Susi Marinkovich is the Team Leader - Customer Focus within the Public Transport Operations Team at Waikato Regional Council. She's the self-professed 'bus lady' of Hamilton and the wider Waikato region and is dedicated to making the local bus network the best it can be for the passengers it serves. Susi has a Bachelor of Communications and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Waikato and more than 15 years of public transport experience in New Zealand and the UK.

Qualified in civil engineering, town planning, project management, (human) resource management and economics, David Willmott has over 55 years’ experience in civil planning and engineering, ranging from roads and drainage through arterial and motorways, main road network design, and various land uses (residential subdivisions to major traffic generators; - city and town centres, universities, major hospitals, showgrounds, public parks, marine terminals etc). Initially joining Auckland Council’s new Traffic & Motorways Dept as junior to two American-experienced engineers in a total staff of 8, much of that experience capitalized on the strong AASHTO traffic planning and design foundation obtained there. Subsequently he worked for two local governments, major consultancies in Auckland and abroad (15 years), IBRD, ADB, UNDP, and ENEX, Governments of Nigeria, Cameroun, and Indonesia for periods of 3 months to three years, and seven other (mostly ASEAN) nations for lesser periods. For the last 40 years he has been an independent consultant, often an expert witness or direct engagement by local and foreign consultancies and agencies. David was elected to the fore-runner of the Transportation Group at its first meeting in 1969, and has since served on the Auckland and national committees for about 15 years.

Kathy is a civil engineering consultant specialising in transport. She has experience as a consultant working with and for the New Zealand Government as well as in the private sector. Kathy is involved in all aspects of traffic engineering and transport planning with a focus on business cases, feasibility studies and transport studies. Kathy has been involved in product development. She engages in co-creation and co-design type projects such as Hackathons. She is interested in the intersect of technology and innovation and how this can improve engineering processes and create new solutions for example in Smart Cities and ITS.

Jeremy is a town planner and holds a Masters of Planning and Practice from the University of Auckland. Beginning his career in the regulatory planning area Jeremy has extensive experience in both local government and the private sector. Since 2016, Jeremy has worked as a Senior Travel Demand Planner at Auckland Transport which has involved the development, delivery and monitoring of Travel Demand Management Plans, projects and initiatives to increase travel choices and encourage behaviour change.

Isabella hails from Porirua where she now lives. She's known for co-founding Frocks On Bikes a decade ago, and for convening Talk Wellington in the here and now. Professionally she's a freelancer, facilitating people for productive agreement (and productive disagreement), and consulting to local and central government on liveable streets and the associated engagement. And she's a firm believer in the power of good civic action, civilised urban chaos, and good coffee.

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