Thank you to all of our attendees, speakers, and incredible hosts in Cincinnati for another successful Transit Ballot Initiatives Workshop! We are always thrilled to bring together transit agencies, community advocates, elected officials, and industry professionals to celebrate transit ballot measures and drive the future of transit.
Below, we’ve attached some of the presentations given by speakers at the conference.
Nuts and Bolts of Running a Campaign: Products and Services to Build On
- Scott Wilkinson, President, AlphaVu (Social Listening)
- Chris Hayler, Partner, Stones’ Phones (Telephone Town Halls)
- Molly O’Shaughnessy, Managing Principal & COO EMC Research (Polling)
- Michael Davies, Partner, GDA Wins (Direct Mail)
- Richard Bernard, Partner, FM3 Research (Research)
- Ruth Bernstein, CEO & President, EMC Research Inc. (Polling)
Grassroots and Grasstops: Effective Community Engagement
- Megan Owens, Executive Director, Transportation Riders United
- Jessica Dauphin, President & CEO, Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee
Get-out-the-Vote Strategies for Transit Campaigns
- Lillian Brents, President/Business Agent, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
- Kirk Hovenkotter, Executive Director, Transportation Choices Coalition, Seattle, WA
Successful Outcomes in Large Regions
- Steve Bland, CEO, WeGo Public Transit, Nashville, TN
- Monica Tellez-Fowler, President & CEO, Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), Columbus, OH
Partnering with Pollsters: Effective Strategies
Election Dynamics: A Review of Transit Election Outcomes, Trends, and the Year Ahead
- Jessica Grennan, Executive Director, APTA’s Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE)
- Jeff Morris, Executive Director, Nashville Moves
Successful Outcomes in Smaller Communities
- Meehan Fee, Mayor Pro Tempore, Town of Telluride, CO
- Matt Carpenter, CEO, TheRide, Ann Arbor, MI
- Katherine Conrad, Executive Director, NEORide
Assessing Revenue Sources: Finding the Right Funding Solution