MBTC

Governance

Executive Committee

MBTC's Executive Committee is the policy-making body for the Center. With input from the Professional and Academic Advisory Boards, the Committee selects the projects to be funded by MBTC and establishes funding levels. The Committee also is responsible for approving governance documents that pertain to the Center's operation. Executive Committee members are listed below.

Dr. Kevin Hall, kdhall@uark.edu
Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering
4190 Bell Engineering Center
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dr. Kim LaScola Needy, kneedy@uark.edu
Department Head, Twenty-First Century Professorhip in Engineering
Industrial Engineering
4207 Bell Engineering Center
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dr. Collis R. Geren, cgeren@comp.uark.edu
Dean of the Graduate School
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
119 Ozark Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dr. John Ozment, jozment@comp.uark.edu
Oren Harris Chair of Transportation
Director, Center for Transportation Research in the Walton College of Business Administration
Department of Marketing and Transportation
355 Business Administration Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Professional Advisory Board

The MBTC Professional Advisory Board comprises representatives from industry, government and other organizations that use and provide transportation services.
PAB members help to establish MBTC's focus and direction by evaluating project proposals and critiquing the Center's annual report of activities.

The Professional Advisory Board Members are:

Harold D. Beaver
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept.
District Engineer - Retired

Dan Flowers, PE
Director
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept.
Little Rock, Arkansas

Keith Garrison
Executive Director
Arkansas Waterways Commission
Little Rock, Arkansas

Randy Hathaway, PhD, PE
Chief of Engineering and Construction
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Little Rock, Arkansas

Michael (Mike) R. Johnson, PE,
RADM, CEC, USN (Ret.)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities
University of Arksansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Wesley Kemp
Vice President, Terminal Operations
ABF Freight System Inc.
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Lane Kidd
President
Arkansas Trucking Association
Little Rock, Arkansas

Steve Mitchell
Director of Fleet Operations
Tyson Transportation
Springdale, Arkansas

Sandra Otto
Division Administrator
USDOT Federal Highway Administration
Little Rock, Arkansas

Paul Revis, PE
Executive Director
Ouachita River Valley Association
Conway, Arkansas

Michael J. Right
Vice President - Public Affairs
American Automobile Association
St. Louis, Missouri

Barbara Sisson
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
United States Army
Washington, D.C.

Mark Westmoreland
State Program Specialist
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Little Rock, Arkansas

Gary Whicker
Senior Vice President for Engineering Services
J.B. Hunt Transport
Lowell, Arkansas

Academic Advisory Board

The MBTC Academic Advisory Board consists of representatives from University of Arkansas academic departments participating in the Center. AAB members review the Center's educational programs and make recommendations to the MBTC Executive Committee concerning their content and structure. They also review all proposed research projects and advise the Executive Committee on funding decisions.

The Academic Advisory Board Members are:
  
Doug Adams, PhD                                                                                                          Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice                                                                                                                                                                                  Mark Cochran, PhD
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Tom Graff, PhD
Department of Geosciences

Brinck Kerr, PhD
Department of Political Science

Ron Skeith, PhD
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering