Who We Are

Andrea Leary
TDM & TMA Formation Expert with 23 Years’ Experience

Andrea Leary is a principal and co-founder of NorthEase Consulting Group.  She is also the president and founder of Northeast Transit Planning & Management Corp. – a Massachusetts-based S Corporation and Massachusetts Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) certified by the Massachusetts Office of Supplier Diversity.  Ms. Leary has extensive experience working with both the public sector (MBTA, the Merrimack Valley and Lowell Regional Transit Authorities, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and numerous municipalities including the towns of Andover, Danvers, North Andover, and Wilmington, and the cities of Beverly, Lawrence, Salem, and Somerville), as well as with a variety with private sector clients such as Axcelis Technologies, Brickstone Properties, CBRE-NE, Cell Signaling Technologies, Eastern Bank, Federal Realty Investment Trust, the Lupoli Companies, Partners Healthcare, Pfizer, Putnam Investments, Philips, Schneider Electric and VICOR.

Ms. Leary specializes in the development of public-private partnerships to support improved access and congestion reduction, and economic development through transportation demand management (TDM).  Ms. Leary overseas the fiscal management, policy development and strategic planning for 4 Massachusetts Transportation Management Associations (TMAs) - the Merrimack Valley TMA, the North Shore TMA, the Junction TMO and the state’s newest TMA Assembly Connect.   

Ms. Leary is a past Managing Director of MassCommute – the Massachusetts TMA Council – securing $2 Million in funding for Massachusetts TMAs during her tenure and served as the chairperson for the Town of Andover’s Parking Management Access Planning committee.  In 2017 Ms. Leary was chosen as a national TDM subject matter expert for her experience in starting and managing TMAs and is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Commuter Transportation’s national TDM certification and credentialing exam. In her free time, Ms. Leary enjoys golfing, boating, and travel.

Allison Simmons
TDM & TMA Formation Expert with 26 Years’ Experience

Allison Simmons is a principal and co-founder of NorthEase Consulting Group.  She is also the of Ease Consult, a consulting firm based in Boston.  Ms. Simmons specializes in sustainable transportation services for non-profits, companies, and municipalities. She has been in the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) industry since 1994. With a background in marketing and communications she specializes in creating innovative programs and campaigns to create behavior change.

Over the past twenty years Ms. Simmons has worked for several Boston TMAs including MASCO’s Commute Works which serves the Longwood Medical Area and A Better City TMA.  Ms. Simmons was the founding director of the Artery Business Committee TMA (now A Better City), the largest TMA in the Commonwealth formed as a mitigation measure for Boston’s Big Dig.  Ms. Simmons is a national expert on TMA formation as has launched three TMAs in Massachusetts (Allston Brighton, Watertown and Assembly Connect) and one in Memphis, TN.

Clients have included A Better City, Assembly Connect, the City of Boston, the City of Everett, Seaport TMA, Allston Brighton TMA, Watertown TMA, Merrimack Valley TMA, Charles River TMA, Partners Healthcare, Memphis Medical District Collaborative and Boston University Medical Center.   

In addition to her work, Allison is actively involved with local and national organizations including the Association for Commuter Transportation.  In 2019 she was appointed as President of the National Center for TDM, which seeks to shape and advance transportation demand management to improve our nation’s mobility. She loves to travel and is a proud mother of two.

Our Team

Stephanie Le
Program Manager

Stephanie Le is a Somerville native and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a degree in Marketing. During her time in college she had the opportunity to study abroad in Germany, as well as participate in the Disney College Internship Program. She has over 10 years in the Customer Service Field and has worked in the Transportation Demand Management industry since 2016. She started her journey in TDM while working for TranSComm TMA at Boston University Medical Campus. Stephanie has joined Assembly Connect under NorthEase Consulting Group as their Program Manager for Assembly Square.