Richard J. Horn has been appointed executive director of the University of Rhode
Island Transportation Center. He will be responsible for directing the center’s
interdisciplinary research and education efforts, presently funded by a six-year,
$12 million matching grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. He previously
served as executive director of the NAFTA Intermodal Transportation Institute
at the National Aviation and Transportation Center in New York, where he helped
the transportation and trade communities take advantage of the opportunities created
by the North American Free Trade Agreement. He also served as chief of the Motor
Vehicle Projects office of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, a
think tank that provides research and analysis for decision-makers in the U.S.
Department of Transportation and other government agencies.
