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ASHE Potomac November Dinner Meeting
Please join us for our dinner meeting on Wednesday, November 12th! Our guest speaker will be Chris Ziemann, City of Alexandria, Transportation Planning Division Chief. Chris will be providing an informative update on the City of Alexandria's program and upcoming contracting opportunities. Location: Westwood Country Club (Grand Ballroom), 800 Maple Ave E, Vienna, VA 22180 Date and Time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM – Social/Cash bar 6:15 to 6:30 PM - Introduction 6:30 to 7:00 PM - Dinner 7:00 PM - Presentation Starts |
Cost:
Private Sector Member - $45 Private Sector Non-Member - $60 Public Sector - $20 Student - $15 Cash Only at Bar Registrations after Friday, October 31st, 2025, are subject to an additional $10 surcharge. Menu Selections: All dinners include meal, salad, bread and butter, dessert, select soft drinks, coffee and/or tea. (see online registration page for meal options) No online reservations will be permitted after 4pm on November 7th, 2025. Walk-Ins are welcome, however meals are subject to availability and an additional $10.00 surcharge fee will be required if a meal is available. |
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ASHE Potomac Young Member (and young at heart) Hike and Happy Hour – Saturday, November 1st, 2025
ASHE Potomac Members enjoyed a day of hiking and networking at Bears Den Overlook and Bear Chase Brewery. Hope to see you at future Young Member Events! |
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ASHE October 2025 Dinner Meeting
DDOT leadership provided an informative update on a variety of topics, including ongoing and upcoming projects, as well as an overview of the program. |
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ASHE Potomac May Dinner Meeting
Neelima Ghanta, DDOT's Chief Traffic Safety Engineer, provided an informative update on traffic safety initiatives and discussed consultant innovations and lessons learned from past projects. |
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ASHE Potomac April Dinner Meeting
We appreciate everyone who joined us on April 9th for our Locality Roundtable dinner meeting. Your participation made the event a great success. Special thanks to our panelists: John Keenan (City of Manassas), Marie Caraballo (Loudoun County), Paolo Belita (Prince William County), and moderator Jason Stanford (Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance). We look forward to seeing you at future events! |
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ASHE Potomac Young Member (and young at heart) Ice Skating and Happy Hour – January 29th, 2025
Thank you to everyone who attended our winter ice skating event at Reston Town Center. We had a wonderful time enjoying appetizers and networking at Maker’s Union Pub afterwards. We look forward to seeing more ASHE Potomac members at our future Young Member Events. |
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ASHE Potomac November 2024 Meeting
At our recent special event at DDOT, we had the opportunity to hear from Rick Kenney, DDOT’s Chief Engineer, about various topics, including ongoing and upcoming projects, as well as an overview of the program. For additional information, please refer to the presentation file provided below. |
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ASHE Potomac May 2024 Meeting
Larry Marcus, Complete Streets Subject Matter Expert with Wallace Montgomery, and Henri Stein McCartney, Senior Transportation Planner with FCDOT Traffic Engineering, presented on the emerging trends in urban street design. For additional information, please refer to the presentation file provided below.
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ASHE Potomac March 2024 Meeting
Our guests from VDOT Central Office, Jason Williams, Assistant State L&D Engineer, and Micah Ceary, S&B Design Engineering Program Manager, provided an informative update on contract terms, design standards and upcoming projects. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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ASHE Potomac February 2024 Meeting
Joshua Nicholas, Acting Assistant Bureau Chief and ITS Manager for the Transportation Engineering and Operations Bureau at Arlington County, provided an informative update on Arlington County’s transportation department, program and upcoming opportunities. For additional information, please refer to the links below. |
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ASHE Potomac Young Member (and young at heart) Ice Skating and Happy Hour – January 24th, 2024
ASHE Potomac Members enjoyed the brisk winter weather ice skating in Reston Town Center. Appetizers and networking followed at Maker’s Union Pub.
Hope to see you at future Young Member Events! |
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ASHE Potomac December Holiday Party
We had an incredible time celebrating the season with our amazing members at our holiday party! Thank you for making it unforgettable. Here's to a new year filled with continued growth, collaboration, and success.
Cheers to all! |
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ASHE Potomac November 2023 Meeting
Geoff Pelletier, Senior Director of Projects at Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, provided an informative update on recent projects with unique challenges and discussed upcoming contracting opportunities.
See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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ASHE Potomac Young Member (and young at heart) Hike and Happy Hour – November 4th, 2023
ASHE Potomac Members enjoyed a day of hiking and networking at Bears Den Overlook and Bear Chase Brewery.
