Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee

The TSA Administrator has appointed 30 voting members, listed below:

Public Transportation and Passenger Rail

  • Anthony Mercogliano, Assistant Director of Security Program Management, New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  • Christopher Trucillo, Chief of Police, New Jersey Transit Police Department
  • James Cook, Assistant Chief of Police, Amtrak Police Department
  • Polly Hanson, Director of Security, Risk and Emergency Management, American Public Transportation Association
  • Robert J. Finnegan, Captain, Police Administration, Delaware River Port Authority Police
  • Robert P. Gatchell, Senior Executive Vice President of Operations, Remark Holdings

Freight Rail

  • Dr. Brandon Myers, Assistant Chief of Police, Canadian National Railway Police
  • Donald B. Loftis, Principle Software Engineer, Olin Corporation
  • Fred Oelsner, Vice President of Data and Technology, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
  • Herschel Flowers, Homeland Security Manager, Canadian Pacific Kansas City
  • James Tollerson, Infrastructure Security Director and Facility Security Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Pipeline

  • Adam Long, Vice President Pipeline Operations, Duke Energy
  • Brian Harrell, Vice President & Chief Security Officer, AVANGRID
  • Robert Mims, Director, Technology Security, Southern Company Gas

Cybersecurity

  • Lowell Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Cold Iron Security

Labor

  • Christopher Hand, Director of Research, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
  • Jared Cassity, Chief of Safety and Alternate National Legislative Director, SMART Transportation
  • Vince Verna, Vice President & National Legislative Representative, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, Division of Teamsters
  • Roy Morrison, Director of Safety, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Highway and Motor Carrier – Infrastructure

  • Chris Engelbrecht, Assistant to the Chief Safety & Operations Officer, Missouri DOT, on behalf of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Highway and Motor Carrier – Trucking

  • Doug R. Morris, Director of Safety and Security Operations, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
  • Kaitlyn Holmecki, Senior Manager, International Trade & Security Policy, American Trucking Associations

Highway and Motor Carrier – Over-the-Road Bus

  • Alan Smith, Director of Safety and Security, Greyhound
  • Jacob DuBois, General Manager, Peter Pan Bus Lines

Highway and Motor Carrier – School Bus

  • Brian Reu, Lieutenant, Minnesota State Patrol, State Director of Pupil Transportation, National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services

Groups Representing the Users of Surface Transportation

  • Carl Berkowitz, Ph.D., Consultant/Educator
  • Daniel Krantz, Managing Partner, Secure Worker Access Consortium
  • Norma Krayem, Vice President, Chair, Cybersecurity, Privacy & Digital Innovation Practice Group Van Scoyoc Associates

Security Experts

  • Thomas L. Farmer, Warning Track Consulting, LLC
  • Al Stiehler, Texas A&M

In addition to the 30 voting members mentioned above, six federal departments and agencies with regulatory authority over one or more modes of surface transportation have designated representatives to serve as nonvoting members of the STSAC. There are 14 nonvoting members designated to the committee serving in an advisory capacity from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and National Transportation Safety Board.