SEATTLE, WA – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that Allison Dane Camden has joined the firm as vice president and Pacific Northwest area manager within the firm’s Transportation West group. Dane Camden will lead the firm’s transportation operations across the Pacific Northwest and be responsible for managing all local teams, overseeing project delivery and nurturing client relationships.
“Allison’s extraordinary career has been dedicated to enhancing both our national transportation industry and the multimodal transit networks that serve communities across Washington,” said Liz Justison, PE, PMP, president of the Transportation West operating group at STV. “Allison is a strategic leader who is known for her coalition building and deep connection to communities across the Pacific Northwest, all of which make her a pivotal partner to our clients.”
With over 20 years leading major initiatives and strategy for both state agencies and federal institutions, Dane Camden has served as executive sponsor of a statewide wireless communications system replacement project and a high-speed rail planning project. She played an integral role in the successful completion of two transportation mega projects in the Puget Sound region, led an agency implementation of a historic environmental justice law in Washington and managed strategic bi-state and bi-national partnerships between public and private stakeholders. Most recently, she led a new federal office that oversees the nation’s multimodal freight network and spearheaded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s supply chain response after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Dane Camden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Washington. She previously served as vice chair of AASHTO’s transportation policy forum and participated in numerous professional programs, including WTS’s Executive Leadership Program, AASHTO’s National Transportation Leadership Institute and the National Transportation Advanced Leadership Institute.
STV has delivered projects in the West for more than 30 years, serving as a leading provider of comprehensive engineering, planning and design services for commuter rail, light rail, bus, zero emissions vehicles and maintenance facilities. Recent projects include the Sound Transit East Link and Northgate Link Extensions Systems Construction, LA Metro Zero-Emissions Bus Program and LA Metro Purple Line Extension Section 2 and Section 3.
