Joe Moye has over 35 years of experience as a business executive and entrepreneur across the technology industry serving both the private and public sectors.

As the CEO of Beep Inc., Mr. Moye leads their efforts in the safe testing of electric, autonomous vehicles to serve the needs of public and private communities seeking to extend mobility for all in the United States. He has actively engaged with the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promote openness and transparency in the testing of autonomous vehicles across the industry to leverage data and learnings to advance this important area of innovation. Joe is a recognized expert and regular speaker in industry on the importance of U.S. leadership in autonomous transportation to positively impact safety, sustainability, mobility equity and technology innovation in our Country.

Before joining Beep, Joe was President of the Software Division and General Manager of the Public Sector Business Unit for Virtustream, a leading enterprise cloud services and software company. He was a member of the executive team which successfully integrated the business, post-acquisition, into Dell Technologies.

Prior to that, Joe served as President of Blackbaud's (BLKB) Enterprise Software Group where he led the transformation of the group's migration to a highly successful SAAS platform and business model. Joe also previously held the position of CEO for Capgemini’s U.S. Public Sector Company where he led multiple strategic technology transformation programs for the Departments of Transportation, Defense, Homeland Security and Agriculture.

He originally founded Gazelle Consulting, a branded leader of strategic services in data modeling, data enrichment and analytics for the financial services industry. This business was acquired by Adjoined Consulting and ultimately by Capgemini in 2006.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Florida State University. He is active in the community having served on multiple boards.

Clayton Tino is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Beep, overseeing daily operations and laying the groundwork for the company’s future scale. Prior to his role as COO, Clayton served as Chief Technology Officer, where he was responsible for product development, safety, and regulatory affairs, providing strategic leadership and oversight over the development of Beep’s autonomous mobility platform and services. Since joining Beep in 2019, Clayton has played an integral role in the growth of Beep’s autonomous mobility business, having led the deployment and operation of a majority of Beep’s autonomous vehicle programs to date. 

Prior to joining Beep, Clayton held various product and engineering leadership positions at Virtustream, a venture-backed cloud computing startup, where he started his career leading algorithm development for the company’s global cloud management platform. After Virtustream was acquired by EMC for $1.2 billion in 2015 and subsequently Dell Technologies in 2016, Clayton led the managed cloud platform organization, which developed highly scaled public cloud infrastructure products in partnership with VMware and Microsoft. 

Clayton earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a concentration in systems design and optimization. His work focused on probabilistic modeling and stochastic optimization for air traffic management applications. Prior to earning his doctorate degree, Clayton earned his Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering degrees from Georgia Tech. He holds patents in flight control systems and cloud platform management techniques. 

Beyond Beep, Clayton serves as Vice-Chair of the Georgia Tech Aerospace Engineering School Advisory Council (AESAC), has served as an Aerospace Engineering School Mentor in Residence, and through Beep, works as an industry partner of the AI Institute for Advances in Optimization. In 2024, he was awarded the “Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award” by Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering. Clayton lives in Atlanta with his wife and daughter. 

Brian Curran is a results-driven financial and operational executive with experience in joint-venture and acquisition-driven environments through his 15 years in the technology industry. 

Prior to joining Beep, Brian was the Chief Financial Officer for Netcracker Technology, a software company offering mission-critical solutions including business support systems, operations support systems and software-defined networking to service providers around the globe.​ Before that, Brian served as the Chief Financial Officer for Virtustream. Virtustream, a standalone subsidiary of Dell Technologies, is the enterprise-class cloud service provider purpose-built to migrate complex IT landscapes and mission-critical applications, such as SAP, to the cloud.

Before joining Virtustream, Brian was the Corporate Controller for VCE, a joint venture with VMware, Cisco, and EMC. One of the early VCE employees, he led various global teams that transformed the firm into a billion dollar business in just six years. ​ Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Saint Michael’s College, an MBA from Assumption College, and an MSA from Northeastern University.

Toby McGraw joined Beep as its Chief Revenue Officer in 2023, responsible for the comprehensive Go-To-Market strategy. With a proven track record in scaling teams and driving revenue growth, Toby brings 20 years of dynamic mobility leadership to Beep's industry-leading team. 

