Leaders of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to retire after pushing group toward advocacy. After more than a decade leading one of Washington, D.C.’s most influential transportation policy groups, two top executives at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials will retire on Feb. 1, 2013. Executive Director John Horsley is leaving the $49 million-revenue group. He has been its leader since 1999. Also departing is Director of Program Finance and Management Jack Basso, who joined AASHTO in 2001. AASHTO represents state highway and transportation departments and has typically been a standard-setting body for much… Read More