Ms. Gloria Jeff

MnDOT

Gloria J. Jeff, AICP is an experienced transportation executive, professional and urban planner. She is co - chair of the TRB Committee on Transportation Equity. She is currently serving as MnDOT Metro District’s Livability Director. She previously served as the Project Director – Rethinking I – 94. She has also served as: Acting Administrator, Deputy Administrator, and Associate Administrator for Policy - Federal Highway Administration; Department Director, Deputy Director for Planning and Division Administrator - Michigan Department of Transportation; General Manager Los Angeles Department of Transportation; and Vice President, District Transportation Planning Manager – Parsons Brinkerhoff. Gloria has represented and lead United States Government delegations in international settings, on transportation issues in the Asian Pacific region and the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses. Ms. Jeff holds a BSE and MSE in Civil Engineering and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. She also has an honorary doctorate from Bennett College. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, American Planning Association, and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials. Ms. Jeff is co-chair of the TRB Committee on Transportation and Equity. She is an active member of the Transportation Research Board committees on Transportation History, Public Involvement, Community Impacts, and Gender Transportation Issues.