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Frank Francois served as Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) from 1980-1999. Since retiring from AASHTO he engages in a limited transportation consulting practice and serves on several committees of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). While Executive Director of AASHTO, Mr. Francois was involved in the development and implementation of transportation policy on behalf of the State departments of transportation, and served on the Executive Committees of TRB and the Strategic Highway Research Program as an Ex Officio member. A co-founder of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA), he was the second chairman of its Board of Directors and is now an honorary life member of that Board. In 1999 he was made a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and in 2002 was honored with an honorary life membership in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). | 