About Us
Mary E. Doherty
Mary E. Doherty serves as the director of the Office of Acquisitions and chief of the Contracting Office. She joined Volpe as chief, Contracts and Small Business Programs Branch, in July 1998, and since then has served in several key managerial positions within Acquisitions.
Gregg G. Fleming
As director of Policy, Planning, and Environment, Gregg Fleming has over 27 years of experience in all aspects of transportation-related acoustics, air quality, and climate issues.
Stephen M. Popkin, PhD
Dr. Stephen Popkin, deputy director of Research and Technology, has been serving and leading the transportation human factors profession for more than 20 years.Ellen E. Bell
Ellen Bell serves as the director of Strategic Initiatives for Research and Innovation at Volpe. In this leadership position, she brings together leaders and decision makers from across the transportation enterprise to anticipate future transportation issues, generate fresh approaches to...
Monica Conyngham
Monica Conyngham has 20 years of experience providing advice to governmental clients on a wide variety of issues, including ethics, acquisitions, engineering and construction, personnel, zoning and planning, appropriations, and regulatory compliance. For 12 years, she practiced administrative...
William Henrikson
Bill Henrikson was appointed the chief financial officer of Volpe in August 2005. He had served as the budget officer at Volpe since April 2004. Immediately prior to starting at Volpe, Bill was a private consultant and for 18 years before that he worked at Getronics (formerly Wang Laboratories)...
Dr. Marc B. Mandler
Dr. Marc Mandler has over 29 years experience in all aspects of transportation research and development and management. Since joining Volpe in 2006, and prior to his current position as Director of Communication and Knowledge Management, Dr. Mandler served as director of the Center for...
Helen A. Blackman
Helen Blackman is is director of Organizational Culture and Work Life. She serves as an advisor for strategic organizational management and supports the associate administrator/director of the Volpe Center in his leadership and executive oversight functions. She also serves as a facilitator and...
Frank Y. Wang, PhD
Dr. Frank Y. Wang is an aerospace engineer at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center. He has been involved in wake turbulence measurement, analyses, concepts of operation development, safety case construction, sensor evaluation, and wind, weather, and navigational aspects of characterizations related to wake...