Smart Cities & Innovation

The Smart Cities & Innovation Committee shares, manages, and evaluates smart city and innovation policies and projects, potential partnerships and funding opportunities.

The committee meets at 12 noon on the 2nd Thursday of each month following the Operations and Oversight Committee meetings. Meetings alternate between the Norfolk administrative offices at 509 East 18th Street in Norfolk, and the Hampton administrative offices at 3400 Victoria Boulevard in Hampton based on the same location as the Operations and Oversight Committee.

Meeting locations are subject to change, but proper notice will be given.

Mission Statement

To identify and support opportunities to deploy technologies and innovations within HRT with a goal of providing more efficient, safe and reliable transit to all of our riders and increase ridership.

Membership

• Commissioner Andria McClellan (Chair), Norfolk
• Commissioner Dr. Patricia P. Woodbury (Past Chair), Newport News
• Commissioner Jimmy Gray, Hampton
• Commissioner Keith Parnell, Norfolk
• Commissioner Aaron Rouse, Virginia Beach
• Alt. Commissioner Carl Jackson, Portsmouth
• Alt. Commissioner Tara D. Reel, Virginia Beach
• Susan Vitale, City of Chesapeake
• Kisha Brown, TRAC, Portsmouth
• Janice Taylor, PAC, Virginia Beach
• Kevin Curry, Code for Hampton Roads
• Ben Schoenfeld, Code for Hampton Roads
• Jan Lesser, INIT Innovations in Transportation, Inc.
• Mecit Cetin, Transportation Research Institute; Old Dominion University
• Alesia Cain, HRT CIO & CTO, SCIC HRT Representative
• Kamlesh Chowdhary, HRT
• Stephanie Salzone, HRT