Jodi Godfrey is currently a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Urban Transportation Research where she works on the Transit Safety and Workforce Development Programs. Jodi is a member of TRB’s Committee on Transit Safety and Security, the current secretary of the APTA Bus Safety Committee, the current vice president of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Communication Chair for the WTS Tampa Bay Chapter, and a member of the International Women in ITE Task Force. Jodi was a key contributor to TCRP Report 218.

Vijay Khawani is the Executive Officer in the Risk, Safety, & Asset Management department at Los Angeles Metro. He has been with the agency for 29 years. His responsibilities include managing and implementing the overall activities and programs of Bus and Rail Safety, Construction Safety, and assisting with managing the Risk Management, and Asset Management functions at Metro. He was responsible for developing Metro’s PTASP, which was completed in April 2020, and is now involved with training and implementation of the PTASP. He is responsible for overseeing the activities of the department to ensure conformance with goals and objectives of reporting units, providing technical advice and policy recommendations on matters related to Metro’s transit design safety, construction safety, operations safety, and risk mitigation strategies, overseeing compliance with State & Federal agencies’ rules and regulations, and providing overall direction in the management, studies, investigations, and analyses of major capital safety enhancements at the direction of the CEO or Board of Directors.

Matt Mitchell is currently the Sound Transit Safety & Security Manager for the East Corridor projects and ST2 LRV Certification. Prior to working at Sound Transit, he worked at BNSF Railways and Amtrak. He is also serves as a Major in the United States Army Reserve.