The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission Forum Speakers Panel: From left are moderator Robert Puentes, senior fellow and director, Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program; Maggie Parker, director of communications and community outreach, Comstock Partners, LLC; Mark Carrier, senior officer of B.F. Saul Company Hospitality Group; Buddy Rizer, director for economic development in Loudoun County; Shyman Kannan, managing director of planning, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Terry Clower, NoVa chair and professor of public policy at George Mason University, deputy director GMU Center for Regional Analysis; Brian Smith, assistant to the president and CEO for organizational advancement at Hampton Roads Transit.