Susan Gustafson Pikrallidas,
Vice President, Public Affairs
As Vice President, Public Affairs, Susan
directs AAA’s public affairs activities, including Public Relations, Association
Communication, Automotive & Consumer Information, Community & International
Relations, Government Relations and Traffic Safety.
She was formerly AAA’s Managing
Director of Government Relations and is a twenty-three year veteran of the association.
Before coming to AAA, she worked for five years on Capitol Hill – first for former
Congressman Wiley Mayne of Iowa and then for the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Pikrallidas is a graduate of Gustavus
Adolphus College and the Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the Virginia
State Bar. She is past President of the Washington Chapter of the Women’s
Transportation Seminar, and currently serves as AAA’s representative on the Executive
Committee of the American Highway Users Alliance. She also serves as an officer of the
AIT/FIA Foundation for Mobility and Society.
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COLIN SKEEN, Assistant Managing Director,
Home & Road Services, The Automobile Association, United Kingdom.
After qualifying as a barrister, he joined the AA in 1976, and
has since held various executive responsibilities including Regional Director; Company
Secretary; and Managing Director of Member Services. He represents the AA in the AIT
and FIA.
He is a Council Member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists
and a Trustee of the National Motor Museum. He is a Freeman of the City of
London, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of
London.
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Karl Obermair, Ph.D., Chairman of the AIT
& FIA Tourism Commission
Education:
| 1985-1988 |
University
assistant at the Department for Journalism and Communication Sciences, University of
Vienna |
| since1988 |
Lectureship
at the Department for Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Vienna on
the subjects of "Methods and methodology of empiric social science",
"Statistics", "Communication models and theories" |
| 1989-1990 |
Foundation
of the "University College for Market and Opinion Research" at the University of
Vienna |
| 1990-1991 |
Press
officer at the University of Vienna |
| 1991-1996 |
General
Manager of the ÖAMTC AKADEMIE, scientific organisation for research into mobility and
environment |
| 1994-1998 |
General
Manager of the AIT & FIA Foundation Europe – an international association for
research into mobility and society, founded by the international parent organisations of
the automobile and touring clubs (AIT and FIA) |
| since1997 |
Head
of the Department for Traffic and Consumer Protection of the ÖAMTC |
| since1998 |
Member
of the AIT & FIA Foundation Board |
| since1999 |
Chairman
of the AIT & FIA Tourism Commission |
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Elisabetta
Schietroma, was born in Rome. She graduated
cum laude in law at the university "La Sapienza"
in Rome on July 1973.
She passed a
state competitive examination and entered the Automobile Club d’Italia as an adviser
in 1975. In 1976 she was in charge of the
Telephone Assistance Center of ACI Membership Services. In
1981 she passed a state examination and was firstly appointed Director of the Border
offices of ACI Touring Services, and then director of the ACI Telephone Assistance Center.
In 1983 she acted as a deputy at the office for legislative studies. In
1987 she was nominated Senior Manager of the road tax office of the Fiscal Affairs
Department of ACI.
She served on several ACI commissions
dealing with touring, traffic, legal and fiscal issues.
Her activities in ACI Commissions included: identifying companies to be invited to
private treaties, giving operational instruction in respect of road taxes collection and
checks (in the Ministry of Finance/ACI joint committee); participating in the examining
board for staff recruitment and advancement (also for entrance examinations to ACI
Management), participating as a member both at the ACI Technical and Juridical Commission.
Her activities included also:
§
development
of ACI telephone Assistance Centre providing round the clock information and assistance to
tourists touring Italy
§ development and
enhancement of the information service, run with RAI (the Italian Radio and Television
Corporation), providing 24 hrs information on road and traffic conditions to motorists
through Radio and Television channels, during
the whole year.
At national and
international level she participated in several meetings on issues relating to touring
services, legal affairs, road taxes, transport and mobility.
She is General
Manager of ACI Studies and Research Department since June 1998, dealing with technical and juridical
issues concerning road safety, traffic laws and regulations, transport, mobility,
statistical and technical affairs.
She is Secretary
of the Filippo Caracciolo Foundation, founded by the Automobile Club d’Italia in 1999
with the aim
of promoting and supporting studies and scientific research and projects on
automotive issues, with particular regard to mobility, road safety and environmental
protection.
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Sauret, Pere
Education:
R&D of electromechanical components for household
appliances. |
R&D Household products in BRAUN (GUILLETTE)
“Iron, Personal care, coffee maker”. |
R&D
of electrical components “wire harnesses, fuse boxes, electronic components” as
automotive industyry supplier in United Technologies Automotive and Learn Corporation |
Net
work and call centre manager for on-road assistance services for RACC. |
RACC Technical Director; specific projects as Child
Restrain System, pressure and safety, Mobility Test, Environment Test, Telematic
applications, New services development
Technical deputy on RACC Foundation |
Member
of AIT and FIA Technical Working Group |
Member
of AIT and FIA Mobility and transport group |
Club
Correspondent in AIT and FIA |
Member
of the AIT & FIA Foundation Board |
RACC correspondent in
ERTICO |
Professor on safety and
environment. |
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Doggwiler, Peter
Peter Doggwiler, appointed
Director General of the Alliance International de Tourisme (AIT), the world-wide
federation of automobile and touring clubs, took up his functions of this Geneva-based
organization on 1st April, 1993.
Mr. Doggwiler was born in Winterthur,
Switzerland. During his studies of Law and Japanology at the University of Zurich he was a
founding member of the internationally reknowned annual Winterthur Music Festival. While
board member and president for several years he played a crucial role in the establishment
of this major cultural event of Eastern Switzerland.
After taking his degree in Law, Mr. Doggwiler
worked for many years for the International Committee of the Red Cross as a field
delegate. He then moved on to the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Directorate of
Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. He has worked in Japan, Africa and Latin
America.
Mr. Doggwiler, while supporting the interests
of motorists, is also deeply concerned about the protection of the environment. He
believes that alternative solutions to present-day transport and tourism issues may be
necessary to ensure that an equitable balance of environmental concerns is achieved.
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Abdel-Aty, Mohamed, Ph.D. , P.E.
Associate Professor
Transportation Engineering Department,
University of Central Florida.
407 - 823 - 5657
mailto:mabdel@mail.ucf.edu
http://catss.ucf.edu
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Ph.D. Student Transportation Engineering
Department,
University of Central Florida.
407 -
823 - 4552
mabdalla@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
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