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Cathy Chase is President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, an alliance of consumer, public health, law enforcement and safety organizations and major property-casualty insurance companies and trade associations. Chase has over 25 years of experience in public policy, law and advocacy across the nonprofit and government sectors. Before joining Advocates in 1996, she held roles at Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Street Law, and in the New Jersey State Assembly, among others. Chase holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College.

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Jack Guan is an editorial intern with Streetsblog (summer and fall 2025). Originally from San Francisco, he is a UC Berkeley student studying at the intersection of cities, politics, and policy.

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Qiuyang Lu is a Senior Transportation Engineer at the <a class="cm qg" href="https://itdp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Institute for Transport and Development Policy</a>, with expertise in transport demand modeling, public policy, and logistics and supply chain management. Her recent work centers on the electrification of transportation, including electric two- and three-wheelers, trucks, and buses. Qiuyang holds a master’s degree in Transport from Imperial College London and University College London, and dual bachelor’s degrees in Logistics and Operations from Cardiff University and Transportation from Dalian Maritime University.

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Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog&#8217;s daily national news digest for years. He&#8217;s also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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Leslie Vasquez Guzman works as the Outreach Specialist at High Road Strategy Center. She grew up in Selma, California (the raisin capital of the world). Before moving to Wisconsin in 2021, Leslie attended the University of California, Berkeley where she earned degrees in Political Science and Public Policy. Prior to joining High Road Strategy Center, Leslie worked in the educational nonprofit sector where she focused on improving educational equity and resource access for historically underserved students in central California. In her free time, she enjoys going to comedy shows, running, hiking, kayaking, and riding her bike around Madison.

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Nolan Hicks covered transportation, housing, public health and city agencies in the City Hall bureau for The New York Post from 2018-2024, most recently as the paper’s Senior Reporter for City Affairs. He previously worked as a City Hall and general assignments at The Austin American-Statesman from 2016-2018, where he uncovered self-dealing by a top aide to the city’s then-mayor that resulted in a federal investigation and guilty pleas. Before that, he was a reporter at the New York Daily News and the San Antonio Express-News. He joined Streetsblog in January 2025.

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Natalie Draisin is a visionary leader in safe, sustainable mobility. As Director of the North American Office and United Nations Representative for the FIA Foundation, she has championed transformative initiatives. Natalie played a pivotal role in integrating road safety into the UN Sustainable Development Goals, led Congressional efforts urging the World Bank to adopt minimum safety standards, and secured adoption of the FIA’s Road Safety Index by Fortune 500 companies and the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services. She holds an MPH/MBA and BA in public health from Johns Hopkins, was recognized as a TUMI Remarkable Woman in Transportation, and is a recipient of the Global Vision Zero Leadership Award.

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Tom DeVito is the National Director of Families for Safe Streets, with 12 years of experience in transportation and safety advocacy. He helped launch Families for Safe Streets in New York during his first tenure at Transportation Alternatives (2013–2020), and later served as Senior Policy Manager for the Bluebikes and Citi Bike public bikeshare systems in Boston and New York (2020–2023). A skilled community organizer and strategist, Tom has played a key leadership role in many major policy wins such as New York City’s speed limit reductions (including the passage of Sammy’s Law), the 14th Street busway, congestion pricing, expanded funding for safer street designs and the passage of the Streets Master Plan, and growing the largest speed safety camera program in North America. He returned to Families for Safe Streets in 2023 to lead its national growth through a new strategic plan.

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Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

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