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    APTA Announces New Executive Committee and Board of Directors

    Sept. 22, 2011
    Gary C. Thomas, president/executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, elected APTA chair.
    Related To: American Public Transportation Association

    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.