Keynote Speakers

Martin Pietrucha

Senior Principal
Kittelson and Associates, Inc. and Kittelson, LLC

Martin Pietrucha has over 45 years experience in civil/transportation engineering specializing in highway design, highway traffic operations, highway safety, human factors, transportation planning, and transportation policy issues for a variety of public and private institutions.

He is currently a senior principal with Kittelson and Associates, Inc. and Kittelson, LLC and Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Pietrucha is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). He is a Past President of the Research and Education Division of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association and the Council of University Transportation Centers. He is past chair of the National Academy’s Transportation Research Board Committee on Traffic Control Devices, ASCE’s Highway and Traffic Safety Committee, and ITE’s Transportation Education Council. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey.

Richard F. Simon

Regional Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Richard Simon was appointed Regional Administrator for NHTSA Region 2 in October 2019. He leads a professional team of program managers in the development and delivery of behavioral traffic safety programs throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and oversees Federal highway safety grant funds distributed throughout the region.

Prior to this appointment, Richard served as Deputy Regional Administrator from 2004 to 2019, supervising the regional staff and serving as senior advisor to the Regional Administrator. He has been with NHTSA since 1989.

Previously, Richard was Director of Community Education for the NYCDOT Safety Education Unit, where he administered the city’s traffic safety grant program. He earned his MBA degree in Marketing Management from Pace University and BS degree in Economics from the City University of New York.