Acknowledgements

Major contributions from the Statewide Working Group, Regional Advisory Panel, and Parsons Brinckerhoff made the development of the Northwest Regional ITS Architecture possible.

Statewide Working Group

The Statewide Working Group guided the Commonwealth through the development of the Architectures. Their principal role was to ensure that the Regional Architectures were reasonably uniform and consistent.

Dennis Lebo – PennDOT Central Office, Chief of Program Development/Project Manager	Dominic Munizza – PennDOT District 11-0
Craig Reed – PennDOT Central Office, BHSTE Bureau Director	Denny Prestash – PennDOT District 2-0
Steve Koser – PennDOT Central Office, ITS & Congestion Management Division Chief	John Ward – Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
Matt Weaver – PennDOT Central Office, Civil Engineer Manager	Lt. Thomas McDaniel – Pennsylvania State Police (PSP)
Brenda Murphy – PennDOT Central Office, Western Regional ITS Liaison	Jessie Yung – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Mike Pack – PennDOT Central Office, Eastern Regional ITS Liaison	Mike Herron – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Karen Russell – PennDOT Central Office, Program Development Division

The Regional Champions supported the RAP by facilitating the RAP meetings and played a critical role in coordinating with the Statewide Working Group for merging statewide visions with Regional characteristics. The Champions for this Region were:

Bob Skarda – Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission

Jake Welsh – Erie Metropolitan Planning Organization

Regional Advisory Panel

The Regional Advisory Panel lead and guided the Regional ITS Architecture development in the Southwest ITS Architecture Region. The Architecture was developed with input from regional stakeholders, channeled and focused by the RAP.

Randall Brink – PennDOT District 1-0	Thomas McClelland – PennDOT District 1-0
Todd Crago – Crawford County OES	Lt. Douglas McGee – Pennsylvania State Police
Dan Gracenin – Mercer County Regional Planning Commission	Neva Rambish – Warren County Emergency Management Agency
Bob Gray – Pennsylvania State University	Dale Robinson – Erie County Emergency Management Agency
Israel Gray – City of Erie Department of Public Works	Nicholas Sleptzoff – Erie County Emergency Management Agency
Thomas Hoffman – Erie County MPO	Scott Snyder – PennDOT District 10-0
Mark Kukla – City of Erie	Dennis Solensky – Erie Metropolitan Trannsit Authority

Parsons Brinckerhoff

The principal role of Parsons Brinkerhoff was to oversee and produce the Regional ITS Architectures. The PB Team consisted of: