Gorove/Slade Associates, Inc.



	Christoper M. Tacinelli, P.E. Principal, Northern Virginia		Mr. Tacinelli is the President of Gorove/Slade Associates, Inc. and a Principal in Charge of the firm's Virginia-based professional practice. In this capacity he is responsible for managing all of the day-to-day operations related to practice management, financial operations, marketing and human resources. Mr. Tacinelli provides consulting services and oversees a number of projects in the D.C. Metropolitan area with a focus on projects in Virginia and West Virginia. He has performed a variety of work in the disciplines of both traffic engineering and transportation planning where he has provided consulting services including expert testimony. He has been published in trade magazines and has been a speaker at annual trade conferences.
	Chad A. Baird Principal, Northern Virginia		Mr. Baird has fostered a strong foundation in a large variety of traffic engineering disciplines. His experience includes the preparation of traffic operation plans, site access and planning design, traffic forecasting and modeling, traffic impact studies, capacity analysis, traffic signal design, traffic signal systems coordination, loading area analysis, vehicular maneuverability analysis, parking layout assessment, queuing analysis, and pedestrian management plans. He specializes in the design and analysis of traffic signal systems using simulation software to enhance the flow of traffic through complex roadway networks. Mr. Baird has worked in the following geographic areas: The District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Maine, Connecticut, Nevada, and New Jersey.
	Daniel B. VanPelt, P.E. Principal, National Practice		Mr. VanPelt has a wide range of traffic and transportation project experience including: traffic impact studies, site access and circulation planning, functional parking lot and garage design, parking demand analysis, corridor studies, campus master planning, major data collection efforts, loading dock design, intersection improvement design, signal design and signing and pavement marking design. He has worked for public, private and institutional sector clients throughout the United States and has worked internationally on projects in the United Arab Emirates, China, Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico.
	Erwin N. Andres, P.E. Principal, Washington, D.C.		Mr. Andres has a wide range of traffic and transportation project experience including: traffic impact studies, site access and circulation planning, functional parking lot and garage design, parking demand analysis, corridor studies, campus master planning, major data collection efforts, loading dock design, intersection improvement design, signal design and signing and pavement marking design. He has worked for public, private and institutional sector clients throughout the United States.
	Frederick E. Gorove, P.E. Senior Principal, National Practice		Mr. Gorove has consulted extensively nationwide performing transportation systems, traffic, and parking facilities analyses, traffic impact studies of development projects, and long range transportation systems planning. He has contributed significantly to the creation of the transportation and parking aspects of city and regional master plans. Mr. Gorove has managed numerous parking design, utilization, and optimization studies for private developers, municipalities, and institutions. Mr. Gorove has provided expert testimony before municipal planning commissions, zoning boards, city councils, and other public agencies. Through his expertise, Mr. Gorove has been instrumental in determining appropriate transportation systems to meet public needs and to service private facilities.
	Louis J. Slade, P.E. Senior Principal, Washington, D.C. Practice		Mr. Slade's diverse experience bridges the disciplines of civil engineering design, urban transportation planning, traffic engineering, land development, environmental analysis, and transportation systems design. Mr. Slade has directed major regional comprehensive transportation planning studies and corridor studies, traffic circulation and transit studies, and parking needs and design optimization studies for central business districts and new developments. Mr. Slade has worked closely with public agencies and private developers devising transportation master plans and major thoroughfare plans. He has been instrumental in the creation of transportation systems and roadway networks for large acreage developments. As a leader in the transportation engineering field, Mr. Slade is widely published in leading transportation and planning journals and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Wayne State University, and Stockton State College.