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Dear Visitor,
I am honored to be part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration of modern road building in Maryland. When I served as the first Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation from 1971 until 1977, I was well aware of the State’s reputation for concern about the long range transportation needs of its citizens. I am pleased to see that concern is just as heartfelt three decades later.
During the course of this year’s celebration, I invite you to consider how the vision of our ancestors who built the highways has enabled Maryland to count on one of the most advanced road systems in the nation; how that system connects our businesses, our friends and our families; and how important it is to make sure we maintain Maryland’s reputation for a highway system that is as safe, efficient and customer-service oriented as possible. Our children and grandchildren deserve nothing less.
Governor Harry Hughes
Honorary Chairman, Executive Committee
Maryland Highway Centennial
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Dear Friends,
For 100 years, Maryland has invested in building a state highway network
that has evolved into the world-class system on which we depend today.
During this centennial year, we will celebrate the leadership and vision
of those who came before us. There are valuable lessons to be learned
from our past. Perhaps the most significant is the importance of
investing in the future.
Governor Martin O'Malley is continuing this legacy of investment. As a
result of his leadership, new funding is now available to help preserve
Maryland's highway infrastructure and to make enhancements where
appropriate. As always, safety will remain our top priority as we move
forward in the days ahead.
This Centennial Celebration allows us to reflect on our past while we
chart our course for the future. We invite you to join us on this
year-long journey. We hope you become more familiar with the
significant benefits of our highway system and recognize the contributions of the men and women who made it all possible.
Sincerely,
John D. Porcari
Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation
Chairman, 100th Anniversary Celebration
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Dear Fellow Travelers,
Our 100th Anniversary offers a unique opportunity to remind ourselves as Marylanders that our state’s highways are an invaluable support to our economy and way of life.
At the State Highway Administration, we are proud to be the stewards of one of the finest highway systems in the nation. Yet our number one mission continues to be to keep our customers – everyone who drives, bikes or walks along Maryland’s roads – as safe as possible.
While our roadway design and materials are geared toward optimizing safety, it is ultimately up to each of us as individual drivers to be responsible for our own well being. It all comes down to five basics: buckle up, pay attention, drive sober, don’t speed and please drive courteously. Follow these rules every time you get in a car and you’re choosing safety for life. We’re counting on you.
Sincerely,
Neil J. Pedersen
Administrator
State Highway Administration
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Executive Committee Members (click on name to read bio)
Executive Committee Biographies
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Governor Harry Hughes
Honorary Chairman (Secretary 1971-1977)
Harry Roe Hughes began his political career as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1955 to 1959, representing Caroline County. He was elected a member of the Maryland Senate in 1959 for District 15. In 1970, Hughes was offered and accepted the position of Secretary of Transportation for the state. He was elected Governor of Maryland in 1979 and served two consecutive terms.
Following his tenure as Governor, he was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Trust from 1995-2003; a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland from 1996-2000; chairman of the Maryland Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission from 1999-2003; and a member of the Committee to Establish the Maryland Survivors Scholarship Fund from 2001-2002, among other things.
Born in Easton, Maryland, Hughes attended Caroline County, Maryland, Public Schools before attending the Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. After school, Hughes served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during the Second World War.
He later attended Mount Saint Mary's University and the University of Maryland, where he was graduated in 1949. He received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 1952 and was admitted to the Maryland Bar the same year. He has been an attorney as well as one-time professional baseball player in the Eastern Shore Baseball League. Hughes has been married to his wife, Patricia Donoho Hughes, since June 30, 1951. They have two daughters, Ann and Elizabeth
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John D. Porcari
Transportation Secretary and Centennial Chairman
Governor Martin O'Malley appointed John D. Porcari as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) in January 2007. The Secretary oversees MDOT, which includes five modal administrations and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA). He also serves as Chairman of the MTA, the Maryland Port Commission and the Maryland Aviation Commission. Mr. Porcari returns to this position that he held from 1999 to 2003 under Governor Parris N. Glendening.
Mr. Porcari most recently served as Vice President for Administrative Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park. In this position, he served as Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
During his prior term as Transportation Secretary, Mr. Porcari initiated the implementation of a $9.1 billion six-year capital program.
Secretary Porcari previously served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Maryland and as Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Policy at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. Prior to the positions in the state government, Mr. Porcari served as Vice President of a civil engineering and land use consulting firm, providing environmental consulting services for public sector civil engineering clients in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Porcari received his B.A. degree from the University of Dayton, Ohio, in 1981, and his Masters of Public Administration from the State University of New York at Albany in 1985.
