Ben is an Equity Framework Intern with Governance Center at WRI, working on the Electric School Bus Initiative.

Prior to joining WRI, Ben spent four years at the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center, working on a variety of transit, economics, and equity projects, developing technical materials and research to advance the state of the practice of transportation in the United States.

Ben is currently a graduate student in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, focusing on transportation equity. He is also a researcher at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. Ben holds a B.A. in Economics from UMass Boston.