Lewison Lem
Transportation Planning Programs Manager
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolLewison Lem is a transportation planning and policy expert with over a decade of experience bridging public agencies, consulting firms, and nonprofit boards to advance multimodal, climate-resilient infrastructure. As Transportation Planning Programs Manager at the Port of Portland he oversees multimodal planning and capital grants across aviation, marine, industrial lands and regional freight efforts, and serves as a standing delegate to metropolitan and Pacific Northwest transportation coordination bodies. His background spans federal roles at US EPA and US GAO, state DOT program management in Nevada, and consulting leadership on transportation economics and climate policy for clients including TRB, SCAG, and USDOT. A UCLA Ph.D. in Urban Planning grounds his technical expertise in transportation finance, economics, and land-use interactions, while long-term volunteer leadership with organizations like TRB, SPUR and City Carshare reflects deep community engagement. He combines practitioner chops in grant management and interagency coordination with thought leadership on equity, managed retreat, and emissions-reducing landside programs—skills prized by regional planners and state policymakers. Based in Portland, he brings an uncommon mix of academic rigor, federal-to-local program delivery experience, and hands-on stewardship of public-private transportation initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MPA, Public Policy and Public Administration, MPA, Public Policy and Public Administration at Columbia University - School of International and Public AffairsAB, Government, AB, Government at Harvard UniversityPh.D., Urban Planning and Public Policy, Ph.D., Urban Planning and Public Policy at University of California, Los AngelesCertificate in Public Policy Studies, Public Policy, Certificate in Public Policy Studies, Public Policy at Princeton University
chinese (mandarin and cantonese), Spanish, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
lfwlem/flash-ui
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:29 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
lfwlem/lfwlem.github.io
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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