Chris’s current projects at CTAA focus on using transportation as a catalyst for economic growth and development in urban and rural communities, helping improve the participation of community stakeholders in promoting positive transportation outcomes in rural areas and small cities, and advancing the ways in which all modes of transportation are planned and designed in smaller cities and metropolitan areas. Over his years at CTAA, Chris has managed several of CTAA’s federal technical assistance projects, developed the association’s perspectives on policy matters for federal agencies and congressional offices, and has trained hundreds of rural and urban transit managers in the skills of public transportation management.