This new group was created so that MPO leaders can share ideas, experiences, and expertise with their peers. Topics for future meetings include:

• Staffing, Retention, and Succession Planning
• Strategic Plans
• Educating your Board
• Contracting and Consultants
• Data and Software Acquisition
• Organizational Culture and Staff Development

Monthly Touchbases
Leadership meets 1 hour each month to plan meetings and discuss news. This may grow to include in-person meetings in the coming years.

Quarterly Meetings
The MPO Leadership Forum meets quarterly. Each leadership member will help AMPO staff identify a topic, find speakers , and moderate 1 meeting per year.

Dana currently serves as a member of the AMPO Policy Committee and previously was an Alternative Member. She has held professional planning accreditation through the American Institute of Certified Planners since 2009 and has been active with the NY Upstate Planning Chapter in various leadership roles. Her transportation work began in the private sector in roles that included modeling roadway networks, mapping rail corridors, evaluating walkability, completing traffic impact studies, evaluating truck traffic impact, trails/ recreational planning, evaluating environmental impacts of transportation infrastructure, and working as an on-call staff planner for many municipalities. Planning has been her chosen field since the very beginning of her career. Settling in the niche of transportation planning and the challenge it offers is what keeps her striving to make communities better for those who live in them.

Christopher Evilia
Lexington MPO
Christopher Evilia has been a professional transportation planner since 1995 with tenures at the Tuscaloosa, Alabama MPO, Waco, Texas MPO and currently at the Lexington, Kentucky Area MPO. Mr. Evilia is the planning manager and director of the Lexington Area MPO overseeing the 2 county planning area, providing long-range transportation policy direction and coordinating regional project development. Prior to coming to Lexington, Mr. Evilia was the Director of the Waco, Texas MPO for 18 years.

Anna Gremling
Lexington MPO
Anna Gremling earned both her B.A. and Master’s degrees in Public Administration at Grand Valley State University. Anna moved to Indianapolis in 2005 to work in the private sector, joined the Indianapolis MPO in 2008 and was named Executive Director in 2012.

Jackson C Fox
FAST Planning