Lawrence Pesesky is a Senior Vice President at WSP, which recently acquired The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Mr. Pesesky worked at The Louis Berger Group, Inc. since 1986, where he directed and managed numerous transportation policy and research, planning, and project development studies both in New Jersey and nationally. He is the principal investigator of NCHRP Reports 403 and 466: Guidance for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects, which established a widely implemented framework and supporting analytical methods for assessing induced growth and other transportation project indirect effects. He also directed the firm’s environmental policy and impact assessment support of state and bi-state transportation agencies overseeing Lower Manhattan’s post-9/11 transportation system recovery and the firm’s environmental program management of the New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 6 to 9 Widening Program. He is member of the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Certified Planners, the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO, and the Harvard/Zofnass Program Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board. He received a B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University in 1978 and a M.Sc. in Geography from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 1986.