Ms. Glynn has been a transportation leader and policy maker for more than a decade. From 2007 to 2009 she served as Commissioner at the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) with charge of a workforce of over 9500 employees, some $1.7 billion in new construction projects begun annually, and a complete range of multimodal programs receiving state and federal support.  While in NY she created the first state program to establish special standards for sustainable road and bridge designs and for highway construction and maintenance practices. She implemented new criteria for project selection and encouraged the development of projects that offered more than traditional highway solutions. These ranged applying a "complete streets" approach to a transitional Long Island highway to achieving consensus on a new Tappan Zee Bridge that will add transit and commuter rail to an important growth corridor. While serving with NYSDOT Astrid chaired the Standing Committee on Rail Transportation at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and was active with both AASHTO's Committee on Climate Change and its Task Force on Federal Reauthorization.

 

Before being tapped by the governor of New York, Ms. Glynn was Deputy Secretary at the Massachusetts Office of Commonwealth Development, a state innovation that combined oversight of Transportation, Environment, and Housing.  Prior to that, she led the Office of Transportation Planning (which produced the state's first multimodal long range plan), managing the capital plan, developing multimodal programs (rail, transit centers, and ferries), and providing state oversight and support for regional transit authorities and paratransit providers for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (now MassDOT).