Federal Railroad Administration
Office of Railroad Development
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE- Mail Stop 20
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:  (202) 493-6381
Fax:      (202) 493-6330

Associate Administrator (RDV-1)

Mark Yachmetz, Associate Administrator
Mary Lumpkins, Administrative Specialist - (202) 493-6381

Program Planning and Evaluation (RDV-3)

Wynne Davis, Director
Beverly Green, Administrative Specialist - (202) 493-6374

Jai Saunders, Senior Funds Administrator

Shirley Jackson, Funds Administrator

Janet Wylie, Program Analyst

Office of Passenger and Freight Programs  (RDV-10)

Paul Nissenbaum, Director
Rachell Macklin, Administrative Specialist - (202) 493-1369

Intercity Passenger Rail Analysis Division (RDV-11)

Neil Moyer, Chief

Randall Brown, Transportation Industry Analyst

Trevor Gibson, Transportation Analyst

Dharm Guruswamy, Transportation Industry Analyst

Marvin Winston, Transportation Industry Analyst

Peter Schwartz , Transportation Industry Analyst

Innovative Finance Division  (RDV-12)

Barbara Amani,        Chief

TBD, RRIF Credit Analyst

Amanda McKinney, RRIF Credit Analyst

Don Plotkin, Engineer

Alex Roth, RRIF Credit Analyst

Linda Woodfolk, RRIF Credit Analyst

Program Implementation Division (RDV-13)

MaryAnn McNamara,     Chief

Alice Alexander, Program Manager / Alaska Railroad Grants

Richard Cogswell, Program Manager / Railroad Operations

Melissa DuMond, Environmental Protection Specialist

Catherine Kauffman, Environmental Protection Specialist

Wendy Messenger, Environmental Protection Specialist

David Valenstein, Program Manager / Environmental Programs

John Winkle, Amtrak and Penn Station grants

Office of Research and Development (RDV-30)

Dr. Magdy El-Sibaie, Director
Jacqueline Alston, Administrative Specialist (202) 493-1300

Track Research Division (RDV-31)

Gary Carr, Chief 

Leith Al-Nazer, Program Analyst

Mahmood Fateh, Program Manager / Track and Structures

Sung Lee, Program Manager / Track and Structures

Ali Tajaddini, Program Manager / Track and Track Interaction

Luis Maal , Program Manager, R&D Facilities and Test Equipment

Equipment and Operating Practices Research Division (RDV-32)

Kevin Kesler,  Chief

Francisco Gonzalez, III ,  Program Manager / Hazardous Materials

Eloy Martinez , Program Manager / Occupant Protection (Passenger)

Sean Mehrvarzi , Program Manager / Railroad Security

John Punwani , Program Manager / Occupant Protection (Locomotives)

Melissa Shurland , Program Manager / Equipment

Monique Stewart , Program Manager / Rolling Stock & Component Safety

Human Factors Research Staff (RDV-321)
 

Michael Coplen, M.A.  , Program Manager / Evaluation; Culture and Safety
      Performance

Mike Jones, Program Manager / Human Systems & Technology 

Tom Raslear, Ph.D., Staff Director / Operator Performance

Signals, Train Control and Communications Division (RDV 33)

Sam Alibrahim, P.E., Chief 

Leonard Allen, Program Manager / Intelligent Railroad Systems

Tom Dorset, Program Manager / HSR Technology

Hugh Thompson, General Engineer / Track Interaction

Terry Tse, Program Manager / Train Control