Intelligent Transportation Society Names Regina Hopper President & CEO

The Board of Directors of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), a leading high-tech transportation association, has named Regina Hopper President and Chief Executive Officer effective May 18, 2015.

Hopper is a veteran executive of major Washington industry associations. Her experience in public policy advocacy, communications, media and law spans the transportation, telecommunications and energy industries. Hopper most recently served as president and CEO of America’s Natural Gas Alliance where she built operations from the ground up in Washington, D.C. and in 22 states.

She also served as executive vice president of USTelecom and the American Trucking Associations where she oversaw internal operations, connected advocacy to non-dues revenue generation, and managed external policy advocacy and communications.

Hopper has been recognized as a Top Association CEO and lobbyist by CEO Update and The Hill.

Prior to her trade association work, Regina was a correspondent for CBS News where she earned an Emmy for investigative reporting on 48 Hours. She covered the George H.W. Bush and Clinton White Houses as well as breaking news for CBS network news programs and CBS Newspath.

A 2011 Johnson Fellow at the University of Arkansas, Hopper holds a Juris Doctorate and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Arkansas. She currently serves as chairman of the Miss America Foundation.

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