The Socius Amica Collective
The Socius Amica Collective is a trusted network of exceptional independent consultants and small businesses brought together by a shared commitment to excellence, integrity, and collaboration. Carefully vetted for both technical expertise and professionalism, our Collective expands the depth and breadth of services we provide while creating meaningful opportunities for women-owned and small businesses in the transportation industry.
For clients and teaming partners, the Collective offers the best of both worlds: a single, trusted point of contact through Socius Amica with access a diverse team of proven specialists who have a history of working together to deliver thoughtful, community-focused transportation solutions. Together, we're strengthening not only projects, but the industry itself.
"Throughout my career, I've been fortunate to learn from remarkable women and mentors who believed in collaboration over competition. The Socius Amica Collective is my way of paying that forward—creating opportunities for talented professionals to grow, collaborate, and succeed together."
Meredith Greene
Meredith Greene
Principal and CEO, Socius Amica
Meredith has two decades of experience in the transportation industry with a primary focus on public transportation, coordination, and mobility management. She currently operates her independent consulting practice, Socius Amica, as Principal and CEO, specializing in rural and small urban transit planning, coordinated human service planning, mobility management, and a variety of trainings for transit providers and mobility management practitioners.
Michael Koch
Principal and CEO, Compass Transit
Michael Koch is a transit planning professional with over a decade of experience helping rural, resort, and small urban communities build and improve transit systems. As Transit Manager for the Town of Winter Park, he built The Lift, an award-winning transit system, from the ground up, and later led the design, construction, and commissioning of the town's $23 million transit facility.
Today, through Compass Transit Consulting, Michael specializes in service and system planning, facility programming and pre-construction, federal and state transit compliance, and grant administration. He has supported transit agencies across the Mountain West with technical assistance, specialized transportation planning, and stakeholder collaboration, bringing a practical, on-the-ground understanding of what it takes to bring transit solutions to life.
Lauren Cochran
President of Cochran Transit Consulting
Lauren Cochran is a transportation leader with nearly two decades of experience spanning the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She specializes in data-driven decision-making, public-private partnerships, grant funding, proposal development, and implementing innovative transportation solutions. Known for building strong relationships and delivering measurable results, Lauren combines strategic leadership with operational expertise to help organizations advance mobility initiatives and achieve lasting success. She s a graduate of Leadership APTA.
Lindsey Teel
Founder of Pathlight Mobility Advisors
Lindsey Teel is a transportation policy and accessibility expert with more than a decade of experience advancing inclusive mobility. A former Presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Transportation and Associate Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, she has led nationally significant work in accessible transportation, ADA paratransit, stakeholder engagement, and transportation research. Her experience spans federal agencies, state DOTs, transit providers, and research institutions, helping bridge policy, research, and implementation to deliver practical, community-focused transportation solutions.
Kevin Ottem
Visual Communications | Socius Amica
Kevin has over three decades of experience writing and laying out print and digital materials that say what they need to say, with simplicity and elegance. He shepherds content for a wide array of materials, from graphic executive summaries and briefing books, to long technical documents, websites, rider surveys, project logos, and customized flyers, posters, and other branded project collateral.
Shawna Pounds
Research Associate | Socius Amica
Shawna is a detail-oriented research associate, putting passion and consistency into the research and writing projects she tackles. She brings her inherently curious nature to Socius Amica, along with multiple years in staff management and event organization.
Judey Dozeto
Marketing and Communications | Socius Amica
Judey is a marketing and communications professional with more than 20 years of experience supporting transportation, healthcare, nonprofit, and higher education organizations. Founder and Principal of 33° North Creative, she specializes in strategic communications, brand development, multilingual outreach, and creative project management. A former marketing leader at CapMetro in Austin, Judey brings extensive experience developing transit communications, public outreach campaigns, wayfinding materials, and event communications that help agencies effectively connect with the communities they serve.
Additional Services
Socius Amica provides a number of other services, including, but not limited to:
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Geographic Information Systems Analyses (GIS), including data analytics and story mapping
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Spanish writing, editing, and translation services
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Document editing and 504 compliance
Socius Amica is women-owned registered DBE and ESB (Emerging Small Business).