Christian T. Kent has more than 35 years of experience in the public transit industry in the private and public sectors, and 16 years in a senior executive role, serving as a charismatic change agent and turnaround specialist for numerous systems across the country. Kent is best known for his role as a senior executive at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), having been responsible for the nation’s fifth largest paratransit service and systemwide accessibility and ADA compliance for the authority’s rail, bus and paratransit services. Now in his fifth year as a transit management consultant, Kent Also serves as a principal in KL2 Connects, an executive search firm that caters exclusively to the transit industry.