Hope to see you at future Young Member Events! |
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Previous Meeting Presentations
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ASHE Potomac June 2023 Meeting
June 14th, ASHE hosted the last monthly meeting of the 2022 – 2023 season. Our guest speaker Cathy McGhee, VDOT Chief Deputy Commissioner provided an informative update on VDOT’s plans for the future and the impacts to the consulting community. |
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ASHE Potomac Annual Jurisdictional Roundtable
On May 10th ASHE Potomac hosted a panel discussion about the future of transportation projects in our region. Jason Stanford, President of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance moderated. Our panel includes: -Todd Minnix, Fairfax County -Christina Alexander, City of Alexandria -John Keenan, City of Manassas -Ali Khavari, City of Falls Church See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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March 2023 Monthly Meeting
Jeff Folden, Director of the I-495 & I-270 P3 Office, Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration Our guest speaker Jeff Folden, provided an update on the project and additional details of Maryland SHA’s alternative delivery program. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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Feburary 2023 Monthly Meeting
Mr. Todd Minnix, Chief, Transportation Design Division, Fairfax County Our guest speaker Mr. Todd Minnix, Chief, Transportation Design Division, Fairfax County providing an update on Fairfax County’s future transportation plans and how the engineering community may help them. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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January 2023 Ice Skating & Happy Hour:
Young Member (and young at heart) Saturday, January 25th, 2023 for an evening of Ice Skating, Camaraderie, and Fun at the Reston Town Center! |
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September 2022 In-Person Meeting:
USDOT and Public-Private Partnership Dr. Morteza Farajian, Executive Director of the Build America Bureau at USDOT. Dr. Farajian discussed the Bureau’s efforts to promote innovative project financing solutions that help state and local governments develop and finance Public-Private Partnership transactions for transportation facilities. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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ASHE Potomac Nationals Game - August 31, 2022
August 31st, the Washington Nationals at 7:05 pm. See the slideshow to the right for photos from the event. |
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Family Cookout - June 25, 2022
ASHE Potomac had rented the pavilion at Kutner Park in Fairfax and provided food and drinks for everyone and families. The park had a playground for children and space for more activities. Lots of fun! |
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Previous Meeting Presentations
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June 2022 In-Person Meeting:
Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) Monique Evans, Director of the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). speaking about exciting FHWA projects and procurement opportunities. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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May 2022 In-Person Meeting:
I-66 Outside the Beltway John Morse, VP of Program & Project Management Services at ATCS presented about the construction progress and GEC perspectives of the 22.5 mile transportation of I-66 Outside the Beltway. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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Bowling & Happy Hour
ASHE Potomac Young Members enjoyed a fun evening of networking and bowling at Bowl America in Fairfax on Wednesday, April 6th. Hope to see you at future Young Member Events! |
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April 2022 In-Person Meeting:
ASHE Annual Jurisdiction Roundtable Our panelists from 7 different municipalities joined Monica Backmon of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) as the moderator for our annual Jurisdictional Roundtable Discussion. The group touched on several topics pertinent to the issues that we as an industry are facing today, challenges associated with the IIJA Fund. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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March 2022 In-Person Meeting
Renée Hamilton, CEO of TRIP II, operator of the Dulles Greenway. Renée provided an overview of the Dulles Greenway, community and government partnerships, sustainability projects, and upcoming capital improvement projects. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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Ice Skating & Happy Hour
Saturday, January 8th, 2022 for an evening of Ice Skating, Camaraderie, and Fun at the Reston Town Center! |
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December 2021 In-Person Meeting:
Transurban's Express Lanes Network Jeff Taylor, Transurban’s Vice President of Project Delivery – North America for a presentation on Transurban’s Express Lanes network, project pipeline, and state of the industry. Jeff has over two decades of P3 design-build experience and has delivered $5.5 billion in projects across five states. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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November 2021 In-Person Meeting:
VDOT Northern Virginia District Everett Lott, Acting Director of District Department of Transportation, talked about the "State of the Agency" (successes, challenges, funding outlook, etc.), upcoming project opportunities, and closing with thoughts as to how the consultant/contractor community can best support DDOT. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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October 2021 In-Person Meeting:
VDOT Northern Virginia District John Lynch (District Engineer), Bill Cuttler (Deputy District Engineer) and Monica Bhatia (Deputy District Administrator) of Virginia Department of Transportation. provided update about upcoming programs and other important VDOT initiatives See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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September 2021 In-Person Meeting:
Implementing Complete Streets Jennifer Mitchell, Director of Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. Director Mitchell provided an update on rail and transit programs in the Commonwealth, including the status of major capital projects in the Transforming Rail in Virginia program. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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ASHE Potomac Annual Event at Nationals Park
On Wednesday, September 1st, the Washington Nationals take on the Philadelphia Philies at 7:05 pm. See the slideshow to the right for photos from the event. |
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June 2021 Virtual Meeting:
Implementing Complete Streets Larry Marcus is an expert in multi-modal transportation design and a national leader in the implementation of Complete Streets practices. Larry works closely with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to develop industry guidance and lead multimodal initiatives. See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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Annual ASHE Potomac Golf Tournament
On May 21, 2021, ASHE Potomac hosted our annual golf tournament at the Bull Run Golf Club. The annual tournament benefits the Stephen M. Evans Memorial Scholarship Fund. Overall, the tournament was a great success and well received by our members! See the slideshow to the right for photos from the event. Thank you again to the golfers and sponsors that made this event possible! |
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April 2021 Virtual Meeting:
Jurisdictional Roundtable The roundtable included seven localities to discuss their transportation programs, and how the engineering community may help them. Monica Backmon (NVTA) moderated the discussion with the following panelists:
See the following YouTube video for a recording of the event. |
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March 2021 Virtual Meeting:
I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes P3 The March Virtual Meeting covered the massive program to bring managed lanes to much of the Maryland interstate system in the DC area. Jeff Folden, Deputy Director of the I-495 & I-270 P3 Office at MDOT SHA, presented on the historic endeavor. For additional information, please see the following YouTube video and the slides below: |
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February 2021 Virtual Meeting:
Transform 66 - Virtual Tour and Presentation The February Virtual Meeting covered the construction progress and GEC perspectives of the 22.5-mile transformation of I-66 Outside the Beltway. John Morse, VP of Program/Project Management Services at ATCS, presented a virtual tour of the project using aerial drone footage. |
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November 2020 Virtual Meeting:
Gold Sponsor Technical Showcase The November Virtual Meeting gave some of our Gold Sponsors an opportunity to highlight some of their capabilities and ongoing projects. For additional information, see the topic descriptions and the provided presentation files below:
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