Before Beep, Toby served as SVP/EVP of Sales at HopSkipDrive, the leader in safe youth transportation, orchestrating its transformation from B2C to a thriving B2B model. His contributions saw revenue grow 10x while helping secure more than $100M in capital funding. Prior to his time at HopSkipDrive, Toby made significant contributions to the commercial vehicle telematics industry as a leader at Zonar Systems from 2008 to 2018. He culminated his tenure at Zonar as the SVP of Sales, overseeing its transition from a privately held founder based business into a subsidiary of the German-based organization Continental AG. Toby's data-driven strategies and team development skills make him an invaluable asset to Beep and the broader mobility industry. 

Toby resides in Los Angeles where he studied at the University of Southern California.

Cat Storch is an accomplished business strategist with experience in technology, finance, and operations across multiple sectors. As Chief of Staff at Beep, Cat is responsible for elevating team performance, supporting company scale through business intelligence, advancing next-generation vehicle partnerships, and orchestrating Beep's future fundraising strategy.

Before joining Beep in April 2024, Cat was an investor at TDF Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm where she helped lead the diligence process for TDF's initial investment in Beep at the Series A stage in 2022. Her contributions at TDF spanned portfolio company development, evaluating new investment opportunities, and developing investment theses in sustainable transportation and infrastructure.

Cat's career began as a strategy and management consultant at Altman Solon, where she advised corporate and financial clients in the technology industry. Her work included developing network planning tools for telecommunications companies and creating go-to-market strategies for global technology distributors. During her tenure, Cat also made a significant impact by building and contributing to charitable initiatives, including supporting pro-bono work for mission-driven startups.

Cat holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with dual majors in Neuroscience and Quantitative Social Science from Dartmouth College, as well as a Bridge Program certificate from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She currently resides in Washington, D.C., with her fiancé and cat, Rambo.

Wayne Arden is General Counsel for Beep. Prior to joining the company, Wayne spent nearly five years at Amazon Web Services, where he was responsible for leading and managing negotiations with customers including customized pricing, commitment and terms. During his tenure at AWS, Wayne closed deals with an aggregate value of more than $15 Billion with numerous deals of more than $500 Million. 

Prior to joining AWS, Wayne served as senior legal director for Virtustream, a Dell Company, where he served on global sales and public sector leadership teams. Wayne previously spent 18 years with Pitney Bowes Software in a variety of senior executive leadership roles, including General Counsel, where he managed a global legal and contracts team, and Vice President, Business Affairs and Licensing, where he was responsible for developing licensing and business models and leading the structuring, negotiating and drafting of complex technology transactions. 

Wayne began his legal career representing members of Congress, state legislators and political organizations on redistricting and voting rights legislation and litigation and serving as General Counsel to Election Data Services. He received his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and his B.A. from the University of South Florida.

Eduardo Rosa is an experienced executive with more than 25 years of experience in the technology Industry. Eduardo started his career with metro and railway automation in the 90s and evolved into team, product and project management in internet technology service providers, cloud computing and management platforms, and partner management for high-tech industries. 

Prior to joining Beep, Eduardo was a Partner at Microsoft, leading products and technology partners and customers in the Azure Core organization. Before that, Eduardo served as Chief Technology Officer for UOL, the largest service and infrastructure provider in Brazil, and as a VP of Technology at Virtustream, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, leading numerous teams to successfully expand and achieve business success in those companies. 

Eduardo holds a BS in Computer Engineering from University of Campinas, an MBA from University of Sorocaba, both in Brazil, and completed executive education programs in MIT and Harvard Business School.

Mark Reid is a sales, marketing and operations expert with more than 30 years of international experience spread across various industries. At Beep, Mark handles public affairs. 

Prior to Beep, Mark was the co-founder and CEO of Zilarah Technologies: an IT and Telecommunications solution provider known for its design, creation and implementation of mobile wallet software and hardware configurations on secured networks. Preceding this, he was co-founder and CEO of Jamaica Network Access Point Limited, a telecommunications colocation facility—the first of its kind in the Caribbean. Mark drove the planning, permitting, construction and operations, successfully deploying Stages I through III of the business model—namely the hub interconnection, intra-island, and inter-Caribbean deployment phases. 

Mark was also the founder and CEO of Haltek Global Corporation, a telecommunications firm in Florida, focused on the delivery of Voice over IP (VoIP) based solutions to a broad base of customers. He was also with Chang International Enterprises, Inc., (DBA Car World), a specialty automotive retailer, as their Operations Manager and quickly moved up to become the General Manager of their South Florida operations. 

