Susan Shaheen is a pioneer in innovative mobility strategies. She was among the first to research and write about the changing dynamics in shared mobility and likely scenarios through which automated vehicles might gain prominence. She is a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)-Berkeley and Director of the UC ITS’ Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative. She has a Ph.D. from UC Davis and a M.S. from the University of Rochester. She has authored 84 journal articles, over 160 reports and proceedings articles, 34 book chapters, and co-edited three books. She served as Chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee from 2021 to 2022 and Vice Chair from 2020 to 2021. She is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review of the TRB Executive Committee (2022 to Present, three-year term). She received the 2017 Roy W. Crum award from TRB for her distinguished achievements in transportation research. In May 2016, she was named one of the top 10 academic thought leaders in transportation by the Eno Transportation Foundation.