Patricia (Trish) Hendren is the Executive Director of The Eastern Transportation Coalition, a partnership of 19 states and D.C. focused on connecting for solutions that keep people and goods moving throughout one of the world’s busiest transportation corridors. Under Dr. Hendren’s leadership, the Coalition has embarked on, and enhanced initiatives related to incident management, traveler information, transforming data into useful information, freight planning, truck parking, toll reciprocity, electric vehicles, and funding alternatives. Trish’s focus at the Coalition is developing innovative and implementable ideas for a diverse group of agencies.