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Flexible Team Members

Agency members

Caltrans

Kee Foo*
Raghubar Shrestha*

FHWA

Peter Eakman

Idaho

John Arambarri*
Sikha Bhusal
Mike Copeland*

Illinois

Brian Hill*
Charles Wienrank*

Illinois Tollway

Jay Behnke*
Ross Bentsen*
John Lavallee

Iowa

Ashley Buss*

Michigan

Tyler Hunt
Kevin Kennedy
Nathan Maack*

Minnesota

Michael Vrtis, MnDOT contact
Ryan Baasen
Emil Bautista
Shongtao Dai*
John Garrity*
Joseph Podolsky
Dave Van Deusen
Ben Worel, executive director
Eyoab Zegeye

Minnesota LRRB

James Foldesi*

Mississippi

Heath Patterson*
Griffin Sullivan*

Missouri

Jason Blomberg
Jacob Graessle*
Willie Johnson
KJ Villanueva-Kaeo
Brandon Voyles*

Montana

Randy Boysen*
Matt Needham*

Nebraska

Bruce Barrett*
Wally Heyen
Matthew Park
Robert Rea

North Dakota

Curt Dunn, chair
Andy Ayash
Amy Beise
Brian Bennes
Adam Berglund
Matt Linneman
Arlen Norris
Korby Seward
Kaylin Tomac
Tyler Wollmuth*

Wisconsin

Mumtahin Hasnat
Dan Kopacz*
Tirupan Mandal
Barry Paye*

* indicates voting agency member

Associate members

Mohiuddin Ahmad, University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP)
Riaz Ahmad, iENGINEERING Corporation
Allen Akowicz, Pacific Geosource
Edith Arambula, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Jason Bausano, Ingevity
Thomas Bennert, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University
Jay Bianchini, Collaborative Aggregates
Justin Black, Cargill
Andrea Blanchette, Terracon
TJ Bland, E-Chem
Jenna Bowers, Ingevity
Raymond Breer, E-Chem
Brandon Brever, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA)
Tom Brovold, Testquip
Abbey Bryduck, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA)
Bill Buttlar, University of Missouri - Columbia
Douglas Carlson, Liberty Tire Recycling
Maure Creager, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Eshan Dave, University of New Hampshire
Jonathan Davis, Uberbinder
Katie DeCarlo, HRG Lab
Bill Dempsey, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Mohamed Elkashef, University of California Pavement Research Center
Amy Epps Martin, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Rouzbeh Ghabchi, South Dakota State University
Oliver Giraldo-Londono, University of Missouri - Columbia
Jonathan Groeger, iENGINEERING Corporation
Elie Hajj, University of Nevada - Reno
Bill Hall, Resource Recycling Systems
Majeed Hayat, Marquette University
David J. Jones, University of California Pavement Research Center
Dennis Kelley, J. Rettenmaier USA LP
Lev Khazanovich, University of Pittsburgh
Candice Kohn, Pacific Geosource
Emin Kutay, Michigan State University
Kaley Laleker, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Brett Lambden, Husky Energy
Michele Lanotte, Michigan State University
Fabricio Leiva, Pacific Geosource
Chad Longcore, J. Rettenmaier USA LP
Ryan Lynch, Colorbiotics
Rajib Mallick, UTEP
Todd Mansell, Caterpillar Paving Products
Mihai Marasteanu, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Luke Meyer, Bio-Based Spray Systems
Danial Mirzaiyanrajeh, Solmax
Kiran Mohanraj, The Transtec Group
Pete Montenegro, Collaborative Aggregates
Raquel Moraes, NCAT
Vincent Ogunro, UNC-Charlotte
Eric Olson, Solmax
Heidi Olson, Braun Intertec
Matt Oman, Mathy Construction
Brian Orr, BASF
Avni Patel, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Andrew Peterson, South Dakota State's Local Transportation Program
Hadi Rashidi, National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA)
Dave Rettner, American Engineering Testing
Farhad Reza, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Roger Roberts, GSSI
Mohammad Reza Sabouri, Braun Intertec
Baris Salman, Syracuse University
Michael Scardina, Surface Tech
Nick Schaefer, Surface Systems and Instruments, Inc. (SSI)
Debbie Schwerman, Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Association
Kyle Shubert, Terracon
Jo Sias, University of New Hampshire
Dan Staebell, Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA)
Dave Stanczak, Asphalt Materials, Inc.
Brandon Strand, Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Alliance (WAPA)
Nabil Suleiman, University of North Dakota
Hassan Tabatabaee, Cargill
Cheng Thao, Payne & Dolan
Chris Theriot, Resource Recycling Systems
Kim Tolzmann, Minnesota Paving and Materials
Michael Traxel, Colorbiotics
Feng Wang, Texas State University
Hao Wang, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University
Randy West, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT)
Jason Wielinski, ARRA
R. Chris William, Asphalt Materials & Paving Program at Iowa State
Richard Willis, National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
Jett Yang, Uberbinder
Fan Yin, NCAT
Hao Yin, Horizon Engineering Consulting
Zhanping You, Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
Runhua Zhang, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Fujie Zhou, Texas A&M Transportation Institute