#079: TRB Executive Directors, Past and Present: Neil Pedersen and Victoria Sheehan
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In this special TRB Week episode we interview Neil Pedersen and Victoria Sheehan, the past and present Executive Directors of the Transportation Research Board. Neil discussed his experience of leading TRB for the past several years amid a period of tremendous technological change, and Victoria shared her goals for continuing to build on TRB’s reputation for authoritative transportation research and elevating diverse voices in the sector. We also discuss the importance of volunteers to the work of TRB—so if you’re here this week, there are a lot of great tips on how to get involved! Follow TRB on Twitter at @NASEMTRB and follow the hashtag #TRBAM to keep up with all the happenings at the annual meeting this week. We hope to see many of you around at TRB this week! As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @Pete_Gould, and @SmarterTranspo.
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