Hasan Ikhrata

Executive Director

Hasan Ikhrata has served as the Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) since January 2008.  His responsibilities include implementing the policies of an 83-member Regional Council and directing day-to-day operations of the nation's largest Metropolitan Planning Organization.  Mr. Ikhrata has over 25 years of public and private sector experience in Transportation Planning in the Southern California region.

Prior to joining SCAG in 1994, Mr. Ikhrata worked for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for four years.  While there he developed a comprehensive Transportation Control Measure/Transportation Demand Management program for the MTA and 88 cities in the County.  While at the MTA he also developed multi-modal performance measures for use in updating the MTA Long Term Capital Plan.

Mr. Ikhrata worked for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for two years managing transportation and air quality related projects.  He headed the evaluation of various components of Regulation XV, the nation's first mandatory employer based trip reduction program designed to reduce commute related automobile travel.

Mr. Ikhrata held a Research Assistant position for six years with the University of Southern California (USC) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).  While there his research included work in three diverse areas: land use and transportation planning; harnessing the energy of tidal waves; and pile foundations under dynamic loads.

Mr. Ikhrata also worked abroad for the USSR government, Moscow Metro Corporation, where he conducted subway ridership forecasting, engineering design and analysis of TDM programs for the Moscow Subway system.

Mr. Ikhrata holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Civil and Industrial Engineering from Zaporozhye University in the former Soviet Union; a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from UCLA, and a PhD Candidacy in Urban Planning and Transportation from USC.

Mr. Ikhrata serves at the discretion of the Regional Council and receives an annual salary of $229,192.