Annie Nam (SCAG): Annie Nam currently serves as the deputy director of planning for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), leading long-range planning, programming, and strategic initiatives in transportation. She oversees three planning departments, including integrated planning and programming, mobility and goods movement planning, and partnerships for innovative deployment.  Previously she managed the goods movement and transportation finance department.   She has over twenty-five years of research, analysis, and planning experience, specializing in surface transportation policy and financing. She oversees regional planning initiatives, evaluating transportation system performance and associated economic impacts. She was instrumental in leading the development of Southern California’s Comprehensive Regional Goods Movement Plan and Implementation Strategy and oversaw the development of SCAG’s concept of operations for the Regional Express Lane System and Mobility Go Zone (Congestion Pricing) Program. Additionally, she directs the development of financial strategies for SCAG’s Regional Transportation Plan. More recently, she has been leading SCAG’s last mile delivery research and demonstration efforts, focusing on clean and innovative technologies.  Prior to joining SCAG, Ms. Nam worked for the City of New York, where she developed financial forecasting models, analyzed capital project financing and economic policy initiatives.  Ms. Nam holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Columbia University.