What is NASTO?
The Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials (NASTO) brings together representatives from the state transportation departments of the Northeastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. NASTO serves as a focal point for discussion and research on transportation issues of interest to its members, with an emphasis on promoting cooperation and partnership among its members.NASTO members include the Transportation Departments (or equivalent) and their employees in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Our Leadership
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti
Commissioner, NJ Department of Transportation
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti was confirmed as the 19th Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation on June 7, 2018. She was appointed Acting Commissioner December 19, 2017 and began serving on January 16, 2018.
A native New Jerseyan, Ms. Gutierrez-Scaccetti is a transportation professional with more than 30 years in the industry, and 36 years in government service. She possesses extensive executive, operational, and planning knowledge.
Most recently, the Commissioner served as the Executive Director and CEO at Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a part of the Florida Department of Transportation. Under her leadership, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise managed more than 460 centerline miles and a 5-year capital program in excess of $6 billion, supported by $1 billion in revenues.
This capital program included the construction of SunTrax, a 2.25 mile test track and research facility for the development of transportation technology, including automated and connected vehicle applications, and managed lanes within the Turnpike System. SunPass, Florida’s statewide electronic toll collection system, was under her charge. As Executive Director and CEO, Gutierrez-Scaccetti was a member of the Executive Committee of the Florida Department of Transportation, a policy setting body that reports to the Secretary of Transportation.
Prior to the Commissioner’s Florida experience, she spent 21 years at the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, working her way up from a Contract Administrator to the post of Executive Director, a position she held from 2008 to 2010. During her tenure, she managed the day-to-day administrative operations and was chief negotiator for the agency’s several collective bargaining units.
Ms. Gutierrez-Scaccetti participated in several major agency initiatives, including the remediation of the E-ZPass System, the financial and operational consolidation of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and New Jersey Highway Authority, bringing the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway under a single organization. A major undertaking was the development and financing of a 10-year, $7 billion capital program that kicked off the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike from Interchange 6 to Interchange 9. This transformational project provided significant congestion relief to a major portion of the I-95 Corridor.
The Commissioner’s accomplishments and leadership have been recognized by the Executive Women of New Jersey, WTS Central Florida Woman of the Year, and Orlando Business Journal’s 2015 CEO of the Year for the Public Sector.
Ms. Gutierrez-Scaccetti is a member of the Board of Directors of AASHTO, IBTTA, NASTO and an Executive Committee Board Member of the Transportation Research Board and the I-95 Corridor Coalition. She serves as the Chair of the Coalition’s Toll Violation Enforcement Reciprocity Task Force, and was instrumental in implementing Regional Toll Interoperability of SunPass in the Southeastern U.S.
Commissioner Gutierrez-Scaccetti holds degrees from the University of Connecticut (BS) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (MS).
Current Officers
President | Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ |
Vice President | Joseph Giulietti, CT |
Treasurer | Philip Scarrozzo, CT |
Secretary | Zenobia L. Fields, NJ |
Board of Directors
Connecticut
Joseph Giulietti, Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Transportation
2800 Berlin Turnpike
P.O. Box 317546
Newington, CT 06131-7546
(860) 594-3000
Delaware
Jennifer Cohan, Secretary
Delaware Department of Transportation
119 Lower Beach Street, Suite 100
Wilmington, DE 19805-4440
(302) 760-2303
District of Columbia

District of Columbia Department of Transportation
55 M Street, SE, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 671-4097
Maine
Bruce Van Note, Commissioner
Maine Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
16 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0016
(207) 624-3003
Maryland
Pete K. Rahn, Secretary
Maryland Department of Transportation
7201 Corporate Center Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
(410) 865-1003
Massachusetts
Stephanie Pollack, Secretary and CEO
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4160
Boston, MA 02116
(857) 368-8892
New Hampshire
Victoria Sheehan, Commissioner
New Hampshire Department of Transportation
John O. Morton Building
7 Hazen Drive
P.O. Box 483
Concord, NH 03302-0483
(603) 271-1484
New Jersey
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Transportation
1035 Parkway Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 530-3526
New York
Paul Karas, Acting Commissioner
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
(518) 457-4422
Pennsylvania
Leslie S. Richards, P.E., Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0095
(717) 787-5574
Québec
Marc Lacroix, Deputy Minister
Service des relations extérieures
Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et
de l’Électrification des transports du Québec
700, boulevard René-Levesque Est, 25e étage
Québec (Québec) G1R 5H1
(418) 643-6740
Rhode Island
Peter Alviti Jr., Director
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
State Office Building
Two Capitol Hill, Room 210
Providence, RI 02903-1124
(401) 222-2481
Vermont
Joe Flynn, Secretary
Vermont Agency of Transportation
One National Life Drive
Montpelier, VT 05633-5001
(802) 828-2657