Pamela L. Jennings, Ph.D. (EMBA '13) was appointed 2022 White House Presidential Innovation Fellow. She is working in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research that is responsible for DOT research and development programs. Pamela will support the development of a community stakeholder platform to address gaps in transportation equity that reflect on historic systemic failures to invest sufficiently, justly, and equally in underserved communities in response to the Justice40 initiative catalyzed by President Biden’s Executive Order, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.  [EST 3.2022]