Mark earned his MBA from Barry University in Miami, Florida.

Marc Klein has more than 20 years of experience delivering cutting-edge mobility and technology solutions across America.

Prior to Beep, Marc was Vice President of Data and Digital Advocacy Solutions at Majority Strategies LLC, a data-science, full-service marketing agency, where he represented micromobility companies, electric vehicle manufacturers, and advocacy groups dedicated to improving cities. In 2018, as Vice President of Microtransit Government Partnerships, Marc launched the business-to-government unit for Ford Motor Company’s Chariot Transit Inc., where he focused on improving accessibility, sustainability, and automobility options for the residents and visitors of cities.

Marc was Vice President of National Accounts and Airports at Clean Energy Fuels Corp., which is the largest provider of natural gas fuel for fleets in North America. In 2006, Marc co-founded The Vehicle Production Group LLC, which manufactured the MV-1, the first factory-direct wheelchair accessible vehicle that meets or exceeds the vehicle guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Marc was named a White House Champion of Change award winner by President Obama for creating innovative mobility, technology, and sustainability solutions. By trade, he is a commercial business lawyer and is admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut.

Marc graduated with a JD from Cardozo School of Law in New York and a BA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Since 2010, Alex has developed expertise in mobility policy through progressively senior roles within state government, federal government, and the private sector. After a career kickstart helping lead a congressional campaign to victory, Alex served as the Congressman’s senior policy advisor to the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee where he formed coalitions, advocated for policy priorities, and crafted laws that were signed by two different presidents. In 2019, he received a presidential appointment as senior governmental affairs officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

While in the Office of the Secretary, he was the point of first contact for congressional officials and local governments on issues relating to transit and motor carriers. Later, he was asked to lead the intergovernmental affairs office as Acting Associate Administrator for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), where he was recognized for Distinguished Service responding to the COVID-19 heath emergency by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao. 

In addition to regularly interfacing with governors, members of Congress, and committee staff to solve regulatory challenges, he led the development of the Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grant program and supported the deployment of billions of dollars in capital funding for transit projects across the nation through FTA’s portfolio of competitive grant programs. He joined Keolis North America as corporate affairs director in 2021 and began as vice president of public policy for Beep in January 2023. Alex graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in Speech Communications.

Nathan Slater currently serves as Regional Vice President of Sales at Beep, where he leads sales strategies and fosters partnerships to expand Beep's presence in autonomous mobility solutions across the West region. With a career dedicated to the mobility industry, Nathan brings a passion for ensuring accessible transportation that enhances people's daily lives. His extensive experience in transportation operations, program management, and business development enables him to approach transportation challenges with a comprehensive and strategic perspective.

Prior to joining Beep, Nathan rose through the ranks at Transdev within their business development team, leaving as a Business Development Vice President. He worked nationwide bringing transit operations management services to public transit agencies. In addition to public transit services, Nathan was also responsible for leading sales activities for the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) and microtransit business lines. He was selected as the United States representative for the inaugural On The Launch Pad program that featured rising talents throughout the organization worldwide.

In addition to his growth-focused responsibilities, Nathan has been a dedicated equity advocate, founding and co-chairing Transdev's inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council from 2021 to 2024. He is also an active member in organizations such as American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the Council of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), where he is one of the tier co-chairs for the Emerging Leaders cohort.

Currently residing in California, Nathan is a graduate of Florida State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and a minor in Hospitality Management from the FSU College of Business. He also holds a certificate in Business Strategy from Cornell University and obtained the Credential of Readiness (CORe) certificate from Harvard Business School Online that focuses on the fundamentals of business analytics, financial accounting, and economics.

Kevin Reid is a technology entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience creating software enabled solutions that deliver efficiency, enable innovation, and drive superior financial results for enterprises worldwide. He is a founding partner of Blue Lagoon Companies, where he incubates, advises, and invests in progressive technology companies that are disrupting and redefining their industries.

Kevin’s prior innovations have contributed to several successful venture capital exits, including two “unicorns,” (startups that reach a $1 billion valuation). Kevin serves as a Board Director of Lemongrass Ltd., Syniti (BackOffice Associates, LLC), Everstream Analytics PTE Ltd. and Stella Financial Solutions Inc. He previously co-founded Virtustream, an enterprise-class cloud company, and served as a Board Director, CEO and CTO prior to the company’s sale to EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC). 

