Janet Leli is the associate director for technology transfer at CAIT and director of the New Jersey Local Technical Assistance (NJ LTAP), which she managed for many years. She has been with the center since 1999.

Leli is responsible for coordinating CAIT’s training and workforce development initiatives, including more than 100 safety, infrastructure management, and workforce development workshops for public agency personnel.

She serves on the TRB Technology Transfer Committee and the TRB Highway Safety Workforce Development Committee, the National Local Technical Assistance Program Association Executive Committee, and the American Public Works Association Diversity Committee.

She has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on external grants in the area of technology transfer totaling more than $3 million.

Her background includes a B.A. degree in political science from Rutgers University, a M.A. from Rider University, and a graduate certificate in government administration from Rider University.