Madeline Wander (MURP ’12) has been selected by the Board of Regents of the Eno Center for Transportation to participate in the 20th annual Eno Leadership Development Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference, to be held June 3-7, will provide a first-hand look at how transportation policy is developed and implemented. Wander will meet with top government officials, leaders of associations, and members of Congress and their staff. “This is a prestigious program and I know that UCLA will be well represented by Madeline’s participation,” said Urban Planning Professor Brian Taylor.
Students who complete the intensive program will be better equipped to understand the policy-making process that will become increasingly more important as they pursue careers in transportation, said Joshua Schank, Eno’s President and CEO.
Wander is a 2008 graduate of Occidental College and majored in Urban and Environmental Policy. The second-year Master of Urban and Regional Planning student is focusing on transit equity, environmental justice, and travel behavior. She is a research assistant for Professors Evelyn Blumenberg and Brian Taylor and a graduate researcher at USC’s program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE). After graduation, she plans to conduct community-based research around issues of environmental and economic justice in low-income and disenfranchised neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
About the Eno Transportation Foundation
The Eno Transportation Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., is a neutral, non-partisan think-tank that promotes policy innovation and provides professional development opportunities across the career span of transportation professionals.