Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Ellie has 10 years of experience in transportation planning and policy, communications, and business development in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. As a Strategic Initiatives Manager at Metro, Ellie manages complex, interdepartmental projects on behalf of the COO and Operations senior leadership. These projects include development and implementation of executive priorities, management communications and consensus building, and time-sensitive executive staffing to the COO. As a consultant to transportation agencies and local, state, and federal governments, she balanced competing responsibilities on concurrent projects for transit-oriented development, station area planning, transit and rail facilities, bicycle and pedestrian access, environmental analysis, stakeholder coordination, and public engagement. While working in local government, Ellie developed and implemented strategies to promote non-single-occupant vehicle transportation options and supported the city’s transit, paratransit, and micromobility programs. She is also a Board Member of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) DC Chapter, actively bringing together transportation professionals throughout the region for professional development and networking opportunities.
Manages projects supporting service delivery and operations management across rail, bus, paratransit, the Metro Integrated Command and Communications Center, and Metro Transit Police Department. Projects typically span multiple modes or departments, further implementation of Metro’s Strategic Transformation Plan, or develop and implement COO priority initiatives.
Ellie supports a wide variety of planning and design projects, primarily in the DC region, including TOD/joint development studies at Metrorail stations; NEPA reviews for transit, rail, and multimodal infrastructure; stakeholder coordination and public engagement for design projects; GIS/spatial analysis; bicycle/pedestrian access studies; and alternatives analyses.
Supported the City's transportation demand management (TDM) program by planning and participating in public outreach events; Developed and executed resident-focused TDM strategies, marketing, and programs; Staffed elected City representative on the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board; Served as a City staffer of the Potomac Yard Metro Implementation Group (PYMIG); Coordinated transportation-related community events, including Bike to Work Day and PARK(ing) Day; Prepared the biannual GO Alex newsletter (print and digital); Implemented and administered City mitigation programs during the WMATA Platform Improvement Project
Produced firm qualifications and technical proposals in response to requests for proposals, including Standard Forms 330, 254, and 255; Conducted kick-off meetings with project managers and key technical staff to plan successful proposal strategies, identify and assign tasks, and develop a proposal production schedule; Supported business capture plans for new and existing public-sector clients; Tracked leads and opportunities for the DC and Tysons Corner offices; Developed pursuit-specific marketing collateral; Prepared presentation teams for short-list interviews; Drafted social media content for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
Produced firm qualifications and technical proposals in response to requests for proposals, including Standard Forms 330, 254, and 255; Conducted kick-off meetings with project managers and key technical staff to plan successful proposal strategies, identify and assign tasks, and develop a proposal production schedule; Prepared prequalification packages; Contributed to the design and creation of brochures and print marketing materials; Participated in government relations and Client Service Team activities; Wrote content published in the Northeast Division’s internal quarterly newsletter