Veronica Castro de Barrera has grown in her professional architectural career over the past 20 years where she has pursued her passion to design public projects that improve the quality of life. She specializes in transit and recreation projects, which include design of the high-capacity transit Metro Rail Stations for the first commuter rail line in Austin, TX, as well as the preliminary design of the Metro Rail downtown station for the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Austin. Her creativity extends to public art installations where she was commissioned by the City of Austin Convention Center to create an interactive piece of art for the city at the corner of Trinity and Cesar Chavez streets in downtown Austin, which was unveiled in July 2016. Other Austin-area projects she has designed and managed include: the Lakeline Station Park and Ride, Austin Convention Center exterior renovations and ADA improvements, bicycle commuter project for the City of Austin, Tech Ridge Park and Ride, Milton Reimers Ranch Park and Cooperfield Neighborhood Park. Castro de Barrera has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is registered with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners. She is also certified as a LEED Accredited Professional through the United States Green Building Council. Castro de Barrera is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Texas Society of Architects and Congress for the New Urbanism. She serves on the Board of Directors for Creative Action and Congress for the New Urbanism Central Texas Chapter.

Greg Canally was appointed Executive Director by the ATP Board of Directors effective May 2, 2022. Canally’s prior roles with Austin Transit Partnership included Chief Financial Officer and Chief Development Officer. With more than 20 years’ experience in public sector service, he has executed large scale projects and financial portfolios that have helped guide Austin’s growth and economic vitality. Canally’s prior roles with the City of Austin include Interim Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Budget Officer. Canally led the City’s financial strategies on economic development, transportation initiatives, facility master planning and a variety of information technology initiatives for the City. He led several major initiatives for the community, including working to bring Major League Soccer (Austin FC) to the city, a $110 million partnership with Waterloo Greenway for development of Waller Creek, new public-private partnership office buildings and the recent $925 million general obligation bond program. Prior to his work in municipal government, Canally worked as a project manager/economist consultant working with all levels of government to implement Water Planning solutions in Texas. He holds a BS in Economics from Villanova University and a MS in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Annick Beaudet is an urban planner certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and an Assistant Director with the Austin Transportation Department where she is responsible for transportation planning, engineering and street design. She has worked in the areas of land use, entitlements and transportation for over 20 years, in both the public and private sectors. Her experience at the City of Austin spans multiple departments including Public Works, Planning, Development Review, Capital Planning and Transportation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Geography from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Public Administration from the Penn State School of Public Affairs.

A.J. is the Founder and CEO of Bingham Group. He is an Austin and Austin Metro lobbyist with over a decade of experience lobbying for clients at the municipal and state level in Texas. His practice includes government affairs, public affairs, and procurement. He also runs the Bingham Group Foundation, which provides unrestricted funds to nonprofits creating educational and economic access for underserved communities in the Austin Metro. Prior to launching the firm, A.J. served as Director of Government Affairs for the Real Estate Council of Austin, one of the most powerful business associations in the region. He began his lobbying career at one of Texas’ top lobbying firms, rising to Legislative Director over four years and two legislative sessions. He previously worked at a leading Texas government procurement firm as a consultant for medium to Global Fortune 500 companies. A.J. is a past Austin Under 40 Awards finalist (Government and Public Affairs) and was ranked in the top 10 of Capitol Inside's 2015 Rising Star (Texas Lobby Power Rankings). He is currently Chair of the Long Center Board of Trustees, as well as serving on the boards of the 4ATX Foundation (Austin FC's nonprofit), Austin Monitor (Vice Chair), Austin Trail of Lights, Blanton Museum of Art National Leadership Board, The Fifty - Dell Seton Medical Center, Urban Land Institute - Austin, Mainspring Schools, and the Travis County Strategic Housing Finance Corporation. He has previously served as Board President of the Young Men's Business League of Austin and Austin Sunshine Camps. He was also a 2021 McBee Fellow (run by the Austin Area Research Organization). Outside of the firm, A.J. has previously taught MBA level courses on business and policy at Rice's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, and Austin's Concordia University Texas. In his spare time he enjoys traveling for track driving, Spartan Races, and increasing his knowledge of the art world. He also enjoys developing the firm’s podcast, The BG Podcast. A.J. holds a B.A. ('04) in Political Science from Wake Forest University and a J.D. ('08) from Washburn University School of Law. Born into an Air Force family and raised in Austin, he is a graduate of the city's nationally ranked public high school, the LBJ Science Academy (‘01), now Liberal Arts and Science Academy).

Joseph F. Pitchford serves as Managing Director, Development, for Crescent Real Estate, LLC. As leader of the firm’s award-winning Development Group, his responsibilities include project identification, feasibility analysis, design management and construction execution. Mr. Pitchford has twenty-five years of experience in commercial real estate, particularly in real estate development strategy and project management. Prior to joining Crescent, Mr. Pitchford served as senior vice president and regional director with Concord Eastridge, Inc. in Phoenix. Prior to that, he served as vice president and regional partner with Hines Interests, LP, based in Houston and Phoenix. Mr. Pitchford has led or been directly involved in the development of more than 5 million square feet of completed Class A office, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. Key projects include US Airways Headquarters (218,000 square feet), 24th and Camelback I (300,000 square feet), and the office campus for Vanguard Mutual Funds (330,000 square feet) in Arizona. In Texas, Mr. Pitchford was responsible for the development of The Hotel and Residences at the Ritz-Carlton and The Tower Residences and Regency Row, Ritz-Carlton in Dallas (212 guest rooms, 170 condominiums), and he was involved in the development of the 1.4 million-square foot CenterPoint Energy Plaza in Houston. He also led the development of 3893 Howard Hughes Parkway (175,000 square feet) in Las Vegas, McKinney & Olive (530,000 square feet) in Dallas, and 6 Houston Center (600,000 square feet) in Houston. He is currently leading the development of the new world headquarters for American Airlines (2.2 million square feet), and the 1 Hotel / Embassy Suites in Nashville (712 guest rooms). With his extensive background in successful urban development, Mr. Pitchford is a sought-after speaker, jurist, and panelist within the real estate industry. His recent speaking engagements include the Urban Land Institute, NAIOP, Association of General Contractors, Center for Metropolitan Density, University of Texas, Arizona State University, and numerous industry trade associations. Mr. Pitchford received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame and his Master of Business Administration degree from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. He serves on the Boards of the Uptown Dallas, Inc., The Real Estate Council, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, and the Transit Oriented Development Council of the Urban Land Institute.