Board and Staff

BOARD of DIRECTORS  |  STAFF

Staff

Walter Hook | Executive Director

Walter Hook has been the executive director of ITDP since 1993. Under his leadership, Walter has transformed the organization from a small advocacy nonprofit to a leading international organization with over 20 staff members in offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He has worked directly in over 15 countries and 25 cities on promoting non-motorized transportation and bus rapid transit systems.

He worked to make the transport lending of large international financial institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, and United Nations development agencies like UNDP and UN-HABITAT, more environmentally sustainable and equitable, redirecting hundreds of millions of dollars to sustainable transport projects. Under his guidance, ITDP has initiated bus rapid transit projects in over 10 cities around the world.

He co-edited the Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide and authored the Non-Motorized Transport Sourcebook for GTZ, as well as helped developed the Non-Motorized Transport Training Course. He has also written numerous articles for publication.

Walter received his doctorate’s degree in urban planning from Columbia University in 1996 and formerly taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning. He holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University.

Bernardo Baranda | Senior Program Director, Mexico

In his more than 10 years of professional experience, Bernardo has been involved in urban sustainable mobility projects working in the private and non-governmental sectors. He is one of the founding members of Bicitekas an urban cycling advocacy group in Mexico City.

Bernardo holds master's degrees in Transport Engineering from IHE-TU in Delft, The Netherlands, and in Management and Implementation of Development Projects from UMIST in Manchester, United Kingdom. He also holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In his spare time, he enjoys sports, reading novels and travelling.

Tom Bertulis | Senior Technical Advisor, Mexico

As a civil engineer with over 10 years of experience, Tom has worked in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. He has led path projects, traffic analysis studies, signal synchronization projects and cycle network implementations. His focus on creating "people scaled environments" started when living in Munich in 1992 and continued as an advisor to the Mayor of Seattle on bicycle issues from 2000 to 2003.

Tom joined ITDP Mexico in 2008 after working 3 years as the Engineering Manager at Cycling Scotland in Glasgow, where he taught non-motorized planning and design courses across Scotland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Santa Clara University and is a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Washington. Outside of work, Tom enjoys snowboarding, kiteboarding, fútbol, fell running, and – of course – bicycling.

Aura Patricia Calderon | Non-Motorized Transport Technical Expert, Latin America

Aura has extensive experience in design and construction of public space projects such as sidewalks, bicycle paths, boulevards and squares. She joined ITDP Latin America in March 2009. Her experience in the public sector includes six years as Project Coordinator at Bogotá’s Institute of Urban Development (IDU) that involved work on non-motorized transport integration with Bogotá’s BRT - TransMilenio. Patricia also advised the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development on the Public Space Improvement and Quality Access Program for other Colombian cities implementing BRT systems such as Cartagena, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Pereira, Medellin, Soacha and Cali. She has represented the Ministry before the Disabled National Committee and the National Committee on Technical Regulations Development for Accessibility.

Aura holds a bachelors degree in Architecture from Universidad Piloto de Colombia and has completed graduate studies in construction project management.

Andrés Fingeret | Country Director, Argentina

Andrés joined ITDP in 2009 after working with the organization as the Buenos Aires City Director for the Clinton Foundation. He holds an Engineering Degree from the University of Buenos Aires and has extensive experience in Project Management in private and public initiatives. He is a board member of Responde, a non-profit organization, and a soccer fan.

Tori Damantoro | Transport & Communication Specialist, Indonesia

Tori started working as a transport engineer after finishing his bachelor’s degree in Transport Engineering from Gadjah Mada University in 2000. Tory has worked in many areas of the transportation sector with experience in sustainable transport advocacy, from provision of pedestrian and NMT facilities to air pollution and climate change issues.

His hobbies in art, writing and marketing influenced his work in various communication and campaigning projects.

Oscar Edmundo Diaz | Senior Program Director, Latin America & Pakistan

As a senior program director, Oscar Edmundo Diaz has managed projects in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, while also working on urban transportation projects in other cities in Latin America, as well as cities in Asia, Africa, and North America. Mr. Diaz works with governments in the implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, car free days, the promotion of bicycle use as a means of transportation and the improvement of public pedestrian spaces. Mr. Diaz is also an associate director of GSD Plus, a multi-disciplinarian consulting firm specializing in sustainable transportation.

