1. RAC Region 4 Cameron Kergaye, Chair Coco Briseno, Vice Chair
Ken Chambers, Secretary

2. RAC Region 4 Member States

3. RAC 4 Attendance 15 STATES ATTENDING THIS MEETING: Alaska Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington State
Wyoming

4. RAC 4 New Members New Members: Carolyn Morehouse – Alaska
Jean Nehme -- Arizona
Wayne Kawahara -- Hawaii
First RAC Meeting:
Amanullah Momandi – Colorado
Aziz Khan – Colorado
Enid White -- Wyoming

5. RAC 4 Involvement: TASK FORCES
ADMINISTRATION
Michael Bufalino, OR
Ron Curb, OK
Carolyn Morehouse, AK
COORDINATION & COLLABORATION
Sue Sillick, MT – Chair
Anne Ellis, AZ – Co-Chair
Cameron Kergaye, UT
Leni Oman, WA
VALUE OF RESEARCH
Dave Huft SD
Tim McDowell, WY
Clayton Schumaker, ND
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & QUALITY
Coco Briseno, CA
Dave Huft, SD
Robert McCoy, NM
Ned Parrish, ID
TRANSPORTATION KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS
Leni Oman, WA – Chair
Ron Curb, OK
Dale Steele, AZ
Enid White, WY

6. RAC 4 Activities and Accomplishments
Quarterly to Bi-monthly to Monthly meetings
High Value Research: 10 States Submitted 30 projects for Consideration
Peer Exchanges
Held: New Mexico, Washington
Planned: Idaho, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, California, Montana

7. RAC 4 Accomplishments
Region 4 inspired the Domestic Scan on Knowledge Management (Utah) and Chaired it (Arizona)
WRUCC (Western Road Usage Charging Consortium Transportation Pooled Fund)
Validation of Tsunami Guidelines for Coastal Bridges
(Hawaii; California; Oregon; Alaska; Washington)

8. RAC 4 Goals
Increase number of states submitting High Value Research AND total number of projects.
Participate in Ahead of the Curve as products become available.
Distribute timely and valuable information to our members.
Generate better participation in monthly teleconferences.

9. Survive the 2015 RAC/TRB Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon!!
RAC 4 Goals
Transfer of knowledge from National findings to State DOT target areas.
More focus on implementation and the Research role.
Coordinate State research programming cycles for project collaboration.
Survive the 2015 RAC/TRB Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon!!