Chair, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Critical Infrastructure Protection

Laurel Radow joined the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) in 1996. In 1998-1999, she was a key member in both FHWA’s and the DOT’s
preparation for Y2K and a member of the U.S. DOT’s Crisis Management Center staff that worked the night
of Y2K. She worked on the FHWA response following 9/11, which included serving as a member of FHWA’s
Emergency Response Team (ERT) and, in 2002-2004, as FHWA’s emergency coordinator (alternate). From 2004
until her retirement at the end of 2016, she served as a member of the FHWA Office of Operation’s
Traffic Incident and Events Management Team and as program manager for the agency’s
Evacuations/Emergencies and Planned Special Events programs. Since 2017, she has served as the chair of
the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Critical Infrastructure Protection. In
2018, she served as co-chair of the Transportation RISE Summit planning committee. She also
served as the guest managing editor for the September/October 2021 TR News issue that commemorated the
20 years of research and work in transportation security and emergency management since 9/11.
She serves as the co-chair of the American Astronomical Society’s Solar Eclipse Task Force’s Local
Planning Working Group.