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Anne Ferro
President & CEO, Maryland Motor Truck Association
Anne Ferro is President and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, a 1,000-member non-profit trade association serving Maryland’s trucking industry since 1935 in the interest of safe and efficient movement of goods by truck in Maryland.
Prior to joining MMTA in 2003, Anne spent 17 years in state government, the first six with the Maryland General Assembly and the last seven as Maryland Motor Vehicle Administrator. She is a past member of Leadership Maryland, the Tricentennial Committee for the Port of Baltimore, and the Council of Minority Transportation Officials. Ferro obtained her undergraduate degree from St. John’s College, served in the Peace Corps in West Africa and completed a Masters in Public Management at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.
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Donald C. Fry
President, Greater Baltimore Committee
Donald C. Fry is President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC). He has held this position since 2002. Prior to being named CEO, Fry served as the GBC’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
From 1980 to 1999 Fry was engaged in a private law practice in Harford County. During this time he also served as a member of the Maryland Senate and in the Maryland House of Delegates. He is one of only a handful of legislators to have served on each of the major budget committees of the Maryland General Assembly.
From 1988 to 1991, Fry chaired the Transit Advisory Panel. He also represented the House of Delegates on the Governor's Commission on Management and Productivity. His other appointments included the Joint Transportation 2000 Committee and the Special Joint Task Force on Transportation.
In 2002 and 2003, he served as Chair of the Vision 2030 Oversight Committee.
In 2006-2007, Fry was co-chair of transportation transition teams for both Governor Martin O’Malley and Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon. He is a member of Mayor Dixon’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Property Tax Reform. Recently, he was appointed to co-chair the Mayor’s Transportation Investment Commission.
Fry is a 1979 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He earned a B.S. in political science from Frostburg State College. He lives in Harford County with his wife Bonnie and son Matthew.
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Nelson Castellanos
Federal Highway Division Administrator
Maryland Division
Mr. Castellanos joined the Federal Highway Administration in June of 1971 as a Highway Engineer Trainee. Since that time he has had permanent assignments in four divisions, as well as headquarters and the regional offices in Maryland and New York. In 1995 he became the Division Administrator for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. In 1997 he accepted the position of Deputy Regional Administrator and was later named Acting Regional Administrator in Albany, New York.
On October 1, 1998, Nelson J. Castellanos became the Division Administrator in the Maryland Division. As the Division Administrator, he is the principal representative of the Federal Highway Administration, responsible for the administration of the Federal-aid Program in Maryland.
Mr. Castellanos is a graduate of Ohio Northern University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He is also a graduate of the University of Baltimore where he obtained a Masters in Business Administration. He has also won numerous awards including the Administrator’s Award for Superior Achievement in 2000.
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Timothy Maloney
(Maryland General Assembly 1979-1995)
Mr. Maloney is an attorney in the Litigation Group. Mr. Maloney conducts and oversees litigation of criminal and civil matters in judicial as well as administrative proceedings. He was a member of the Maryland General Assembly from 1979-1995 and has been an active member of numerous bar associations.
Mr. Maloney has served as a Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference Member in the Rules Committee. He is a member of the Commission to Revise Criminal Code, the Maryland State Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar Association, Prince George’s County Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.
Maloney attended college at Georgetown University. He attended law school at the University of Baltimore where he was graduated in 1986.
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Bill Hellmann
Transportation Secretary (1984-1987)
Mr. Hellmann is a Civil Engineering graduate of the University of Maryland and a Professional Engineer with 42 years of experience in the transportation field, with 21 years in government. His responsibilities have included design engineer, chief of design, and chief of the division responsible for planning, designing and constructing the $2 billon Interstate System in Baltimore City, including the I-95 Fort McHenry Tunnel. His public career was capped by becoming the first Maryland DOT career employee to be named Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Mr. Hellmann has 21 years of experience in the private sector. He was a Partner with RK&K for 17 of those years, and Partner in Charge of several major transportation planning and design efforts. Those included three Washington Metro design sections, the planning and design of the $300 million I-95 Delaware Turnpike Improvements Program, and the planning and development of the $600 million US 301 Project Development effort for Delaware DOT, among others.
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O. James Lighthizer
Transportation Secretary (1991-1994)
James Lighthizer has served as President of the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) since 1999.
Lighthizer served as Lobbyist and Partner in Law at Miles & Stockbridge from 1995 to 1999, after serving as Maryland’s Secretary of Transportation beginning in 1991.
In 1982, Lighthizer was elected to the first of two terms as Anne Arundel County Executive.