At Virtustream, he co-invented and led the implementation of the MicroVM, a common currency for expressing, provisioning, and optimizing shared infrastructure resources on which he jointly obtained five US patents. He also drove the creation of the industry’s first trusted cloud platform with encryption down to the silicon layer - which is recognized by industry analysts as the most secure cloud computing platform for enterprise customers. In 2016 Dell Technologies (now NYSE: DELL) acquired EMC in the largest acquisition in the technology industry’s history. Kevin served as a President within Dell Technologies and was appointed to the company’s Global Strategy Leadership Council and its CTO Council. 

Prior to Virtustream, Kevin co-founded Greensmith Energy Management Systems, a US-based leader in intelligent energy storage technology and solutions. In his capacity as Chairman of the Board, he contributed to creating the company’s industry leading energy management software system, GEMS, pioneering central control capabilities of distributed energy storage appliances—revolutionizing the power distribution network. Greensmith was acquired in 2017 by Wärtsilä Corporation (OMX: WRT1V). Before Greensmith, Kevin was co-founder and CTO of Adjoined, a U.S.-based management consulting, technology and outsourcing firm targeting the Global 2000 market, where he was responsible for sales and delivery of the firm’s technology services. 

And then prior to Adjoined, Kevin served as CIO for Florida Crystals Corporation (FCC), a privately held company recognized as one of the largest sweetener companies in the world. Black Enterprise named him one of 2018’s most powerful African American executives in corporate America, and he was the joint recipient of Intel Capital’s Entrepreneur/Exit of the Year award in 2015. Aside from his professional work, Kevin is also an active philanthropist, co-founding The Blue Lagoon Foundation—which continuously raises awareness and passively sources funds for philanthropic programs (including an initiative to help children in his native Jamaica to further their educations and build brighter futures). He also serves as a Trustee for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. 

Kevin graduated with an MBA from the University of Miami and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University.

Rodney Rogers is recognized as a successful serial entrepreneur and expert technologist with more than 30 years in the technology services industry—known for his leadership contributions in the realization of two back-to-back “unicorns” (startups that achieve billion-dollar valuations). 

Today, Rod operates as a founding partner of the Blue Lagoon Companies which develops, advises and invests in disruptive technology start-ups and next-generation technology companies. He serves as Chairman of the Board for UnitedLex, Inc. and Lemongrass Ltd., and as a Board Director of Revenue Analytics, Inc. and Agrematch Ltd. He also served on the Board of New Signature, Inc. prior to its sale to Cognizant in 2020. 

Previously, Rod served as Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Virtustream, the enterprise-class cloud company trusted by organizations worldwide to run their mission-critical applications—until its acquisition by EMC Corporation, which marked one of the largest private technology start-up exits in 2015. After the EMC acquisition, Virtustream became one of EMC’s four Federation operating companies with Rod as CEO reporting directly to the CEO of EMC. In 2016, Dell Technologies acquired EMC in the largest acquisition in the technology industry’s history. Rod then led Virtustream through its second successful post-merger integration in as many years, and ultimately on to become one of Dell Technologies’ seven ingredient brands. From 2016 until the time he retired in 2018, Rod served as the President of the Virtustream business, a member of both the Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group and Dell Services & Digital executive leadership teams, and as a member of the Dell Technologies extended leadership team. 

Prior to Virtustream, Rod was co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Adjoined. From its inception in 2000 through its acquisition by Kanbay (NASDQ: KBAY) in 2006, Adjoined was known as one of the fastest-growing US-based IT services companies in the industry. After the acquisition in 2006, Rod went on to become COO and SEC Section-16 Officer of Kanbay, a global IT Services firm, reporting directly to the CEO. In 2007, Kanbay was acquired by Capgemini SE (CAP: EN Paris). After the acquisition, Rod became Managing Director of Capgemini’s East US Business and served on Capgemini’s US Country Managing Board until he retired from Capgemini in 2008. 

Rod is a three-time E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, an American Business Awards CEO winner, and was jointly recognized as Intel Capital’s Entrepreneur/Exit of the Year in 2015. Rod is also an angel investor and advisor to a variety of technology startups and the co-founder and director of The Blue Lagoon Foundation, a non-profit charitable giving organization. 

