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March 2026 Keynote Speaker

TRANSPORTATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES & LESSONS LEARNED

Christie J. Gotti
Senior Program Manager
North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)

Ms. Gotti joined the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as a transportation planner in October 2000. She is currently the Senior Program Manager for Transportation Project Programming. Gotti received her Bachelors Degree in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin and her Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. She manages the Transportation Improvement Program and project funding for the Dallas-Fort Worth region. In this capacity, she works with NCTCOG staff, local governments, the Texas Department of Transportation, and other transportation agencies to select, fund, and implement transportation projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She is a member of the Women's Transportation Seminar and has volunteered or served in a leadership capacity for WTS locally since 2005. Outside of work, her interests include traveling, scrapbooking, reading, and visiting friends and family. She is married with two children.