Dani Booms, PE, PTOE, is an Associate Vice President and transportation asset management leader at HNTB, specializing in program development, infrastructure inspections, data-driven decision-making, and asset management systems. As Deputy Program Manager for MDOT’s Ancillary Structures Asset Management Program, she helps lead engineering services, database management, program development, and field inspection efforts for a statewide inventory of ancillary transportation assets. Dani brings a background in traffic engineering, safety analysis, stakeholder communication, and practice-building in asset management, with a focus on helping agencies turn infrastructure data into practical maintenance, capital planning, and risk-based investment decisions.