Lextran General Manager Rocky Burke, has submitted his resignation, effective Dec. 19. Burke has accepted a position as director of Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) in Sarasota, Fla. Lextran’s Assistant General Manager Jared Forte, resigned in October and is now acting assistant general manager at Sun Tran in Tucson, Ariz.
The assistant general manager and general manager positions will be filled through a process in cooperation with Transdev, Lextran’s management company. Lextran Board Chair Jeff Fugate said, “On behalf of the Lextran Board of Directors, we will work alongside Transdev to make certain this transition will be executed as smoothly as possible for both the Lextran staff and the Lexington community.”
Burke began his tenure at Lextran as the General Manager in February 2008.