Key Personnel
Executive Officers
- Constantine Tarawneh, Ph.D., Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Endowed Professor, Director
- Manuela Cantu, Program Assistant for Center Activities
- Diana Chairez, Program Assistant for Faculty and Student Success
- Carlos Pena-Caballero, Web Developer
Executive Committee
- Dimah Dera, Ph.D., Associate Director, UTRGV
- Martin Knetcht, M.S., Associate Director, STC
- David Allen, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Director, TAMU
- Aemal Khattak, Ph.D., Associate Director, UNL
- Dimitris Rizos, Ph.D., Associate Director, UofSC
- Jia Chen, Ph.D., Associate Director, UCR
- Angela M. Chapman, Ph.D., Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board members for the University Transportation Center for Railway Safety (
- Kari L. Gonzales, President and CEO
- Kim Bowling, Director of Wayside Diagnostics
- Edward “Ed” Boyle Jr., Vice President of Engineering
- Alan E. Calegari, President and CEO
- Gary Fry, Vice President
- Fry Technical Services Inc.
- Christopher A. Hart, Founder of Hart Solutions LLP
- Chairman of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission
- James "Jim" T. Schultz, Founder
- Jim Schultz Group
- Amy Hamilton, Principal Engineer