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Gwendolyn Harleston is a results-driven Executive with over 20 years of multi-faceted experience within public organizations providing strong and decisive leadership in the areas of Human Resources Management, EEO/AA, Employee Relations, and Supplier Diversity. Ms. Harleston has developed comprehensive EEO, Title VI, Supplier Diversity, and Diversity and Inclusion...
Philip Plotch is the author of the book, Mobilizing the Metropolis,that will bepublished by University of Michigan Press in 2022. The title of the book refers to both the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s mission to improve mobility by land, air, and sea, and its...
Philip Plotch is the author of the book, Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City published by Cornell University Press. The book is the fascinating and dramatic story behind New York’s struggle to build a new subway line under Second Avenue in...
Philip Plotch received an American Planning Association award for his book, Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject, published by Rutgers University Press. In 2018, the State of New York completed construction of one of the world’s longest, widest, and most expensive bridges—the new Mario M. Cuomo...
As manager of planning at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Philip Plotch coordinated planning efforts to extend the #7 subway line to Manhattan’s far west side. The plan was linked with a rezoning proposal to accommodate 28 million square feet of new development in the...
Philip Plotch helped secure billions of dollars in Federal Transit Administration funds for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). As the manager of planning at the MTA’s headquarters, he conducted analyses, prepared reports, worked with federal officials, and shaped programs to fit funding requirements. His biggest challenge was securing...
As manager of policy at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Philip Plotch had a leading role developing a strategic business plan for the organization. This direction-setting blueprint established three fundamental goals — to improve safety, customer satisfaction and cost effectiveness — for the MTA’s agencies...
After the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center, Philip Plotch was appointed director of transportation and economic policy at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In this role, he developed new transportation programs, conducted transportation studies, and helped establish priorities for the distribution of $2.7 billion...
Philip Mark Plotch has both transportation and academic professional experience. As the director of transportation policy and then director of World Trade Center redevelopment at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, he helped lead the nation’s effort to rebuild Lower Manhattan after the attacks of September 11th. As manager...
Mr. Irick presided over a strategic plan to comprehensively improve bus services, referred to as a “Buses Action Plan” part of an agency-wide Fast Forward Initiative. Completed and delivered to the large transit agency’s Board of Directors and the public in under six months, the plan identified specific...
