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Team ASHA

Our culturally diverse and multifaceted team is our greatest strength. Our team members grew up in various parts of the world and bring with us unique cultural perspectives on urban spaces, transportation systems, and social equity. Urban mobility and transportation safety is a personal passion for each of us and we bring our diverse experiences into our day-to-day work. We work with state, regional, and local agencies to improve mobility and safety for all users of the transportation system, especially the most vulnerable users.

We have two senior transportation planners with a combined planning and public engagement experience of 40 years – Poorna Bhattacharya, AICP, LEED AP and Rohan Sadhai, AICP. Our Creative Design Director, Stephen Vazquez, has over 16 years of experience on transportation planning projects and helping visualize complex transportation data in a public-friendly format. Our team is supported by a Planner, Shuang Xi, with three years of experience working with FDOT and local government clients.

Poorna Bhattacharya,
AICP, LEED AP

Founder of ASHA Planning Consultancy Inc. with 23 years of professional experience

Poorna has focused her career on complete streets and context sensitive transportation planning projects that integrate the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and motorists into one transportation system. She has experience in multimodal planning, growth management, transportation policy, transit planning, safety studies, corridor studies, and parking planning. She specializes in facilitating public and stakeholder outreach as a component of larger planning efforts. Poorna combines her background in Architecture and Urban Planning to advocate for a transportation system that is a cohesive extension of the built environment. In the last decade, she has passionately worked on bicycle and pedestrian safety initiatives and multimodal mobility efforts. Poorna is a mother of two spirited children who love riding their bikes all over the neighborhood trails and advocating for safe walking and biking to anyone that would listen.

Rohan Sadhai, AICP

Project Manager with 24 years of professional experience

Rohan has extensive experience in providing transportation planning services to transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, local, regional and state governments. He has extensive experience in preparing local and regional transportation plans, transit feasibility studies, corridor planning studies with complete streets concepts, growth management plans, pedestrian and bicycle plans and landside aviation plans. Rohan has managed multiple corridor planning studies from planning to concept development for FDOT and Orange County. He has an undergraduate degree in Geography and a master’s degree in Transportation Planning. He has focused his career on integrating complex transportation and land use data into planning projects to help stakeholders make data driven decisions.

Stephen Vazquez

Creative Design Director with 24 years of multi-industry experience

Stephen is a highly creative problem-solver and storyteller with advanced knowledge in the Adobe Creative Cloud applications and over 2,200 successfully completed projects. He has extensive experience in print and publication design, 3D modeling and animation, interactive simulation, innovative map composition, website design, and presentation design and creation. Stephen has assisted state and local agencies with numerous creative initiatives such as newsletters, infographics and storytelling materials, presentations, branding, and other collateral materials. Stephen's unique approach to design creates functionally enhanced solutions that are both client and project-specific.

Shuang Xi, AICP

Transportation Planner with 6 years
of professional experience

Shuang Xi is a transportation planner with experience in urban and regional planning, growth management, transit planning, and corridor planning. She has experience working on PD&E studies, specifically crash data evaluation and public involvement. She is experienced in GIS applications, planning evaluations, evaluating and analyzing crash data and preparing infographics. Shuang has two bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Design and Finance and two master’s degrees in Environmental Planning and Design and Geographic Information System. Her diverse educational background allows her to take a multifaceted approach to planning.

Daniela Bohorquez

Creative Designer with 18 years
of multi-industry experience

Daniela is an accomplished yet passionate creative designer with a diverse background in architecture and graphic design. Drawing experience from both professional fields, she conceptualizes and develops creative ideas into successful design deliverables. Using applications such as AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Cloud, Daniela has produced several brand identity campaigns, cohesive marketing materials, and web-based solutions for a variety of clientele. From transforming uninspiring dwellings into warm and welcoming living spaces to creating design elements such as logos and brochures, Daniela offers a profoundly creative experience with every project she touches.