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Mary Lynn Tischer

 
Commonwealth Multimodal Planning Office Dir. - Virginia Department of Transportation
 
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Company Name : Virginia Department of Transportation
 
Company Website : www.virginiadot.org
 
Company Address : 1401 E. Broad St.
, Richmond, VA,
United States,
 
Mary Lynn Tischer Profile :
Commonwealth Multimodal Planning Office Dir. - Virginia Department of Transportation
 
Mary Lynn Tischer Biography :

Mary Lynn Tischer is director of the commonwealth’s Multimodal Transportation Planning Office. The new office was created to facilitate implementation of VTrans2025, Virginia’s statewide multimodal transportationplan. The plan, adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Virginia Aviation Board and Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners, is designed as a blueprint for shaping the commonwealth’s future transportation decisions.

Tischer also serves as the Federal Intergovernmental Transportation Liaison for VDOT. She leads the development of initiatives at the federal level regarding the Commonwealth's transportation system. Tischer also currently serves as a Special Assistant to the Governor and Secretary for Transportation Reauthorization, and will continue in that role during the congressional effort to reauthorize the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century(TEA-21).

She has extensive experience in the field of transportation policy and organization. From 2002 until 2005, Tischer was a Special Assistant to the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, working with the Virginia legislative delegation and others to pass federal legislation favorable to the Commonwealth. She also has held administrative posts in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Arizona Department of Transportation, and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Tischer served VDOT earlier, from 1989-1997, as Director of the department’s Office of Policy Analysis, Evaluation and Intergovernmental Relations.

Education

She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Maryland, a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from American University, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rosemont College.

Organizations

Tischer has served on committees of the American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials, including the Task Force on Federal Re-authorization, Standing Committee on Planning, Task Force on Economic Development, and the Standing Committee on Highway Transport. She was a member of the Financing and Economic Evaluation Committee of the International Road Congress and was Chairman of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research.

Interests and Hobbies

Her interests include sailing, bridge, opera and jazz.

 
Mary Lynn Tischer Colleagues :
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Gregory Whirley

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