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General

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...

Transportation Thought Leadership Initiative

Thought leaders and experts from academia, the private sector, government and other stakeholder organizations come together at Volpe to tackle emerging transportation challenges and explore new opportunities.

Meet Volpe (printer-friendly version)

This document provides an overview of Volpe's capabilities and expertise, and illustrates some of the ways in which Volpe helps advance transportation innovation for the public good.

Contact Information

To learn more about doing business with the U.S. DOT Volpe Center, please contact the individuals listed below.

Procedures for Exchanges with Industry

The Federal Acquisition Regulation encourages early exchanges with industry about planned procurements. The purpose of exchanging information is to improve the understanding of government requirements and industry capabilities.

Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposal Submission

It is the policy of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to encourage the submission of new and innovative ideas to support DOT missions. All prospective contractors are encouraged to follow the more conventional practice of submitting offers in response to official U.S. DOT Volpe Center...

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...