Contacts – Page 2

David Stumpo

Mr. Stumpo has 39 years in the public transit industry. He is the founder and CEO of the American Public Transit Exams Institute (APTREX), and Executive Director for the Southern California Regional Transit Training Consortium (SCRTTC).

Mr. Stumpo began his transit career in maintenance washing buses. He is a certified diesel/automotive technician and electrical/electronic troubleshooter on Rail Cars. He has worked extensively for Public Transit agencies throughout the United States and Canada in senior and executive roles for the past 38 years, including SEPTA, DART, MUNI and COAST MOUNTAIN BUS (formally BC Transit.) He has lectured on transit and has published numerous papers. He is an associate Professor of Business Studies at the University of Phoenix and LaSalle University.

The APTREX Institute is known for pioneering in the field of transit workforce development specifically for Professional Transit Certification of managerial staff from front line supervisors to senior and executive management.

Mr. Stumpo holds a Master’s Degree from LaSalle University, Bachelors in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and is certified as a CTEM® – Certified Transit Executive Manager.

Mr. Stumpo has been instrumental in developing the SCRTTC start-up in 2004 as well as overseeing the SCRTTC toward the advancement of the “Learning Model” for transit technicians and workforce development.

Karla Sisco

Karla Sisco, Stillwater, OK, has served as Tribal Specialist for the Southern Plains Tribal Technical Assistance Program at Oklahoma State University for the past seven years. In her role in the TTAP program, Karla coordinates and conducts training, manages conference planning, serves as newsletter editor, and handles communications. She enjoys enhancing partnerships between tribes and local, state, and federal governments.

Karla received a bachelor’s degree in English from Northwestern Oklahoma State University, with a minor in journalism. She has received certificates in the following: NHI Instructor Development Training, Transportation Safety Institute’s Instructor’s Course in Bus Operator Training, Transportation Safety Institute’s Instructor’s Course in Para-transit Operator Training, and National Safety Council Defensive Driver Instructor Training.

Karla currently serves on National Local Technical Assistance Program Association’s Conference Planning Committee, Nominating Committee, and Safety Work Group. In 2015, she joined FHWA’s LTAP/TTAP Strategic Planning Committee. She also serves on the Committee on the Native American Transportation Issues ABE80 Committee of the Transportation Research Board.

Louie Rodriguez

Louie currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Student Success at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). In this role, he serves on the Student Affairs Leadership Team, where his work focuses largely on assessment, strategic planning and student professional development. Prior to joining UTEP, Louie served as Director of Diversity and Inclusion at one of the country’s largest law firms, Proskauer Rose LLP, in New York City. In that role, Louie led Proskauer’s firm-wide diversity initiative, focusing on the professional and career development of lawyers from diverse backgrounds, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention and promotion.

Prior to joining Proskauer, Louie was on the leadership team at Sponsors for Educational
Opportunity (SEO), a not-for-profit organization based in New York City dedicated to diversifying Wall Street. Louie led SEO’s Corporate Law internship program where he recruited, trained and mentored groups of pre-law interns working at some of New York’s elite firms. He also helped SEO develop its Corporate Law Institute, a law school preparatory program designed to help students acclimate to the law school environment and achieve academic success.

Before joining SEO, Louie was an attorney in the litigation department in the New York office of global law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where his practice focused on intellectual property and employment law matters. He also served on the firm’s diversity and recruiting committees and helped develop a mentoring program in partnership with Harlem schools.

Louie received a B.B.A. in Human Resource Management from Baylor University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School and is a Cornell Certified Diversity Professional. He is a native of El Paso, Texas.

Morgan Ross

Morgan Ross is the Program Coordinator for the Mountain West Region Tribal Technical Assistance Program. She is a well-rounded professional with prior 7+ years of experience in office management and training, customer service, sales, operations management, and business to business relations. Having a love for organization, learning, and people makes working with tribes to create better, safer communities a perfect pairing of skills and passion. Although she is relatively new to Tribal Transportation she jumped in with both feet, joining as many partnerships and attending as many meetings as possible.

Daniel Pearsall

Dan Pearsall is retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service, 11 years as a transportation manager. He has over 23 years working in or around transportation, training, workforce and professional development. As an organization development consultant and certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he has helped many organizations increase their workforce productivity, talent selection and succession planning throughout the industry.

Dan is presently a National Board Member and the Colorado State Chapter President of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO). In this capacity, he pushes the envelope in the pursuit to increase transportation employment by ensuring students from junior high school to college level are aware of and have opportunities to pursue careers in transportation. It’s a passion for him and has been ever since coming into the industry. He works with many CEOs and Executive Directors around the country that share this same passion.

Dan has always enjoyed working with people and building solid relationships which is key to getting things done. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Adult Workforce, Training and Development from Southern Illinois University and a Master’s in Organization Development and Human Relations from University of Oklahoma and loves working with people.

Lisa Neie

Lisa Neie joined the New Mexico Division Office as a civil rights specialist in October 2008. She is a shared resource with the Arizona Division Office and works approximately one week a month in Arizona.

Lisa works with NM and AZ DOT’s to develop and administer civil rights programs that comply with federal requirements. There are five programs: ADA, Title VI/Nondiscrimination, DBE and DBE Supportive Services, Contract Compliance and OJT Supportive Services, and Internal Equal Employment Opportunity.

For 22 years Lisa worked at the AZ DOT as the Civil Rights Administrator. During her tenure, she was active in AASHTO, WASHTO, and TRB. She also was a trainer for FHWA for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, Women in Highway Construction and occasionally Title VI/Nondiscrimination.

Lisa is married and lives in Corrales with her husband, his son and too many animals. She reads and sews when she can find the time.