Lighthizer is a 1968 graduate of the University of Dayton. In 1975, he received his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center, serving as a marketing representative at IBM Corporation during his years of study. He later went on to practice law in Annapolis, Maryland from 1976 to 1982. And from 1979 until 1982, Lighthizer served in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Since 1993, Lighthizer has served as a member of the Governor’s Commission on the Structure and Efficiency of State Government and as a member of the Board of Directors of Preservation Maryland. He has previously been Chairman of the Governor’s Greenway Commission (1989-1995) and Chairman of the Governor’s Civil War Heritage Commission (1991-1998).
Lighthizer resides in Crofton, Maryland with his wife Gloria. He has five adult children.
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David Winstead
Transportation Secretary (1995-1998)
David L. Winstead was appointed as Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service (PBS) of the United States General Services Administration (GSA) on October 3, 2005. PBS owns or leases nearly all civilian federal office space, courthouses and border stations and many laboratories and storage facilities.
Mr. Winstead has over 30 years of experience in the private and public sector. He began his career as staff member to Senator Charles McMathias of Maryland, served as Executive Director of the Washington/ Baltimore Regional Association and as Secretary of Transportation for the State of Maryland. Prior to coming to GSA, Mr. Winstead was a partner in the law firm of Holland and Knight.
He is the former president and counsel to the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (D.C./Suburban Maryland), member of the Johns Hopkins University Real Estate Advisory Board, member of the Urban Land Institute and the Greater Washington Board of Trade’s Transportation Committee.
Mr. Winstead has a degree from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C., and a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University in New York. He and his wife, Page, reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and have three children.
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David W. Edgerley
Secretary, Department of Business & Economic Development
David W. Edgerley is the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
Edgerley began his career in Allegany County, directing both the Office of Development Assistance and the Department of Economic Development. There, he led the creation and redevelopment of six business parks, created Allegany County’s first business incubator and implemented the county’s first Revolving Building Fund.
In Montgomery County, Edgerly continued to leverage the power of technology as an economic development driver. As Director of Economic Development, he created Montgomery County’s highly successful technology incubator network, now home to 80 life sciences and technology companies. He also led development of the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center and expanded high-tech business partnerships with Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland and leading technology companies.
Secretary Edgerley received his B.A. from Frostburg State University and an M.B.A. from Mt. Saint Mary’s University. He is also a past president of the Maryland Economic Development Association. He and his family live in Germantown, MD.
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Walter E. Woodford, Jr., P.E.
Maryland Transportation Authority
Walter E. Woodford, Jr. has been involved with the Maryland state highway system for over 50 years. Upon graduation from The Johns Hopkins University with a degree in civil engineering in 1950, he became a project construction engineer for the State Roads Commission. Over a span of twenty-three years he advanced to positions of District Construction Engineer, Chief of Administration, Program Coordinator, Chief Engineer and Deputy Highway Administrator – all during the largest highway program in the history of Maryland. During this period he was active on various committees of AASHTO, HRB and ARBA. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Maryland Transportation Professional Services Selection Board from 1979 to 1991. Mr. Woodford has been a member of the Maryland Transportation Authority since 1991, and Chairman of the Board of the Canton Railroad Company since 1996.
From 1973 to 1987, Mr. Woodford was Director of Engineering for the Office and Community Development Division of The Rouse Company and was the engineer member of the development team for the new city of Columbia, Maryland. He was a Vice President of The Rouse Company and the Howard Research & Development Company. Since 1987 he has been an individual consultant for traffic studies, planning and zoning and land development.
Mr. Woodford is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Professional Land Surveyor in Maryland. He is Fellow and Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, for which he has been a National Board Member and active on various national committees. He has been a community leader in his native Queen Anne’s County.
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Timothy Campbell
Executive Director, Maryland Aviation Administration
Timothy L. Campbell, A.A.E., was appointed the Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration in December 2005. As MAA Executive Director, Mr. Campbell is responsible for the planning, operation, and management of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Martin State Airport and regional aviation activities for the State of Maryland.
Previously, Campbell served as the Executive Director of Airports for Salt Lake City, from September 2000 until his MAA appointment. He has more than 30 years of airport management experience, starting at Boston’s Logan Airport in 1974, where he worked as Assistant to the Aviation Director. Campbell has served as Airport Director at Newport News, Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; and as Executive Vice President at Nashville, Tennessee, before accepting his position in Salt Lake City.
Campbell received a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado. He is an Accredited Airport Executive and served as Chairman of the American Association of Airport Executives, a national trade association of airport executives. Campbell currently serves as Chair of the International Association of Airport Executives.
