Staff

Kelly McGuinness, AICP, is the Director of the Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. She brings experience as a transportation planner at TYLin (formerly Sam Schwartz Consulting LLC), where she worked on projects advancing data-informed planning and design, traffic safety, and community engagement. Kelly has contributed to a wide range of initiatives, including the New York City Department of Transportation Streets Plan, the Central Park Conservancy Safety + Mobility Study, and Safety Action and Vision Zero Plans for Hudson County, NJ; the City of Stamford, CT; and the Villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, NY, among others. Before her work in consulting, she was part of NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation, supporting research on urban mobility and innovation.

Student Research Assistants

David Oke (‘27) is a Macaulay Honors College student majoring in Urban Studies and Computer Science.

Interested in becoming a Student Research Assistant? Please see our Fall 2025-Spring 2026 job position posting for Hunter College students here.