Rod holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and is the establisher of the Rodney & Judith Rogers Entrepreneurial Excellence Endowment for the Warrington School of Business at the University of Florida. He also serves as an Advisor to the University of Florida’s Innovative Ventures Fund. In 2020, Rod was awarded the University of Florida’s prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award in recognition of his “achievements, demonstrated service, and exceptional leadership.

Joe Moye has over 35 years of experience as a business executive and entrepreneur across the technology industry serving both the private and public sectors.

As the CEO of Beep Inc., Mr. Moye leads their efforts in the safe testing of electric, autonomous vehicles to serve the needs of public and private communities seeking to extend mobility for all in the United States. He has actively engaged with the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promote openness and transparency in the testing of autonomous vehicles across the industry to leverage data and learnings to advance this important area of innovation. Joe is a recognized expert and regular speaker in industry on the importance of U.S. leadership in autonomous transportation to positively impact safety, sustainability, mobility equity and technology innovation in our Country.

Before joining Beep, Joe was President of the Software Division and General Manager of the Public Sector Business Unit for Virtustream, a leading enterprise cloud services and software company. He was a member of the executive team which successfully integrated the business, post-acquisition, into Dell Technologies.

Prior to that, Joe served as President of Blackbaud's (BLKB) Enterprise Software Group where he led the transformation of the group's migration to a highly successful SAAS platform and business model. Joe also previously held the position of CEO for Capgemini’s U.S. Public Sector Company where he led multiple strategic technology transformation programs for the Departments of Transportation, Defense, Homeland Security and Agriculture.

He originally founded Gazelle Consulting, a branded leader of strategic services in data modeling, data enrichment and analytics for the financial services industry. This business was acquired by Adjoined Consulting and ultimately by Capgemini in 2006.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Florida State University. He is active in the community having served on multiple boards.

Nick Beucher oversees all company operations as President of Tavistock Development Company, including management of Tavistock’s flagship project: Lake Nona, a 17-square-mile, master-designed community in Orlando, Florida, ranked among the top-selling communities in America. Nick is also responsible for building strategic partnerships that support and advance Tavistock Development Company’s growing portfolio of projects.

Beucher initially joined Tavistock in 2010 as an Asset Manager tasked with acquisitions and corporate restructuring. During his tenure, he spearheaded Lake Nona’s multifamily residential strategy and was instrumental in opening the WaterMark, Ariel, LandonHouse, and Pixon apartment communities.Beucher also oversees additional assets within the international Tavistock Group portfolio, including The St. Regis Atlanta. He sits on the boards of Boxer Capital, Nexus Luxury Collection, and 25 Capital Partners. 

An Orlando native, Beucher is an alumnus of the University of Central Florida where he earned his undergraduate, Master in Sports Business Management and Master of Business Administration degrees.

Mark Joseph, with over 30 years of leadership experience in operating public and private transportation, is the former CEO of Transdev North America (TDNA), from 2006-2017, becoming the Global Chief Commercial Officer for Transdev Group, and member of the Global Executive Committee. Under Mark’s leadership, TDNA increased their revenues from $50 million/ year to $1.5 billion (2001-2017), serving 200 locations with 20,000 thousand employees. 

Mark is the Founder and CEO of Mobitas Advisors, LLC and is a mobility/energy tech expert, investor/advisor, serves on a number of boards. He is a Venture Partner in NextGear Ventures and DRIVE - the leading Mobility Innovation Hub in Israel ( Honda, Volvo, Goodyear, Hertz, Cox, and others ), as well as a Managing Partner in Chakra Growth Capital LLC, and is a Senior Advisor to Improved Corporate Finance &Drake Star Investment Banks, as well as an Advisor to Prime Movers Fund ($500 mill ) and others (Optibus, Ottopia, Rubicon Global, and others). He currently serves on the boards of First Transit (EQT-1.5Bill), Ruppert Landscape, SAFE (Securing America’s Future Energy), University of Maryland Medical Center, Biliti Electric, and others.

Jennifer Krusius is a venture partner at ABS Capital where she focuses on technology enabled businesses. In this capacity, she leads the exploration and build out of new investment theses, negotiates investments, and advises venture and growth stage companies. Prior to ABS, Jennifer worked at Columbia Capital, where she co-founded Vivacity Networks, a connected infrastructure company. 