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Ronald L. Freeland
Maryland Transportation Authority Executive Secretary
The Authority’s Chairman and members recently appointed veteran transportation professional Ronald L. Freeland as the Authority’s Executive Secretary. In this position, Mr. Freeland exercises overall management of the Authority’s operations and its 1,600 employees, including the Maryland Transportation Authority Police.
Mr. Freeland previously served as Administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration from 1997 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration from 1995 to 1997. He served three terms as an Authority Member between 1982 and 1991. Most recently, Mr. Freeland specialized in transportation for a local consulting firm.
He is active in the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, having served as its National Chairman in 2000 and 2001.
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John Kuo
Motor Vehicle Administrator
John Kuo was promoted to his current position as the Administrator of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration in May 2006. He previously served in a variety of administrative positions, including Chief Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the MVA.
Prior to joining the MVA, Mr. Kuo served in a number of senior management capacities at the Port of Baltimore/Maryland Port Administration (MPA). Mr. Kuo has been with the Maryland Department of Transportation since 1988 and has been in state service for almost 25 years starting in 1982 at the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene in the Purchasing Division.
Mr. Kuo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management & Administration and is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He also possesses professional certifications through the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing and Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council in procurement & contract management.
He and his wife Karen and sons Steven and Sean are long-time residents of Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Neil J. Pedersen
State Highway Administrator
Neil J. Pedersen has been Administrator for the Maryland State Highway Administration since January 2003. In that position, he also serves as the Governor’s Highway Safety Representative and Chair of the Maryland State Roads Commission. He previously served for two and a half years as SHA’s Deputy Administrator/Chief Engineer for Planning and Preliminary Engineering – a position that oversees all of the agency’s planning, design, environmental and real estate functions. Prior to that, he was SHA’s Director of Planning and Preliminary Engineering for 16 years.
Mr. Pedersen‘s involvement with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials includes membership in AASHTO’s Standing Committees on Highways and Research; its Board of Advisors for the Center on Environmental Excellence; and its Project Delivery Council. Mr. Pedersen serves as Chair of AASHTO’s Task Force on Context Sensitive Solutions and Vice Chair of its Subcommittee on Asset Management. He also chairs the Technical Activities Council of the Transportation Research Board and the Executive Board of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, a consortium of transportation organizations from sixteen states along the eastern seaboard. He serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of Maryland’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Mr. Pedersen has received numerous awards for his service, including most recently the 2007 MacDonald Award as well as the George S. Bartlett Award, which is given by the Transportation Research Board, AASHTO and ARTBA.
A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Pedersen holds two undergraduate degrees from Bucknell University and a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife, Barbara.
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James J. White
Maryland Port Administration Executive Director
James J. White was appointed executive director of the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) in 2007. In this role, Mr. White oversees the six public marine terminals at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore. Mr. White has returned to the position he previously held from 1999 through 2005.
Mr. White joined the MPA in 1993 as Director of Operations and Executive Vice President of Maryland International Terminals (MIT). From 1995 until 1999, Mr. White served as MPA’s Deputy Executive Director, Director of Operations and President of MIT.
After leaving the MPA in 2005, Mr. White served as senior vice president and chief operating officer for New Jersey-based Ceres Terminals.
Mr. White’s maritime experience began with Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc. (PRMMI) in 1975 and included subsequent work with Sea Train (1977 to 1982) and Concorde Nopal (1982 to 1985). Before joining the MPA in 1993, Mr. White re-joined PRMMI as the company’s General Manager for North America.
Mr. White is a past president of the North Atlantic Ports Association. He is a graduate of Wagner College. He resides with his family in Bel Air, Maryland.
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Paul Wiedefeld
Maryland Transit Administrator
Paul Wiedefeld was appointed as Administrator for the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) in 2007, having more than 25 years of public and private sector transportation management experience.
In 2002, Wiedefeld was appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration, where he managed the operations of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Wiedefeld was Director of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Office of Systems Planning and Evaluation.
In the private sector, Mr. Wiedefeld has nine years of experience with the international transportation planning and engineering firm, PB (formerly Parsons Brinckerhoff). From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Wiedefeld managed PB’s Baltimore office, rejoining at the end of 2006 as a Senior Vice President.
Mr. Wiedefeld began his career in transportation in 1981. Prior to his appointment to Director of MDOT’s Office of Systems Planning and Evaluation, he held transportation planning positions in local, regional and State government.
Mr. Wiedefeld received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Towson University and a Master of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University.
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