Joung Lee

Joung Lee leads the American Association of State Highway and Transportation 
Officials’ (AASHTO’s) transportation policy work with Congress, federal agencies, and 
partner organizations. He also provides strategic support to AASHTO’s board of 
directors, Transportation Policy Forum, and Strategic Management Committee, along 
with other member-led committee and council leadership teams.

In advancing AASHTO’s policy and management agenda, Joung coordinates 
development and implementation of AASHTO’s strategic plan, directs and develops 
activities to support the AASHTO president’s emphasis areas, and conducts priority 
initiatives identified by the association’s elected leadership, board of directors, and 
executive director.
Joung began his career with the Federal Highway Administration in 2000 before joining 
AASHTO in 2007. He founded Young Professionals in Transportation International in 
2008, served as a former chair of the Road Gang, a D.C.-based highway policy society, 
and is a member of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy advisory board. He is a 
graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania.