Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Technical Advisory Committee

The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) comprises employees of member governments or related agencies, as designated by the MPO agreement. Based upon their individual areas of professional expertise, TAC members provide skilled analyses and comments regarding proposed transportation plans and programs. Members expertise includes knowledge of local land-use plans, planning goals and zoning laws, air quality analysis, transportation planning, and economic development. TAC meetings provide forums where information is shared to facilitate the coordination of planning activities in the region.

TAC membership comprises the following:

  • Delaware Department of Transportation
  • Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination
  • Delaware Economic Development Office
  • Delaware Transit Corporation
  • Delaware Department of Agriculture
  • Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  • Dover Department of Planning and Inspections
  • Kent County Planning Department
  • Kent Soil Conservation District
  • Dover Air Force Base
  • Dover City Engineer
  • Transportation Management Association of Delaware

Representatives of other Kent County Municipalities

  • Conrail, the Delaware Motor Transport Association, FHWA, and FTA are non-voting members.
Committee Members Alternates
Ann Marie Townshend
City Planner, City of Dover
City of Dover Inspections and Planning
P.O. Box 475
Dover, DE 19903-0475
736-7010 / FAX 736-7177
Email
Sarah Keifer
Planning Director
Kent County Planning
555 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-2471
(302) 736-2128 (Fax)
Email
Regular Alternate
Mary Ellen Gray, assistant director
(Chair)
Kent County Planning
555 Bay Road
Dover, DE   19901
(302) 744-2471
maryellen.gray@co.kent.de.us
 

Karen Brittingham
DE Dept. of Transportation
Division of Planning
POB 778
Dover, DE   19903
karen.brittingham@state.de.us
Regular Alternate 

Michael Kirkpatrick
DE Dept. of Transportation
POB 778 Dover, DE 19903
michael.kirkpatrick@state.de.us
Milton Melendez
Management Analyst
Delaware Department of Agriculture
2320 South Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 698-4532
(302) 697-6287 (Fax)
Email
Mark Davis
Senior Resource Planner
Department of Agriculture
2320 South Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-4811
(302) 697-6287 (Fax)
Robert Maly, Mayor, Town of Camden
2 S. Main St., Camden, DE
(302) 697-2299

 

Catherine C. Smith
Delaware Transit Corporation
119 Lower Beech Street / Suite 100
Wilmington, DE 19805
Email
Lisa Collins
Delaware Transit Corporation
119 Lower Beech Street / Suite 100
Wilmington, DE 19805
Email
Timothy M. Riley, District Coordinator
Kent Conservation District
3500 S. Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 697-2600 ext. 3
(302) 697-0670 (Fax)
Email
No Alternate
David L. Edgell(Vice Chair)
Office of State Planning Coordination
540 S. DuPont Hwy.
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-3090
(302) 739-6958(Fax)
Email
No Alternate
Tricia Faust
Base Community Planner
600 Chevron Avenue
436 CES/CECP
Dover AFB, DE 19902-5600
(302) 677-6813
Email
No Alternate
Sharon Duca
Public Services Manager
PO Box 475
Dover, DE 19903-0475
(302) 736-7025
(302) 736-7177 (Fax)
Email
Jeff Stone, Dir. of Intergovernmental Relations
DE Economic Development Office
99 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901-7305
(302) 739-4271
Jeff.stone@state.de.us
Regular Alternate
Joe Zilcosky, Business Dev. Leader, Kent County
DE Economic Development Office
99 Kings Highway
Dover, DE   19901-7305
joe.zilcosky@state.de.us
Gary J. Norris
City Planner
City of Milford
POB 159
Milford, DE 19963
(302) 422-6616
(302) 422-1120 (Fax)
Email
No Alternate
Phillip A.Wheeler
DNREC Div. of Air Quality
Blue Hen Corporate Center
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-9402
(302) 739-3106 (Fax)
Email
No alternate
Marc Dixon
Federal Highway Administration
300 South New Street – Room 2101
Dover, DE 19904
734-5324 / FAX734-3066
marc.dixon@fhwa.dot.gov
No Alternate
Rick Crawford
Norfolk Southern Corporation
1717 Arch Street
49th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 448-4230
(215) 448-4232 (Fax)
Email
No Alternate
Byard O’Neal
Delaware Motor Transport Association
455 Pear Street
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 672-7763
Email
No Alternate
Ryan Long
Federal Transit Administration
1760 Market Street – Suite 510
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124
(215) 656-7056
(215) 656-7269 (Fax)
Ryan.Long@dot.gov
Timothy Lidiak, Community Planner
Federal Transit Administration
1760 Market Street – Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA   19103Timothy.Lidiak@dot.gov
Dave Hugg 

Smyrna Town Manager
27 S. Market St. Plaza
Smyrna, DE 19977
(302) 653-9231
dhugg@smyrna.delaware.gov

 

Janet Vinc 

Smyra Town Planner
27 S. Market St. Plaza
Smyrna, DE 19977
(302) 653-9231

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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