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JOHN D. PORCARI INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GATEWAY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (July 2016-present) At the request of the public agencies, serve as founding executive director of this public benefit corporation chartered by Amtrak, the states of New York and New Jersey and USDOT to initiate design, financing and construction of the Gateway program, a program of projects including tunnels, bridges and other improvements for intercity and commuter rail service to New York Penn Station.
This is a limited-duration task to establish momentum for this project of national significance.

PRESIDENT, US ADVISORY SERVICES, WSP (January 2014-present) Lead a multi-disciplinary team for WSP (formerly WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff), a global engineering, research and professional services firm.
Specific services provided by this interdisciplinary team include: project development & finance models, freight and logistics plans, policy and research, organizational performance work with public agencies, Asset Management, infrastructure resiliency and climate adaptation, vehicle-to- vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) program development.
DEPUTY SECRETARY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (June 2009-January 2014) Served as Chief Operating Officer for executive branch department with $70 billion annual budget, composed of 10 operating administrations and 55,000 employees world-wide.

Represented administration and department with the Congress, industry and citizens.

Member, President’s Management Council.

Chair, DOT Credit Council.


Responsible for department’s TIFIA, RRIF and Title XI loan and loan guarantee programs, Private Activity Bonds.

Chair, Senior Review Committee for TIGER and other competitive grants.

Chair, Frieght Policy Council.

Intermodal group charged with developing a national freight strategic plan.

Chair, DOT Safety Council.

Directed department-wide research policies on distraction, operator fatigue and safety management systems.
Chair, Moynihan Station Development Corporation, New York, NY.

Chair, Union Station Development Corporation, Washington, D.C. SECRETARY, MARYLAD DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

(January 2007- June 2009) MDOT includes integrated highway, transit, aviation, port, bridge and tunnel authority and motor vehicle administration components; 9,300 employees, $3.2 billion annual budget.
MDOT is responsible for 16,000 lane miles of highways, 2,500 bridges; 112 transit stations, 370,000 subway, light rail, commuter rail, bus and paratransit riders per day; largest Ro/Ro port in Nation, 127,000 cruise passengers per year; 24 million air passengers per year; 12.5 million motor vehicle administration transactions per year; 120 million toll transactions/year.
Projects included public-private partnership for Port of Baltimore container terminal, P3 for I-95 service plazas, P3 for Purple Line light rail project.

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.

(January 2003- January 2007) Served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for University of Maryland, flagship campus of University System of Maryland.
Campus includes over 35,000 students, 260 major buildings, 12 million square feet of space, a daytime population of 53,000 and an annual sponsored research budget exceeding $400 million.

Duties include formulation and execution of $1.3 billion annual operating budget; responsibility for procurement; human resources; public safety; planning, design and construction of facilities; operation and maintenance of campus buildings; environmental safety and public/private real estate ventures.
SECRETARY, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (January 1999-January 2003) Duties included overall responsibility for conception and execution of multi- modal transportation strategy for the State of Maryland, including highways, transit, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport, bridge and tunnel authority and motor vehicle administration.
As Secretary, also served as Chairman of Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Port Commission and Maryland Transportation Authority.

Projects included: on-time and under-budget delivery of $2.4 billion Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement, light rail double-tracking, MTA subway extension, $1.8 billion BWI airport expansion, e-MVA customer service initiative.

DEPUTY SECRETARY, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (March 1997-December 1998) Served as Chief Operating Officer for department.
Responsible for internal activities of department, including capital and operating budgets, planning, federal and state relations, fair practices, legal, human resources.

Instituted department- wide reorganizations to streamline service delivery.

Supervised specific capital projects to ensure delivery on time and budget.

VICE PRESIDENT, LOIEDERMAN ASSOCIATES, INC., ROCKVILLE, MD.

(May 1996-March 1997).

Managed multi-disciplinary team for civil engineering, land use and consulting firm.
GOVERNOR’S OMBUDSMAN and ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

(January 1995- May 1996).

Coordinated specific economic development projects at the direction of the Governor.

Examples included: negotiator and State’s Project Manager for Redskins NFL stadium; establishment of Institute of Human Virology at University of Maryland at Baltimore; established and managed cabinet-level working group as state’s BRAC coordinator.
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD.

(December 1987-January 1995).

Negotiated and managed economic development pojrcts.

EDUCATION: Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany.

Masters of Public Administration, December, 1985.

University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1981.