Carl Bass, Former Autodesk CEO, Joins Zoox Board of Directors
Carl Bass, pictured fourth from left, with the Creative team at Zoox. MENLO PARK, Calif. - The Board of Directors of Zoox, Inc. announced today the appointment of Carl Bass as an independent director of the company. Bass retired as President and CEO of Autodesk earlier this year, having served in that role since 2006, taking the company from a market cap of $2 billion to $18 billion during his tenure. He has served as an advisor to Zoox since 2016. "Carl is an accomplished busin...
Leif Law, Environmental Services Expert, Joins Cardno's Client Development Team
Los Angeles, CA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Leif Law has joined the firm as Senior Business Development Manager in the company’s Los Angeles (Lake Forest, CA, USA) office. Leif has a background in environmental remediation and in-depth operational experience leading projects for federal, state, and local governments and private sector clients in the oil and gas industry. He has more than 15 years of business development experience in supporting project implementation, in...
Mississippi Commission Chair Presley Appointed to NARUC’s Board of Directors
WASHINGTON—National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President John Betkoski III has appointed Mississippi Public Service Commission Chair Brandon Presley to the NARUC Board of Directors. Chairman Presley was elected to the Mississippi PSC in 2007 and then re-elected in 2011 and 2015. Presley is also the former mayor of Nettleton, Miss., having served from 2002 to 2007. His leadership experience includes serving as the vice chair of NARUC’s Natural Gas Access and Expansion Tas...
Seven Students Take Top Honors in Annual Video Contest on America’s Transportation Infrastructure
WASHINGTON - High school students from Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and undergraduates at the University of Washington, Old Dominion University and the University of North Carolina are winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 7th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” They will each receive a $500 cash prize. The association received 40 entries this year in three categories: general transportation, safety, and a new Women Leaders catego...
New Active Transportation Council Convenes
The first meeting of AASHTO's newly formed Active Transportation Council took place during the association's annual meeting in Phoenix on Sept. 26. "This is a new group, but the issues it plans to address are familiar to everyone and important to our communities both rural and urban," said Leslie Richards, council chair and secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. (In photo, Richards is seated in front row, fourth from the left.) Richards said the council plans to addres...
AASHTO Board Amends Governing Documents to Reflect New Committee Structure
The board of directors for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials voted Sept. 28 to approve an amended set of association governing documents, one that reflects the group's new organizational structure for member committees. The board took the action during the association's annual meeting in Phoenix. The last time the AASHTO board – which is made up of all 50 CEOs of state departments of transportation, plus those of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia...
Mark Clendennen Joins HNTB’s Rail Systems Team as Rail Operations Planning Manager
DENVER – Mark Clendennen joined HNTB Corporation’s national rail systems team as rail operations planning manager. He is based in the firm’s Denver office and works with clients nationwide. Clendennen has more than 12 years of experience in the railway industry, focusing on commuter and freight, that encompasses a broad range of expertise in railway operations and system integration. He has managed and provided expertise on a variety of railway projects, including commuter rail startup, grade...
Jason Orme Joins HNTB’s Rail Systems Team as Senior Project Manager
DENVER – Jason Orme joined HNTB Corporation’s national rail systems team as senior project manager, providing technical oversite with focus on wayside equipment and interface for positive train control systems. He is based in the firm’s Denver office and works with clients nationwide. Orme has nearly 20 years of experience in electronics engineering and intelligent control systems. He is a proven validation test team leader, and has extensive domain and product knowledge on wayside and car-bo...
David Zachry Named ARTBA Foundation Vice Chairman
(WASHINGTON) - David S. Zachry, chief executive officer of San Antonio, Texas-based Zachry Corporation, has been named vice chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. The announcement came during a Board of Directors meeting in late September. Zachry, the 2015-17 ARTBA chairman, has served on the TDF board for the last two years. He’s previously been elected by his peers to other ARTBA volunteer le...
Jeffrey Long Joins Stantec as Designer in Architecture
Sacramento, CA - NYSE, TSX: STN: Stantec hired Jeffrey Long as project designer supporting its architectural practice. His responsibilities include pre-design code and accessibility analysis, plan and detail development, coordination between architecture and consultant drawing sets for accurate submittals, and construction administration. Long is working in the Sacramento, CA office. A recent graduate of California College of Arts with a master’s degree in architecture, Long is currently suppor...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
