Kym DiIorio Sterner, AICP
Principal

Ms. Kym Sterner, Principal, has over 20 years of public and private sector experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering projects. Prior to joining Dowling Associates in 1995, she was a Senior Transportation Planner for Metro, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Portland region in Oregon where she helped implement several regional programs related to ISTEA directives, including drafting the Interim Congestion Management System (CMS) for the Portland Metropolitan Area and coordinating with local jurisdictions on several Major Investment Studies.  With Dowling Associates, through both project specific work as well as on-call modeling services, Ms. Sterner has continuously provided technical travel demand modeling expertise within the San Joaquin Valley since 2001.  Ms. Sterner managed model development and updates for several counties in the San Joaquin Valley including: Fresno, Kings, Madera, Stanislaus and Tulare, and has worked with all of the eight MPOs to respond to VMT issues related to interregional travel.   As part of the San Joaquin Valley BluePrint Project, Ms. Sterner was responsible for determining performance measures of Valley-wide land use and transportation alternatives, including the effects of urban form.  Ms. Sterner’s involvement in SJV issues over the past decade give her insight into the technical and practical implications of responding to the modeling requirements of SB 375, AB 32, as well as meeting on-going air quality conformity.

Professional Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners

Professional Societies
American Planning Association
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Women’s Transportation Seminar (Board member, 1988-1995)

Education
M.S., Civil Engineering, Stanford University
B.S. (summa cum laude), Civil Engineering, Tufts University