Joshua Schank

Joshua Schank is a Partner at InfraStrategies, a transportation and financial advisory firm, where he leads a practice focused on innovation, strategic planning, and technology. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Research Associate at the Mineta Transportation Institute.

Prior to joining InfraStrategies and UCLA, Dr. Schank was the first-ever Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). Dr. Schank previously served as President and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation, a leading national transportation policy think-tank. Prior to that he led the National Transportation Policy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center and has worked as a consultant for Parsons Brinkerhoff (now WSP) and ICF International.

Dr. Schank served as Transportation Policy Advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during the authorization of SAFETEA-LU and is the co-author of All Roads Lead to Congress: The 300 Billion Dollar Fight Over Highway Funding. Dr. Schank holds a PhD in Urban Planning from Columbia University, and a Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His forthcoming book is entitled New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies: Improving Policy Outcomes in the Public Sector.