Dana P. Lucas is co-founder of The DMP Group, LLC (DMP). She is a certified public accountant with more than 10 years experience as an auditor, controller, chief financial officer, and tax consultant. As managing partner of DMP, Dana is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the firm. She serves as engagement partner on all accounting and tax related engagements and is responsible for contract management, staffing and ensuring overall service quality. Dana specializes in the design and implementation of internal controls that safeguard a companies’ assets and promote effective financial management. Dana has a proven track record of helping organizations achieve operational efficiency and confidence in their financial reporting systems.

Dana began her career as a senior auditor with Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP (PWC). While at PWC, Dana performed audit and accounting services for Fortune 500 and non-profit entities. Following her employment at PWC, Dana served as chief financial officer with the Orleans Private Industry Council (OPIC), a non-profit organization in New Orleans, LA. At OPIC, Dana directed the financial accounting and reporting aspects of federal grant funds received under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) for the New Orleans Service Delivery Area. Under Dana’s supervision, OPIC received its first unqualified audit opinion in her first year as CFO.

Dana graduated cum laude with a BS degree in Accounting from Howard University and is a licensed certified public accountant in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Louisiana. Dana is a member in good standing of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Societies of Certified Public Accountants in the District of Columbia and Louisiana. She is also a member of the National Association of Black Accountants. Dana is very active with community non-profits. She currently serves on the Finance Committee of the National Capital YMCA and is a board member and Treasurer of Hannah House. She has previously served as board member and finance committee chair for Covenant House of New Orleans, and Forever Our Children. The DMP Group annually sponsors events for My Sister’s Place, Joy of Sports, The Fishing School, and Manna’s Walk-a-thon, and provides pro bono services for many non-profit organizations.

Bridgett Gagné began her career working in the private sector for a publicly traded natural gas pipeline in Houston, Texas. She spent the early part of her career steeped in corporate accounting. She subsequently earned an MBA in finance to pursue a career in corporate banking and finance. As a management associate in Bank of America’s global finance division, Bridgett analyzed the creditworthiness of large multi-national publicly traded corporations, and spent time in the company’s Investment Bank. Bridgett was also responsible for developing and presenting proposals with strategies for restructuring corporation’s capitalization.

Upon leaving Bank of America, Bridgett began working with small to medium sized businesses in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a consultant with the City of Atlanta’s Empowerment Zone where she assisted aspiring business owners in preparing and analyzing business plans. In addition, Bridgett specialized in helping existing business owners achieve their objectives and goals through business planning and development.

Bridgett is a Senior Manager with DMP, and is responsible for managing various accounting and business consulting engagements. Bridgett is responsible for ensuring all work is technically sound, customer deadlines are met, and staff competencies are appropriate for assigned tasks. In addition, Bridgett performs a variety of accounting and business consulting services, as well as prepares annual tax returns for business and individual clients. She is also actively involved in the Transportation Group and is responsible for performing EEO, Title VI, and Triennial Compliance Reviews for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

Bridgett holds a BBA in Accounting and an MBA in Finance both from the University of Texas at Austin – home of the 2006 Rose Bowl Champions. She is a member of the National Association of Black Accountants. Bridgett is actively involved in the community teaching personal finance, volunteering to serve the homeless and participating in non-profit sponsored events. She is a board member and Vice President of Hannah House (non-profit). Bridgett is also an adjunct accounting professor at Howard University.

DMP’s Transportation Group is led by John Potts, a transportation professional with over thirty-five years of experience as a transportation planner, manager, executive, and consultant. Mr. Potts began his career as a Transportation Planner with Alan M. Voorhees & Associates. Nearly 30 years ago, he participated in the development of ridership forecasts for the proposed rail service in the Nation's Capital, now known as Metrorail. Following his employment at Voorhees, he accepted public transportation management and consulting assignments with ATE Management & Service Company, Inc., and developed transportation plans for public transportation systems throughout the United States and Internationally. Mr. Potts was responsible for the original Long Range Public Transport Plan for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Potts then held several senior executive positions with public transportation systems in Detroit, Michigan; Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, Louisiana.

During his 13-year tenure with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Mr. Potts served as the Assistant General Manager for Administration and later for ADA. As Assistant General Manager for Administration, he was responsible for human resources, management information systems, civil rights (EEO, DBE and Title VI), planning, administrative services, parking, joint development and procurement. As Assistant General Manager for ADA, he designed and implemented the first coordinated paratransit system, known as Metro Access, in the Nation’s Capital, serving a population of over one million people and nine separate jurisdictions. As an executive, Mr. Potts served as the Director of the Detroit Department of Transportation (DOT) and the General Manager of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority. Mr. Potts has significant experience in public transportation planning, operations, human resources, paratransit programs, and civil rights.

Under Mr. Potts’ leadership, the firm has conducted independent consulting studies for such clients as the Federal Transit Administration, the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, the City of Alexandria, Virginia, and the Capital District Transportation Authority of Albany, New York.

Mr. Potts is a graduate of Harvard College. Over the years, he has held many leadership positions in both professional and civic organizations, including serving as a former Chair of the Management Committee of the National Capital YMCA, a former Chair of the Minority Affairs Committee of the American Public Transit Association (APTA), and a former member of the Board of Directors for the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) and APTA.

Maxine Marshall began her career in the public transportation industry in 1977 as a graduate student intern for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). She was hired as a full time employee following the internship and worked at MARTA during the initial operation of the MARTA rail system. In 1979, Ms. Marshall was hired by ATE Management and Service Company, Inc. as a public transportation consultant. Within three years, Ms. Marshall was promoted to Regional Vice President, responsible for the firm’s consulting practice for the Federal Government and along the East Coast. Ms. Marshall obtained that firm’s first consulting contracts with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), to assess the future needs for bus maintenance facilities in the public transportation industry and later to determine the cost impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act. For over ten years, Ms. Marshall managed FTA contracts to conduct Triennial Reviews, Civil Rights Reviews and Security Assessments.

These Compliance Reviews cover a wide range of Federal requirements and assess the degree to which the grant recipients meet the requirements to remain eligible to receive Federal funding. Ms. Marshall participated in the development of the guidance used to conduct these reviews and developed and implemented a methodology to provide technical assistance to grant recipients that have difficulty implementing corrective actions in a timely manner. Ms. Marshall has also worked with new grant recipients to help them understand which requirements apply to their type of funding program and what type of documentation should be maintained.

Ms. Marshall has extensive experience in training public transportation professionals. For over ten years, she served as the Lead Instructor for FTA’s Grants Management Seminars, training over 1,500 people. For nearly two years, Ms. Marshall also served as an instructor for the National Transit Institute’s course on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise requirements.

Ms. Marshall has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Public Administration degree from Georgia State University. Ms. Marshall is a former Chair of the Women in Transit Committee of the American Public Transit Association (APTA) and the former Vice President of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO).

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Dana's Bio coming soon.

Judy Weber has consulted for over 10 years and focused on customer service, development of custom progams, and coaching. These custom programs included areas such as leadership, teambuilding, performance management, and career development.
 
Her clients have included Johns Hopkins Medicine, Anne Arundel Medical Center, NASA, U.S. Department of Education, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland, The United Way, Sweetheart Cup, T. Rowe Price, The Archdiocese of Baltimore, and Pulte Homes South.
 
Judy has a Master's Degree in Organization Development from Johns Hopkins University.