D3-3-Disciplines 3 & 5 PM Julie Schafer Resume.pdf
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This is a resume document for Julie Schafer, Director of State Initiatives at RLS & Associates, Inc., submitted in response to the Arizona Department of Transportation's On Call Transit Consultant Services RFP (solicitation number BPM007068). Ms. Schafer brings 24 years of transportation experience, including extensive expertise in transit administration, operations planning, grants management, and regulatory compliance. Her professional background includes serving as a former transit manager and her current role as RLS' Director in charge of State DOT task order/on-call service assignments. Ms. Schafer is the Lead Planner for the Ohio Mobility Transformation project, which coordinates policies, funding, planning, and technology across 14 state agencies, and serves as Project Manager and Lead Reviewer for Indiana's Compliance Monitoring project, conducting on-site compliance reviews of 45 rural and small urban transit systems. She holds a Certified Community Transit Manager designation and maintains a Registered Guardian Certification.
Ms. Schafer's professional experience demonstrates particular strength in the disciplines relevant to ADOT's procurement, including transit planning, transit operations, strategic planning, and coordination of mobility management projects. Since June 2011, she has provided grants management services across multiple states including Ohio, North Carolina, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Massachusetts, with over 10 years of dedicated support to Ohio DOT staff and rural transit systems. Her experience encompasses Federal and state grants management for FTA Section 5311 and 5307 systems, financial auditing, staff training, interim transit management, system transitions, and technical assistance to rural and small urban transit providers. Ms. Schafer implements rigorous quality control practices including quality assurance reviews, continuous oversight, regular progress reporting, and commitment to exceeding industry standards, ensuring consistency, clarity, and accuracy in all deliverables and client interactions.
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RLS & Associates, Inc.
A former transit manager, Ms. Julie Schafer is experienced in transit administration, opera-tions, planning, grants management, and regulatory compliance. She is the RLS Director in charge of RLS’ State DOT task order/on-call service assignments as well as the RLS Circuit Rider for rural and small urban transit systems. Ms. Schafer’s current assignments also include Lead Planner for the Ohio Mobility Transformation project, to align the elements of policies, fund-ing, planning, and technology into a coordinated and enhanced mobility platform among 14 State agencies funding human service transportation. This project has attracted the attention of Federal Transit Administration leadership and is currently in Phase 2 of introducing this alignment vision to pilot areas in the state. Finally, Ms. Schafer is the Project Manager and Lead Reviewer for the Indiana Compliance Monitoring project for conducting on-site compliance review of Indiana’s 45 rural and small urban transit systems.
JULIE SCHAFER
Director of State Initiatives
EDUCATION
Attended Miami University-Hamilton
YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE
AFFILIATIONS
Certified Community Transit Manager Registered Guardian Certification
QUALITY CONTROL PRACTICES
Quality Assurance Reviews
Open Dialogue with Clients
Continuous Oversight Ensuring Consistency, Clarity and Accuracy
Regular Updates and Progress Reports
Exceeding Expectations on Tasks and Deliver-ables
Adhering to a Strict Plan for Quality
Commitment to Continuing Education for All Staff Members
Exceeding Industry Standards
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Associate/Director of State Initiatives, RLS & Associates, Inc., June 2011
— Present - An experienced Project Manager, Ms. Schafer is RLS’ Director of State Initiatives in charge of RLS’ State DOT contracts. She is known for her abil-ity to critically assess difficult challenges and develop solutions that benefit not only the State, but the transit system and most importantly, the citizens who depend on the transit service. A sample of Ms. Schafer’s recent projects have included on-site grants management, operations and staff training for Ohio transit systems, including with assisting with onboarding four new 5311 sys-tems, Section 5311(f) financial audit of Barons Bus Lines, financial review and technical assistance to Washington County Transit, the Mobility Ohio project, and Tennessee Office of Mobility and Accessibility Strategic Plan development.
Ms. Schafer is highly experienced in Federal and state grants management. Cur-rently, she provides these services in Ohio, North Carolina, West Virginia, and New Hampshire. In addition, Ms. Schafer provides support for the Tennessee, Wisconsin, Indiana, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, Rural Transit Assis-tance Programs (RTAP) and is the lead reviewer for the Indiana DOT compliance monitoring program. For over 10 years, Ms. Schafer has provided grants man-agement support to Ohio DOT staff and Ohio’s rural transit systems. Ms. Schaf-er’s combination of local transit and State DOT experience give her a unique perspective and valuable insights to assist and support both State and local transit system staffs.
As a Ohio Rural Circuit Rider, Ms. Schafer provides on-site training and technical assistance for ODOT’s Section 5311 transit systems. In this role, she provided on -site grants management, transit operations management and staff training to multiple Section 5311 systems, served as the interim transit manager for the Chillicothe Transit System; coordinated the transition of the Logan Transit Sys-tem to a new provider, including coordinating all training and hiring of person-nel; provided on-site management assistance to Marion Area Transit, and sever-al other interim assignments.
In addition, Ms. Schafer has conducted critical assessments and provided on-site assistance to transit systems in Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina, and New Hampshire. Projects in West Virginia included a new Section 5307 system start up and transition of a Section 5311 system to a new provider. Projects in New Hampshire included transitioning a Section 5311 system to a new provider, all aspects of a new transit system start up, interim transit system management, and staff training. In North Carolina, she provided on-site grants management, financial planning, and resource development training and assistance to a finan-cially challenged system with new staff.
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