White offered a straightforward guide for transportation leaders on how to responsibly leverage artificial intelligence to improve public transit operations and decision-making. Drawing on real-world examples, she highlighted how AI is helping agencies enhance safety, streamline operations, and improve service delivery. The presentation also provided a framework for getting started with AI, best practices for implementation, and practical strategies to ensure teams are prepared to build for the future.
Kristin White is a dynamic change-agent and executive with 20 years’ experience transforming transportation. Her philosophy is using tech for good, making government more innovative, elevating women, and leading with heart and authenticity. She oversees strategy and partnerships as Google’s Transportation Industry Executive. The world’s fourth largest company launched Google Public Sector to use tech to achieve public sector goals including safety, resiliency, connecting communities and economic growth. The youngest Federal Highway Administrator ever appointed by the White House, she ran the country’s largest transportation agency with over $300B and 3,000 employees. Previously, she was COO of the transportation tech nonprofit ITS America. She’s a lawyer by trade, having worked in federal, state and local government, and started her career as a Fulbright Fellow in Japan. She’s won awards for women in innovation and government transformation. Born in the Black Hills of South Dakota, she’s a relay runner, yogi, hiker and dog mom and spends time on her nonprofit to elevate women in transportation innovation.