From 2001 to 2005 he served as ITDP’s Administrative Director, helping the organization manage enormous growth. Mr. Diaz holds a master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Harya Setyaka Dillon | Urban Transport Specialist, Indonesia

Harya Setyaka (aka ‘Koko’) holds a bachelor's degree in urban planning from the Institute of Technology, Bandung. Since 2005, Koko has worked on urban planning projects, namely the Pedestrian Improvement of the Jakarta Old Town (heritage district). He is the youngest member of the Jakarta Transport Council and a board member of the Indonesian Transport Society. He enjoys traveling, scuba diving, mountaineering and is passionate about the outdoors.

Mbareck Diop | Country Director, Senegal

Colonel Mbareck Diop joined ITDP in 2003 as the Senegal Country Director, overseeing the establishment of a newly opened office in Dakar, as well as the BRT and NMT work in Dakar. Prior to joining ITDP, the Colonel served as a technical advisor to the President of Senegal from 1994-2002.

Trained as a civil engineer, Colonel Diop is involved in a variety of national and international initiatives to improve infrastructure and foster environmental protection, including serving as Chairman of the Board of the National Company for Sanitation (since 1997); the National Committee on Climate Change (1995-2002), and the National Committee on Carbon Sequestration (since 2001).

Melinda Eisenmann | Financial and Administrative Director

As the Financial and Administrative Director, Melinda Eisenmann is in charge of the administrative and financial management of the organization in the US, as well as overseas. Joining in 2004, Melinda has managed a 78 percent growth in budget while maintaining the same level of administrative costs and personnel. Previous to joining ITDP, she worked at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College on human rights and political persecution projects and as an office manager for a real estate company. Melinda also spent a semester working in Mexico with Dr. Jorge G. Castañeda, ex-Foreign Minister of Mexico and then President candidate.

Melinda has lived and studied in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. She holds a bachelor’s degree in modern languages from the University of Puerto Rico and a master’s degree in international affairs from Fordham University with a specialization in international finance.

John Ernst | Vice Director, Southeast Asia & Monitoring and Evaluation

As a vice director for ITDP, John Ernst directs the organization’s activities in Indonesia and manages ITDP’s growth into other Southeast Asian countries. John has been with ITDP since 1999, handling activities in Guangzhou, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad before focusing on Indonesia.

Prior to ITDP, he was based in Bangkok and managed Sustainable Transport Programs in Asia for the International Institute for Energy Conservation, with projects in Manila, Xiamen and Bangkok. Previously, John worked in Hong Kong on a World Bank study of transport sustainability in mid-sized cities. He is an ecologist by training, holding a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Colorado State University.

In addition to 5-years of world travel and independent research, he brought to the transport field 12-years of experience as an environmental advocate, including serving as Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, DC, and Executive Director of the Wyoming Wildlife Federation.

Karl Fjellstrom | Vice Director, China

After completing Honours degrees in Law, Urban Geography and Asian Studies from Macquarie University and the University of Sydney in the mid 1990s, Karl Fjellstrom has since 1999 worked on urban transport planning projects around Asia, focusing on public transportation and Bus Rapid Transit, but also working on pedestrian and bicycle facility planning and road safety.

Some Asian cities that he has worked in include Guangzhou, Harbin, Changzhou, Surabaya, Jakarta, Bangkok, Dhaka, and Ahmedabad. In 2005 and 2006 Karl worked on a near full-time basis on the Guangzhou BRT planning and design. In 2007 he was team leader of a sustainable transport project in Harbin and Changzhou, followed by a project to review and revise Harbin’s new CBD plans. He has been with ITDP since 2003.

Shreya Gadepalli | Senior Program Director, India

Shreya started her working career with ITDP as a non-motorized vehicle designer on the Indian cycle rickshaw modernization project in the late 90's, a hugely successful project with more than 300,000 modern cycle rickshaws plying on streets of nearly a dozen cities in India. She continued NMV design work as the lead design consultant on the Indonesian Becak Modernization Project in Yogyakarta.

She has since expanded her area of professional interest to BRT and NMT planning, working as technical director on various projects in India. She holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a master's degree in Industrial Design from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Shreya is passionate about photography and an ardent collector of handicrafts from across the world. She enjoys listening to various genres of classical music, including works of fusion between Eastern and Western forms.

