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Six new ITS America board members

ITS America has appointed six new members to its board of directors, while Peter Sweatman, director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, who previously served as Vice-Chair, takes over as the Board Chair. The Board also reappointed Jill Ingrassia, managing director, Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy, AAA and Gerry Mooney, general manager, Global Smarter Cities, IMB Corporation.
May 30, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSS560 ITS America has appointed six new members to its board of directors, while Peter Sweatman, director of the 5647 University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, who previously served as Vice-Chair, takes over as the Board Chair. The Board also reappointed Jill Ingrassia, managing director, Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy, 4939 AAA and Gerry Mooney, general manager, Global Smarter Cities, 62 IBM Corporation.

The six new board members are:

  • Richard Clasby, president & CEO, 5225 Help Inc.

  • Steven Dellenback, Ph.D., Intelligent Systems Department, 5690 Southwest Research Institute

  • Link Hoewing, VP of Internet & Technology Policy, 1984 Verizon

  • Steve Kenner, global director for Automotive Safety, 278 Ford Motor Company

  • Chris Murray, president & CEO, 81 Kapsch, North America

  • Alice Tornquist, VP, Government Affairs, 213 Qualcomm, Inc.

“ITS America is extremely fortunate to welcome such talented industry leaders to our Board of Directors,” said Scott Belcher, president and CEO of ITS America. “These new additions will bring vision, leadership and perspective to a Board that is working hard to advance the important work happening in the ITS field.”

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