History of NCUTCD and NCUTCD Leadership

 
1932The Joint Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (JC) met for the first time
1948The Joint Committee was renamed the National Joint Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NJC)
1972The National Advisory Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NAC) was established by the FHWA replacing the NJC
1979The FHWA dissolved the National Advisory Committee
1980The NCUTCD held its first meeting
1935E.W. James was elected Chair of the Joint Committee
1944H.E. Hilts—Bureau of Public Roads
1954E.H. Holms—Bureau of Public Roads
1970Jim Wilson—California DOT
1972Jim Wilson—California DOT was the first Chair of the NAC
1974Al Pepper—Colorado DOT was elected Chair
1979Richard Luettich—Maine DOT was elected Chair
1980Richard Luettich—Maine DOT was elected first Chair of the NCUTCD
1990Ken Kobetsky—West Virginia DOT
2004Lee Billingsley—Broward County, FL
2018Gene Hawkins – Texas A&M University
1980Woody Rankin—Highway Users Federation
1984Archie Burnham—Georgia DOT
1990Dave Kuemmel—Marquette University
1998George Butzer—Raymond Professional Group
2002Tom Hicks—Maryland State Highway Administration
2012Gene Hawkins—Texas A&M University
2018Bill Lambert – New Hampshire DOT
1980Sam Hochstein—New York City
1984Paul Fowler—Automobile Club of Southern California
1988James Pline—Pline Engineering
1998Jonathan Upchurch—University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004Dave McKee—ATSSA
2006Jeff Bagdade—Opus International Consultants
2008Ken Kobetsky—AASHTO
2010Paul Carlson—Texas A&M University
2018Bryan Katz —toXcel, LLC
1985The office of Treasurer was added to the By‐Laws and Ken Kobetsky from the West Virginia DOT was elected as the first Treasurer.
1988Scott Wainwright—Montgomery County, Maryland
1998John Logan—JL & Associates
2014Roger Wentz – ATSSA
2020Kathy Falk, Kimley Horn

1980Jonathan Upchurch of ITE became the NCUTCD secretary on a part-time basis
1984Jonathan Upchurch became the first paid Secretary
1985The title Secretary was changed to Executive Secretary
1989Woody Rankin
1995Harry Skinner
1998Bob Garrett
2020Richard Moeur

HISTORY OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS

January 1948Harry Neal—Ohio Department of Highways
January 1961 J.E.P. Darrel—Minnesota Highway Department January
1974Jim Gallagher—Washington DOT
January 1980George Moberly—Illinois DOT June
1984George Dale—Wyoming DOT
1992Signs Committee split into RW and GMI Committees

June 1992Richard Luettich—RAL Associates
June 2002Bruce Ibarguen—Maine DOT
January 2010Bill Lambert – New Hampshire DOT
January 2018Tom Heydel – Wisconsin DOT
June 1992Bob Jones—Illinois DOT
June 1997Chuck Sterling—MA Dept of Public Works
January 1998Bob Seyfried—Northwestern University (acting)
June 1998Sterling Davis—Utah DOT
January 2002Barry Warhoftig—West Virginia DOT
January 2008Bill Lambert—New Hampshire DOT
January 2010Margaret Moore – Texas DOT
January 2016Tom Honich – Missouri DOT
1948Ross Harger—City of Detroit, MI
1961G.M. Webb—California Division of Highways
January 1977Joseph Nadon—City of Galveston, TX
June 1979Al Pepper—CH2M Hill
June 1980Earl Williams—Tennessee Highway Department
June 1984Robert Doughty—Pennsylvania DOT
June 1991Johan Bemelen—Colorado DOT
January 1994Dan Centa—City of Pueblo, CO
June 2003Gene Hawkins—Texas A&M University
June 2012Dave Woodin—New York DOT
August 2018Zoubir Ouadah, San Diego County
February 2020Jody Colvin – Louisiana DOTD
1948Robert Mitchell—City of Philadelphia, PA
1961George Howie—City of Cincinnati, OH
January 1965Marble Hensley—Hensley‐Schmidt, Inc
January 1972Wayne Volk—Wisconsin DOT
June 1977Dave Kuemmel—City of Milwaukee, WI
June 1985Nate Ficklin—City of Aurora, CO
January 1988Ken Kobetsky—West Virginia DOT
January 1990George Butzer—City of Columbus, OH
June 1998Scott Wainwright—Montgomery County, MD
January 2002Bruce Friedman—Kimley-Horn
January 2006Ronnie Bell—City of Austin, TX
June 2016John Fisher – City of Culver City, CA
1973Del Karmeier—Kansas City, MO
June 1976Tom Hicks—MD State Highway Administration
June 1990Lee Billingsley—Broward County, FL
January 2001Lee Billingsley—Broward County, FL
June 2004Gene Putman—City of Thornton, CO
June 2016John Leonard – Utah DOT
June 2022Neil Boudreau — Massachusetts DOT
June 1977Archie Burnham—Georgia DOT
June 1979Richard Mather—Oregon P. U. C.
June 1980Archie Burnham—Georgia DOT
June 1984Sam Hochstein—New York City
June 1985David Bulman—New York DOT
June 1990Harold Michael—Purdue University
January 2000Bill Watson—AMTRAK
January 2002Jerry Fowler—Salinas County, KS
January 2004Rick Bowden—BNSF Railroad
January 2006 Richard Campbell—Alfred Benesch & Company
January 1997David Peach—Washington State DOT
January 1998Sue Newberry*—Nevada DMVPS
January 2000John LaPlante*—T.Y. Lin International
January 2001Pete Rusch—Wisconsin DOT
June 2002Richard Moeur—Arizona DOT
January 2018William DeSantis – VHB, Inc.

*interim chair

Revised 12/17/2022