Emily Braswell Henderson

Emily Braswell Henderson is a consultant with RS&H, Inc. and leads its Tyler, Texas office. Her work includes multidisciplinary planning and environmental projects which include one or more of the following work efforts: Comprehensive Planning; Subregional Planning; Multimodal Corridor Planning; Toll Road Prefeasibility Analysis; Statewide and Strategic Planning; Travel Surveys; Transportation Master Plans at the local, regional and state levels; Congestion Management; Public Involvement; Visioning; and Community Conflict Resolution. Currently, she is completing her dissertation in Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University (TSU). She expects to complete her research and receive her doctorate in December 2015.

Ms. Henderson is also a native Texan with three degrees from Texas A&M University including a master’s degree in urban planning. She has 33 years of experience in in conducting and managing comprehensive planning and transportation projects at the local, regional, and statewide levels. She served as the first Director of Planning for the Texas Toll Road Authority for four years before moving to Reno Nevada where she ran the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency.