Charge 

The MPO Policy Committee is designated by the governor of Illinois and northeastern Illinois local officials as the region's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). It is the decision-making body for all regional transportation plans and programs for this area. The MPO Policy Committee plans, develops and maintains an affordable, safe and efficient transportation system for the region, providing the forum through which local decision makers develop regional plans and programs.

On March 14, 2007, the MPO Policy Committee and the CMAP Board adopted a  Memorandum of Understanding  with regard to transportation planning and programming in Northeastern Illinois. The agreement covers the working relationship between the two boards, whose responsibilities are defined in the Regional Planning Act and federal legislation. By adopting this agreement, the MPO Policy Committee and CMAP Board affirmed their commitment to coordinate and integrate the region's planning for land use and transportation in an open and collaborative process.
 

2012 Meeting Schedule

The MPO Policy Committee meetings are held on the second Thursday of January, March, June and October at the CMAP offices at 10:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

• Special Meeting - December 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
• January 12, 2012
• March 8, 2012
• June 14, 2012
• October 11, 2012

MPO Policy Committee 

Representing	Name	Position	Organization
Municipal Government
Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)	Gabe Klein	Commissioner	Chicago Department of Transportation
Council of Mayors	Jeffrey Schielke	Mayor	City of Batavia
Counties
Cook	Robin Kelly	Chief Administrative Officer	Cook County
DuPage	Thomas Cuculich	Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning	DuPage County
Kane	Karen McConnaughay	County Board Chair	Kane County
Kendall	John Purcell	County Board Chair	Kendall County
Lake	Martin Buehler	County Engineer	Lake County
McHenry	Kenneth D. Koehler	County Board Chair	McHenry County
Will	Lawrence Walsh	County Executive	Will County
Federal Agencies
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)	Norm Stoner	Division Administrator	FHWA
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)	Marisol Simon	Regional Administrator	FTA
Regional Agencies
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)	Frank Beal	Executive Director	Metropolis Strategies
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)	Elliott Hartstein	Former Village President	Village of Buffalo Grove (Lake)
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)	Leanne Redden	Senior Deputy Executive Director, Planning and Regional Programs	RTA
Operating Agencies
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)	Forrest E. Claypool	President	CTA
Class I Railroads	Michael W. Payette	Vice President of Government Affairs	Union Pacific Railroad
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)	Ann Schneider*	Secretary	IDOT
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA)	Kristi Lafleur	Executive Director	ISTHA
METRA	Alexander D. Clifford	Executive Director/CEO	METRA
PACE	Richard Kwasneski	Chairman	PACE
Private Providers	John C. McCarthy	President	Continental Airport Express
* Chairman ** Vice-Chairman Updated 11/22/11