Aimée Gauthier | Senior Program Director, Africa

Aimée has been working at ITDP since 2003, mainly on Sub-Saharan Africa transport projects in Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Over the past five years, she has worked on non-motorized transportation, developing private sector small bicycle businesses and examining the intersection between health care service delivery and transport. She also worked on promotion of bus rapid transit projects in Accra and Dakar, as well as BRT planning in Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg. Based in New York City, she also manages the communications and development functions.

Before joining ITDP, Aimée worked for five years at the Moriah Fund as the grants and office manager. Aimée holds a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and has dual bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and political & social thought from the University of Virginia.

Jonas Hagen | Country Director, Brazil

Jonas Hagen has a bachelor's degree in International Relations and an master's degree in Urban Affairs from Hunter College in New York City. He has lived throughout Europe and Latin America, and since 2003, has worked on sustainable transport projects in Bogotá, Montevideo, São Paulo and New York City, collaborating with ITDP, GTZ, and the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, among others.

Prior to joining the ITDP staff in 2007, Jonas was working for the United Nations. He enjoys learning new languages, water sports, biking, livable and culturally active human settlements, delicious food and an occasional dose of the great outdoors.

Andrés Jara-Moreno | International Delegations Coordinator, Latin America

Andrés Jara-Moreno is an International Delegations Coordinator based in Bogotá, Colombia. He has managed more than two dozen delegations from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Mexico, Latin America and the United States that have come to Colombia interested in understanding Bogotá’s sustainable transport initiatives such as TransMilenio, Ciclovía (car free Sundays), the bicycle track networks and also Megabus in Pereira. Prior to joining ITDP, Andrés worked with PPQ Foundation as a Foreign Affairs Coordinator. He has also been involved in the promotion and the support of “Ciclopaseos de los Miércoles,” an urban cycling advocacy group in Bogotá.

Andrés holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, jogging, playing soccer, taking his pets out, listening to good music, and reading magazines, newspapers, and novels.

Michael Kodransky | Global Policy Research Associate

Michael conducts and coordinates research on best practices in parking management, BRT and other ITDP global program areas. He works in NYC and partly at the ITDP Europe office in Germany. Before joining ITDP in 2009, he was involved in research initiatives at Project for Public Spaces and the NYC Department of Transportation.

The focus of Michael’s transportation related inquires always return to issues of equity, community health and ethics. His previous research activities have included an examination of neighborhood design and walking, road closure impact studies on local vehicular traffic and street use mapping. He has contributed writing to the American Planning Association, Reclaim Magazine and the Mother Nature Network. Michael holds a master’s degree in urban planning from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.

Chris Kost | Technical Director, India

Chris joined ITDP as a full time staff member in 2008 after being involved as a consultant since 2004, focusing on transportation projects in Africa and India. In Cape Town and Accra, he performed greenhouse gas assessments of proposed BRT systems. In Johannesburg, he helped the city apply for certification of the Rea Vaya BRT system under the Clean Development Mechanism. Before joining ITDP, Chris worked for the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (now Transform) in Oakland; the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, also in Oakland; the City of Berkeley’s Planning Department; Meyer, Mohadddes Associates, Los Angeles; and Delin Consult in Accra.

Chris received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental policy from the Earth Systems Program at Stanford University. He currently resides in Ahmedabad where he helped develop a public transport demand model and operation plan for the city’s BRT system.

Stacy Mayers | Administrative Assistant

Stacy joined ITDP in 2006 as ITDP’s administrative assistant. Her work includes helping with financial and administrative management, as well as communications and development. She graduated from Sacred Heart University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. At Sacred Heart, her interests involved holding officer positions for campus organization UMOJA and community service projects, such as volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and interning at the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance. She loves to play billiards.

Setia Nurul Milatia Moe’min | Country Director, Indonesia

Milatia, aka “Tia” completed her MBA in Strategic Management in California, USA in 1993. She also finished her study in Public Transport System and Management in Toronto, Canada and received her undergraduate study in Civil Engineering-Transportation Study from University of Indonesia in 1984.

