Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

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 Division of Small Business
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
Dave Hugg City of Dover Inspections and Planning P.O. Box 475 Dover, DE 19903-0475 Phone: (302) 736-7010 / Fax: (302) 736-7177 dhugg@dover.de.us	No Alternate
Kris Connelly (Chair) Assistant Director Kent County Planning 555 Bay Road Dover, DE 19901 kris.connelly@co.kent.de.us	Sarah Kiefer Director Kent County Planning 555 Bay Road Dover, DE 19901 Phone: (302) 744-2471 / Fax: (302) 736-2128 sarah.keifer@co.kent.de.us
Humaira Nabeela DE Dept. of Transportation Division of Planning P.O. Box 778 Dover, DE 19903-0778 Humaira.Nabella@delaware.gov	No Alternate
Milton Melendez Delaware Department of Agriculture 2320 South Dupont Highway Dover, DE 19901 Phone: (302) 698-4532 / Fax: (302) 697-6287 milton.melendez@delaware.gov	No Alternate
Catherine C. Smith Delaware Transit Corporation 119 Lower Beech Street / Suite 100 Wilmington, DE 19805 Phone (302) 576-6071 / Fax: (302)577-8040 catherine.smith@delaware.gov	Tremica Cherry 119 Lower Beech Street, Suite 100 Wilmington, DE 19805 (302) 576-6065 tremica.cherry@delaware.gov
Timothy M. Riley District Coordinator Kent Conservation District 3500 S. Dupont Highway Dover, DE 19901 Phone: (302) 697-2600 ext. 3 / Fax: (302) 697-0670 kentcd@aol.com	No Alternate
Josh Thomas Office of State Planning Coordination Haslet Armory 122 Martin Luther King Blvd. South Dover, DE 19901 Phone: (302) 739-3090 / Fax: (302) 739-6958 david.edgell@delaware.gov	No Alternate
Matt Jordan 600 Chevron Avenue Dover AFB, DE 19902-5600 Phone:(863) 669-8662 mmjordan72@live.com	No Alternate
Sharon Duca Public Services Manager PO Box 475 Dover, DE 19903-0475 Phone: (302) 736-7025 / Fax: (302) 736-7177 sduca@dover.de.us	Jason Lyon jlyon@dover.de.us
Rob Pierce Planning Director City Of Milford 180 Vickers Dr. Milford, DE 19963 Phone: (302) 424-8395 / Fax: (302) 424-3559 rpierce@milford-de.gov	No Alternate

Marvina Cephas DNREC Div. of Air Quality State Street Commons 100 W. Water Street, Suite 6A Dover, DE 19904 Marvina.Cephas@delaware.gov	Jolyon Shelton Jolyon.shelton@delaware.gov Valerie Gray Valerie.Gray@delaware.gov
Lindsay Donnellon Federal Highway Administration 1201 College Park Drive Suite 102 Dover, DE 19904 lindsay.donnellon@fhwa.dot.gov	No Alternate
Jeremy Rothwell Senior Planner Town Of Smyrna 22 S. Main Street Smyrna, DE 19977 Phone: (302) 653-923 wabbott@smyrna.delaware.gov	George DeBenedictus gbenedictus@smyrna.delaware.gov
Timothy Lidiak AICP Planning & Program Developement Federal Transit Administration Region 3 Office 1835 Market Street, Suite 1910 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Timothy.Lidiak@dot.gov
Cliff Gunstra Carload Express Delmarva Central Railroad 101 Delaware Ave. Harrington, DE 19952 Cliffgrunstra@carloadexpress.com
Lee Derickson DE Motor Transport Assoc. 445 Pear Street Dover, DE 19904 DMTA@delawaretrucking.org