Susan Howard
Program Director for Transportation Finance and Director, BATIC Institute
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
Susan Howard serves as Program Director for Transportation Finance at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). She is also Director of the BATIC Institute: An AASHTO Center for Excellence. She advocates on behalf of the nation’s state departments of transportation for the advancement of long-term, sustainable transportation funding and the expansion of financing tools to meet the needs of our transportation system. Susan previously held the position of Program Manager for Freight at AASHTO.
Prior to joining AASHTO in 2018, she worked as Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs for the National Association of Development Organizations. She also served as the Federal Programs Coordinator for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and worked on Capitol Hill as a Legislative Assistant, responsible for transportation issues for a member of congress from her home state of North Carolina.
Susan earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C.
Recent Events and Presentations
End of the Road for Gas Taxes: The Case for Switching to Road User Charges
ITIF released a report—“A Policymaker’s Guide to Road User Charges”—and an expert panel discussed the myths and realities of having a “road user charge” system (RUC) that uses technology to log the mileage of cars and trucks and charge them accordingly.
