOR, UC Berkeley
- Michael Cassidy, Ph.D., Acting Director, UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies
- Steven Campbell, Assistant Director, UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies