After working with the counties in the Western Region, Luke Benson will now oversee Central Maryland including the counties of Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, and the City of Annapolis. Mr. Benson will continue to be the liaison between MDOT MTA OLTS and RTAP. Mr. Benson can be reached at lbenson@mdot.maryland.gov . As the most recent addition to OLTS, Kirby Wilhelm is the planner for the Western Region of Maryland, including Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties. Prior to joining the OLTS team, Mr. Wilhelm worked with the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), starting in late 2019 as a Program Associate, spending most of his time with the National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM). During his tenure with CTAA, he worked with communities of all shapes and sizes to start new public transportation service, improve relationships between social services providers and transportation, and expand existing community transportation and mobility management offerings. Prior to coming to the transportation world, Mr. Wilhelm worked in affordable housing and sustainability outreach. Mr. Wilhelm can be reached at kwilhelm1@mdot.maryland.gov . Bryan Glazer joined the OLTS staff in June of 2022 as Administrative Assistant following four years (2018- 2022) with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA)
Office of I-495 & I-260 OP3. During his tenure with MDOT SHA, he assisted in the development of the OP3 Procurement Office and helped lead development of their onboarding and procurement procedures. Mr. Glazer can be reached at bglazer1@mdot.maryland.gov. In addition to those already mentioned, the OLTS Regional Planners/Program Managers are:
Jason Kepple – Eastern Shore of Maryland jkepple@mdot.maryland.gov
Nancy Huggins – Human Services Programs Statewide nhuggins@mdot.maryland.gov
Bruce Hojnacki - Southern Maryland bhojnacki@mdot.maryland.gov
Chris Taylor – Northern Maryland and City of Baltimore ctaylor7@mdot.maryland.gov
Glenn Hoge – Chief of Statewide Transit Development/Statewide NTD Coordinator ghoge@mdot.maryland.gov
Travis Johnston - Director tjohnston@mdot.maryland.gov
Pictured above from left to right are Kirby Wilhelm, Jason Kepple, Travis Johnston, FTA Region 3 Regional Administrator Terry Garcia Crews, Tanya Nichols, Nancy Huggins, Bryan Glazer, Luke Benson, and Bruce Hojnacki
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