
Meet the Team
Executive Board
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Lucy Chen
PRESIDENT
After attending her first Transport Chicago as a graduate student at UIC, Lucy is thrilled to grow in her involvement with the conference and serve as this year's president. Lucy thrives at the intersection of the technical and human sides of transportation planning, which she's lucky to explore both through Transport Chicago and as a project manager at HNTB. When not at the conference, you can find her gazing out a bus window, watching kpop music videos, and thinking about what to get for lunch.
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Quinn Kasal
VICE PRESIDENT
Like many TC regulars, transportation and Chicago happen to be two of Quinn's favorite things. He is honored to serve on the Transport Chicago board for its momentous 40th anniversary. A city native who grew up riding CTA, Quinn now works there in long-range rail system planning. Quinn is an urban planner by way of UIC and before that, the University of Miami. When not planning TC or 'L' modernizations, Quinn can be found on the lakefront, checking off another taco spot from his list, or lamenting yet another dismal Cubs or Bears season.
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Damian Hamielec
TREASURER
Although Damian works in construction tech, he is a huge fan of transportation and urban planning. His favorite part about Transport Chicago is bringing people in different phases of their careers and from different agencies together. Damian has a masters in civil engineering and smart mobility from Purdue University.
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Em Hall, Ph.D. (she/her)
SECRETARY
Em is the owner of Em + H Chicago, a boutique consulting firm that’s a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) with the Chicago Transit Authority and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) with the State of Illinois. Em is a spin instructor, yogi, and Law & Order enthusiast. On the weekends, she’s teaching her old cats new tricks.
Steering Committee
*List in formation
Dimitris Nioras - Chicago Transit Authority
Edward Bury - Urban Transportation Center at UIC
Grace Zheng - WSP
George Kandathil - Kane County DOT
Hugo Coronado - Metropolitan Planning Council
Jill Kramer - Parametrix
Kara Komp - HNTB
Lauren Mattern - Journey
Mary Buchanan - TYLin
Megan McPhilimy - STV
Michael Dunst - Cambridge Systematics
Nora Goebelbecker - Impact Partners
Quentin Shipley Mellon - Chicago Transit Authority
Sarah Grumulaitis - Arup
Sophie Blumenstein - Illinois Department of Transportation