Marsha Kaiser has been named area manager for the Washington, D.C. office of Parsons Brinckerhoff.
In her new position, Kaiser is responsible for leading all aspects of the firm’s Washington, D.C. operations, including business development and marketing, client relationship management, and project performance.
Kaiser has more than 30 years of experience in planning and finance, specializing in the development and implementation of complex, public-sector programs that involve technical analysis, policy guidance, and building collaborative partnerships. She previously served as managing principal of the PlaceMaking group at Parsons Brinckerhoff, which is dedicated to building and revitalizing communities through the integration of land use and transportation investment. In that position, she led such projects as the Tysons Corner, Virginia urban center study; Amtrak’s Baltimore Penn Station planning; the WMATA joint development task force on property development; and numerous transit-oriented development plans.
Prior to joining Parsons Brinckerhoff in 2006, Kaiser served as director of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s office of planning and capital programming. She served as the primary liaison with federal, regional, local and private agencies involved in transportation projects and played a key role in numerous transportation investments in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore regions. Kaiser received an M.S. in public administration/urban planning from Shippensburg University and a B.S. in social welfare from Lock Haven University. She is active in the Urban Land Institute and the ITS International and serves on the multimodal statewide planning committee at the Transportation Research Board.
