July 2018 HAPI Lunch Meeting

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You DO NOT need a ticket to attend (i.e. no need to “Claim Your Order”).  Please see the person that registered you to obtain a copy of your ticket.

Program Topic: Overview of the FHWA in Hawaii
Speaker: Ralph Rizzo, FHWA, Hawaii Division Administrator

Date: Friday, July 20, 2018
Location: Pearl Country Club (98-535 Kaonohi St), Pearl II Room
Time:
11:00 a.m. – Social Time
11:30 a.m. – Lunch
12:10 a.m. – Appreciate gift giveaway (see below)
12:15 p.m. – Mr. Rizzo’s Presentation (see below)
1:00 p.m. – Adjourn
Menu: Buffet

Costs:  HAPI Members and Invited Guests ($0)
Non-HAPI Members ($30)

Program: Overview of the FHWA in Hawaii
– Mission and Hawaii Office organization
– Overview of EDC
– Overview of STIC
– Overview of LTAP – the program and how will contractors and consultant be involved
– What’s happening legislatively at the national level

Ralph J. Rizzo
Federal Highway Administration
Division Administrator, Hawaii

Ralph Rizzo moved into the Division Administrator position in October of 2016 after serving as Assistant Division Administrator for the Hawaii Division since November of 2014. He leads a team responsible for administering a more than $170 million annual Federal-aid program in the State of Hawaii, and the Pacific Territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with a staff of fourteen professionals, he provides leadership and guidance to State and local officials on national transportation program policy and goals in the planning, design, construction and operations of the nation’s highway system.

Ralph has 19 years of experience as a transportation planner, all with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Prior to joining FHWA in 1992, worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, and a Master of Arts in U.S. History, both from the George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Appreciate gift giveaway:  At each lunch meeting, our executive director, Jon Young, gives away a gift he has purchased as a token of his appreciation for the support by the members, industry partners and friend at making HAPI a success.