A safe and efficient transportation system is vital to our national prosperity, and modernizing it to meet our 21st-century demands has become our most significant mobility challenge. The Operations Academy has answered this challenge by providing an interactive educational forum where transportation professionals can develop advanced skills, and champion efforts to realize the future. One of the things I am grateful to the Academy for is the opportunity to coordinate with an esteemed body of transportation professionals. Coupled with a strong framework for effecting positive change, I return to my agency with a number of new concepts and techniques to bring disparate TSMO efforts together. I would definitely recommend the program to others, and would suggest expanding the program to match differing levels of expertise and location. Job well done, thank you.