Ann Steedly, a licensed civil engineer, multilingual and cross-sector communicator, and expert in equity and environmental justice, uses her multidisciplinary skills and background to help agencies, organizations and communities operationalize their visions and goals. With a penchant for economics and finance, policy, process, and strategic planning, and an emphasis on implementable strategies, she leads development of plans and actions that yield tangible results and progress towards desired, more resilient futures.

Ann is a founding partner with Planning Communities, a socially responsible company that works to support healthy, active, resilient and equitable communities. Leveraging her expertise in equity, health, economic impacts, multimodal transportation planning, climate action, resiliency, and sustainability, Ann helps communities create physical infrastructure that is accessible for all and that supports the social infrastructure that allows communities and individuals to thrive. Bringing a full range of voices and experiences to the table in this process, Ann cultivates trust, empowers those who are involved or affected, and creates outcomes that provide co-benefits for all parties involved.

She serves as Communications Coordinator for TRB’s Committee on Equity in Transportation Committee (AME10) and is active with the Transportation and Health and Community Resources and Impacts Committees.