Marilyn Smith, Executive Director of the Dover/Kent County MPO, speaks with Madison Matera (MPA ‘22), Public Administration Fellow at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about transitioning to work in Delaware, the crucial role of transportation planning, and the opportunities presented by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Topics covered during this January 7, 2022 episode include steps Marilyn is taking to get to know Delaware; the role of social equity considerations in the MPO’s work; and interconnections among transportation, economic prosperity, and quality of life in our communities. 

Marilyn was appointed Executive Director on December 3, 2020. Before coming to the MPO, Marilyn served nine years as Senior Economic Development Advisor in the office of U.S. Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20). From 2000-2012, Marilyn was Executive Director for Cornell University (NY) Cooperative Extension in Fulton and Montgomery Counties. Prior to moving to New York State, Marilyn spent ten years working in county government in Utah.

For more on the work of Marilyn and her team at the Dover/Kent County MPO, visit https://doverkentmpo.delaware.gov/. For more information on the Institute for Public Administration, visit https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.

Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License

Perspectives on Transportation Planning

Joseph Kane,  Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, speaks with  Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about his research on the nation's infrastructure workforce and IPA's ongoing study of workforce development needs and opportunities associated with infrastructure in Delaware. 

For more information on the Brookings Institution, visit brookings.edu. Mr. Kane's research related to infrastructure and workforce development needs can be reviewed here: https://www.brookings.edu/author/joseph-kane/?type=research.

This episode was recorded on June  4, 2020. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.

Workforce Development for Infrastructure

Information, perspectives, and analysis for public policy, management, and community and economic development in Delaware.

Presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a research and public service center in the University of Delaware's Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration.

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