Savannah Robertson

Savannah Robertson is a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) professional with experience in statewide planning, program development, and administration. She entered the TDM field in 2019 with the Knoxville Transportation Planning Organization, where she managed the multi-county Smart Trips program and supported multimodal initiatives across the East Tennessee region.

In 2021, Savannah became the director of Drive Electric Tennessee, leading statewide efforts to advance electric vehicle adoption while championing the integration of TDM strategies into Tennessee’s electrification initiatives. She joined the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Planning Division in 2023 as an air quality technical specialist and now serves as a senior planner, where she manages TDOT's statewide TDM initiative, WayFinderTN.

Outside her professional role, Savannah is a devoted advocate for the creative process - the highs, the lows, and the learning that emerges from both. She is a casual runner at present, with intentions to pick up the pace (pun intended) once graduate school is behind her. Some might describe her as an urban farmer; others might simply see someone who creating a life for herself where her daily essentials and hobbies are within obtainable reach, and her job is within a 30-minute commute (mode agonistically speaking).

Living in the very transportation challenges we work to solve allows one to stay grounded, empathetic, and fully immersed in designing solutions that bring more light to Tennessee's already bright mobility landscape.