Before Columbia Capital, she was the General Manager of Uber Technologies’ business in Pennsylvania. At Uber, she led business operations, scaling the business to 100% of the state, and oversaw product launches, marketing, business development, and the passing of statewide legislation. Earlier in her career, Jennifer was a growth equity investor at IFC Asset Management Company and Emerging Capital Partners, working with growing companies in the media, telecom, infrastructure, mining, and financial institutions sectors, focusing primarily on companies and investments in Africa and South America. 

Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is on the board at Vivacity Infrastructure Group and advises startups in the autonomous vehicle, technology and infrastructure spaces.

Mark Rostick is a Vice President & Senior Managing Director located in Raleigh, NC. He is a voting member of Intel Capital’s investment committee. He joined Intel Capital in 1999.

Mark also co-manages Intel Capital's Cloud domain investment activities and portfolio. He has deep investment experience in cloud applications, infrastructure hardware and software as well as AI/ML. As a member of Intel Capital’s Investment Committee, he is responsible for approving investments proposed by Intel Capital investors, as well as managing the group’s personnel and operations.

Mark currently serves as a director or observer on the boards of Beep, Cherre, Hypersonix, Immuta, Lilt, MinIO, Opaque Systems, Tetrate, and Verta.

Prior to Intel, Mark worked as a practicing attorney and in banking.

As Senior Counsel at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, ​Jim Nicholson's practice includes counseling clients in public policy, veterans affairs, information technology, health care and international relations. Jim served as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs from 2005 to 2007. Prior to his tenure at the VA, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. During his tenure Pope John Paul II knighted him for his leadership on human rights issues in Europe. He was the chairman of the Federal Interagency Council on Homelessness. Jim was a director of New Community Development Corporation and Commissioner of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), both Presidential appointments.

Jim has led an active political life, which includes serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1997-2001. He has worked on a number of political campaigns at every level, from county commissioner to U.S. President. As Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Jim set records for fundraising, and in 2000 presided over winning the Presidency and majorities in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, state governors and state legislatures. In 1978, he established Nicholson Enterprises, Inc., which became a nationally recognized land development and home building company. He has been inducted into the National Housing Hall of Fame. Jim served as a commissioner on the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission. He was a director of St. Mary Land and Exploration Company, a director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado, Inc., and chairman of the board of the Volunteers of America of Colorado. He serves as director of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc.; The Daniels Fund; Federated Funds; New Day USA; and is a fellow of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Ray LaHood has extensive experience on major national policy issues, with more than 36 years in public administration. He served as the 16th Department of Transportation Secretary from 2009 to 2013 and quickly became known as a fair leader and skilled conciliator in a highly volatile environment. Ray’s tenure marked landmark efforts to improve safety in every mode of transportation, from aviation and rail to pipelines and automobiles.

Under his leadership, improvements to America’s infrastructure included building or replacing 350,000 miles of highway, repairing 20,000 bridges and renewing or constructing 6,000 miles of rail track. He also achieved more stringent fuel efficiency requirements from automakers, took steps to address airline pilot fatigue and turned the problem of distracted driving into a national concern. 

Before heading the US Department of Transportation, Ray served from 1995 to 2009 in the US House of Representatives on behalf of the 18th District of Illinois and also served on various House committees, among them the powerful House Appropriations Committee and the House Intelligence Committee. 

Hinrich J. Woebcken is a Washington, D.C. based global automotive and manufacturing CEO and board member by leading and operating OEM’s and Tier 1 Suppliers. He is now Partner with the investment firm Blue Lagoon Capital and is Senior Advisor to private equity, Apollo Global Management. He sits on boards in various Automotive and Tech related startup companies and most recently, he was President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America Inc. which included a family of worldwide brands: Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Electrify America, as well as VW Credit, Inc. in the United States. 

He served as CEO for Volkswagen across the North American Region (USA, Mexico and Canada), overseeing all activities and was credited for successfully leading through a substantial brand and corporate crisis caused by the emission scandal and was regaining trust with all stakeholders. 

Prior to joining Volkswagen AG, he spent 30 years in the Automotive, Truck and Manufacturing industry. Hinrich additionally spent nearly 10 years with the BMW Group where he held senior leadership positions, including Global Procurement and Driving Dynamics on Senior Vice President level.