Cassandra Leopold received her Master's in Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, focusing on multimodal transportation planning and design. Her thesis research focuses on improving accessibility and equity policies for women and elderly pedestrians. She currently works for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a multimodal planner. Prior to that, she worked for the City of Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works in the Multimodal Unit as a Transportation Operations Assistant (TOA). Cassandra has assisted with several projects including Milwaukee’s first Pedestrian Plan, the pilot adaptive bike share program, public bike share expansion and has helped write federal transportation grants.