The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) yesterday announced the election of its 2011-2012 Executive Committee and Board of Directors as voted by APTA members through the association's first virtual annual business meeting and election of officers.
The Executive Committee will be led by chair Gary C. Thomas, president/executive director of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) in Dallas, Texas. Thomas succeeds Michael J. Scanlon, general manager/CEO of San Mateo County Transit district and executive director of Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board in San Carlos, Calif.
Flora Castillo, a New Jersey Transit Corporation board member, was elected vice chair, and Nathaniel P. Ford Sr., principal of the Ford Management Group, remains Secretary-Treasurer for another year.
The board, which is comprised of 106 members, will convene Oct. 1 in New Orleans, prior to the beginning of the 2011 APTA Annual Meeting and EXPO. The newly elected board members are as follows:
Chair
Gary C. Thomas
President/Executive Director
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas, Texas
Vice Chair
Flora Castillo
Board Member
New Jersey Transit Corporation
Newark, N.J.
Secretary-Treasurer
Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr.
Principal
Ford Management Group
San Francisco, CA
Executive Committee Members at Large
Ronald L. Epstein
Chief Financial Officer
New York State DOT
Albany, N.Y.
Joseph J. Giulietti,
Executive Director
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority/Tri-Rail
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Crystal Fortune Lyons
Board Chairman
Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority
Corpus Christi, Texas
Reginald A. Mason
Director of Safety and Training/Chief Safety Officer
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
San Francisco, Calif.
Gary McNeil
President
GO Transit/Metrolinx
Toronto, Canada
Transit Agency Members at-Large of the APTA Board of Directors
Thomas J. Costello
Assistant Managing Director
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
Urbana, Ill.
Bradford J. Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Hugh A. Mose
General Manager
Centre Area Transportation Authority
State College, Pa.
Trevor Ocock
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo)
Indianapolis, Ind.
Allan Pollock
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
Salem-Keizer Transit
Salem, Ore.
Peter J. Varga
Chief Executive Officer
Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid),
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Business Members at-Large of the APTA Board of Directors
Richard M. Amodei
Senior Vice President/Chief Strategic Growth
Access and Coordinated Transportation Inc.
Officer
STV Incorporated
Philadelphia, Pa.
Christopher P. Boylan
Director, Governmental and Strategic Partnerships
General Contractors Association of New York
New York, N.Y.
Peter Gertler
Senior Vice President/High Speed Rail Services Chair
HNTB Corporation
Oakland, Calif.
Arun Prem
Executive Director
Full Access and Coordinated Transportation Inc.
Oceanside, Calif.