She joined ITDP in March 2008. Prior to joining ITDP she was a member of the Jakarta Transport Council. She is presently the head of the Institutional Cooperation Chamber in the Indonesia Transport Society and was the Chairman of the Indonesian Transport Society for DKI Jakarta province, until 2003.

She dedicates her career to Strategic Management and the Transportation sector and spends her spare time painting, writing and swimming.

Luc Nadal | Technical Director

Luc Nadal is an architect and urbanist. Prior to joining ITDP, he contributed to numerous urban planning and design projects, including the La Villette Park and the Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Paris. Luc wrote extensively about the role and functions of urban public space.

He received his doctorate’s degree in urban planning from Columbia University, and his diploma of architecture (DPLG) from Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-La Villette. Luc was a Mombusho Scholar at Kyoto University, and he has taught at Columbia University, the New School University, and the Parsons School of Design in New York.

Deni Prasetio Nugroho | Junior Transport Specialist, Indonesia

Deni started his career as a Transport Planner at an engineering consulting firm and mainly focused on transportation modeling. He joined ITDP in July 2008. He holds master's degrees in Transport System and Engineering and a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. In his spare time, he enjoys playing strategy games and traveling.

Engelbert Nyoni | Program Officer, Tanzania

Carlosfelipe Pardo | Country Director, Colombia

Carlosfelipe Pardo is a psychologist with an MSc in Contemporary Urbanism from the London School of Economics. He has worked on transportation issues from the organizational, advocacy and policy perspectives, with several projects in Colombia and abroad. Since 2005, he has served as a steering committee member for Sustran LAC. Before joining ITDP, he coordinated the GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project in Asia and Latin America. From 2002-2004, he worked with a foundation in Bogotá as mobility coordinator.

Carlos helped develop training courses worldwide on bus rapid transit, travel demand management, non-motorized transport and public awareness of sustainable transport. He also wrote two chapters of the Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide as well as two chapters of the Cycling Inclusive policy handbook for GTZ and a module and training document on public awareness and behavioral change.

Ana Peñalosa | Administrative & Communications Coordinator, Mexico

Living in one of the biggest and most polluted cities of the world, Ana was fascinated by the fast growth and change of Mexico City, especially the transportation and traffic problems. She continued to explore these issues while working as a researcher for public space, sustainability and intercultural affairs issues at Universidad Iberoamericana and as a journalist for an economics magazine.

Ana joined ITDP Mexico in September 2008. Her day to day work includes office management, event planning, public relations and administrative affairs. Ana holds a Bachelor of Communications: magna cum laude from Universidad Iberoamericana and she also participated in PNUMA’s (United Nations Environment Program for Latin America and the Carribean) program for environmental journalism.

Ana also likes to travel and learn about different cultures and worldviews. Her primary interests are participatory work and the dialogue necessary for achieving sustainability.

Rosyadah | Secretary/Office Manager, Indonesia

Rosy joined ITDP in April 2008 as the Secretary/Office Manager. Rosy received her bachelor’s degree in Faculty of Economics from National University, Jakarta in 1992. Before joining ITDP, Rosy worked as a Secretary and a Finance Officer for private companies and consultant services. She loves sports very much, especially badminton and volleyball.

Jesús Sánchez | Technical Director, Mexico

Jesús studied construction and architecture and has served in different positions in Mexico City government, mainly in the area of city services, infrastructure and economic development. He has also worked on projects related to housing development in the city. Since 2005 he has collaborated in designing projects of bicycle infrastructure and public space. Jesus joined ITDP in 2007.

Jesús likes to play outdoor sports and computer games of simulation and strategy. He also collects Playmobil toys.

Marisa Sandahl | Administrative Assistant

Marisa started at ITDP in 2009 as an administrative assistant. Previously, she was working in the staffing field in Manhattan. She is a native Michigander who moved to New York three years ago after graduating from Saint Mary’s College in Indiana with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. She enjoys watching a good soccer game, walking around Brooklyn, and reading a new book.

Bradley Schroeder | Senior Program Director, California Bike Coalition

Bradley has wide-ranging experience in cross-cultural project management with over 6 years of experience working in multiple African countries. He has worked with a variety of partners including the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Peace Corps and Marine Max, giving him an understanding of both the private and not-for-profit sectors.

