Key Personnel

Executive Officers

• Constantine Tarawneh, Ph.D., Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Endowed Professor, Director
• Manuela Cantu, Program Assistant for Center Activities 
• Esteban Villareal, Program Assistant for Faculty and Student Success
• Carlos Pena-Caballero, Web Developer

Executive Committee

• Heinrich Foltz, 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., Education Coordinator

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board members for the University Transportation Center for Railway Safety (UTCRS) are:

• Kari L. Gonzales, President and CEO
  • MxV Rail
• Kim Bowling, Director of Wayside Diagnostics
  • CSX Transportation
• Amy Hamilton, Senior Manager
  • Trinity Industries
• Alan E. Calegari, President and CEO
  • MERMEC Inc.
• R. Quinn Norman, Vice President of Headquarters
  • Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
• Gary Fry, Vice President
  • Fry Technical Services Inc.
• Joey Rhine, Mechanical Subject Matter Expert
  • National Transportation Safety Board

UTCRS organizational Chart