Bradley holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Chemistry and an MBA in Global Management. In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors, reading non-fiction and bonsai.

Djibril Seck | Program Officer, Senegal

Restiti Sekartini | Deputy Country Director, Indonesia

Restiti Sekartini received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Bandung in 1987. She has worked, mostly, in integrated urban development programs.

Restiti joined ITDP in 2007. Prior to joining ITDP, she worked for 7 years at the Clean Air Project Swisscontact, which focused on campaign activities for promoting the economic and ecological benefits of motorized vehicles emission reduction measures in Jakarta. Building off of her work for the campaign, Restiti completed a Masters in Communication Studies from The London School of Public Relations.

In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling and Koi fish.

Nalin Sinha | Country Director, ITDP India

Ernest Teye-Topey | Country Director, Ghana

Xavier Treviño | Sub-Director, Mexico

Xavier joined ITDP in 2007. He holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from El Colegio de México, and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from the National Autonomous University (UNAM). Always an ecologist and cyclist advocate, he worked previously in environmental and urban law enforcement at the Mexico City Envirnonmental Protection Agency. He is an active member of Bicitekas, and his interests are mostly in non motorized mobility, civil participation, law and regulation, and seeking to include strict environmental and social criteria in urban public policy.

Nitin Warrier | Senior Planner, India

Nitin joined ITDP India in February 2009 as a Senior Planner to work on BRT, bicycle and pedestrian planning projects. Prior to joining ITDP, he was a project coordinator on the ‘Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit’ project at CEPT University; one of the first major ITDP initiatives in India.

Nitin completed his undergraduate studies in architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, India and earned a graduate degree in urban planning with a transportation concentration at Texas A&M University, College Station. Nitin enjoys traveling and combines it with his interests in photography and sketching.

Annie Weinstock | Program Officer, Tanzania

Having worked in various facets of transportation since 2002, Annie has recently joined ITDP to oversee the BRT implementation in Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg. Annie has worked in public, private, and academic settings in Boston, Seattle, Stockholm, New York City and now Tanzania. Most recently she managed the planning and design of the dual bus lanes on Fifth and Madison Avenues in Manhattan, advocating for increased inclusion of BRT elements into the final design.

Annie's interests have always been in developing a sustainable transportation network internationally to accommodate the world's fast-growing population, improve quality of life, and decrease our dependence on oil. Annie has co-created and contributed to a PBS transportation blog and has published various articles in academic journals and magazines. She holds a master's degree in transportation from the University of Washington and a bachelor's from the University of Massachusetts.

Eva Witarsa | Financial and Administrative Assistant, Indonesia

Eva has joined ITDP Indonesia since October 2007 as the Financial and Administrative Assistant. Before joining ITDP, she worked at tax and finance consultant, TOMMY TAN & PARTNERS, as accounting staff for 3 years. Eva is in the final process of receiving her bachelor’s degree in Management Accounting at the Business and Informatics Institute of Indonesia (IBiI). She loves swimming, playing badminton and singing.

Ratna Yunita | Communication Specialist, Indonesia

Prior to joining ITDP, Ratna worked in the private and non-governmental sectors. For the last 5 years, she mainly focused on campaigning and fundraising for NGOs that work on development issues. She holds a master's degree in International Communication Management from Den Haag, The Netherlands and a bachelor's degree in Economics from University of Indonesia.

During her spare time, Ratna enjoys reading fiction, listening to smooth jazz and photography.

Board of Directors

Michael Replogle, President

Environmental Defense

Matteo Martignoni, Vice President

International Human Powered Vehicle Association

Karen Overton, Secretary

Partnership for Parks, NYC

Bob Hambrecht, Treasurer

Greenlife International

Patrick Cunnane

Fuji Bikes

Greg Guenther

Guenther Consulting

Walter Hook

Executive Director, ITDP

Shomik Raj Mehndiratta

World Bank Group

Gerhard Menckhoff

World Bank Group (retired)

V. Setty Pendakur

Pacific Policy and Planning Associates

Enrique Peñalosa

Former Mayor, Bogotá, Colombia

International Senior Advisor

Joseph Ryan

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Ariadne Delon Scott

Stanford University

Felipe Targa

Inter-American Development Bank

Paul White

Transportation Alternatives