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    1. Management

    APTA announces new executive committee and board of directors members

    Oct. 16, 2019
    Santa Clara VTA CEO Nuria Fernandez takes over as chair.
    Related To: American Public Transportation Association
    Santa Clara VTA
    Nuria Fernandez
    Nuria Fernandez

    The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announces the 2019-2020 Executive Committee during the TRANSform Conference.  

    The new APTA Chair is Nuria I. Fernandez, the general manager and CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, Calif. 

    “It is an honor to take the reins of the association that represents the industry that has been part of my life throughout my 39-year career,” Fernandez said. “This is an exciting and transformational time for public transportation as we continue to make sure tens of millions of Americans get to school, work, or wherever they need to go, while also connecting communities and boosting our nation’s economy.” 

    Jeffrey A. Nelson, general manager of the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK), Moline, Ill., will serve as vice chair. 

    Freddie C. Fuller II, vice president of electronic payment systems, Jacobs, will remain secretary-treasurer. David M. Stackrow Sr., board treasurer of the Capital District Transportation Authority in Albany, N.Y., will serve as immediate past chair. 

    In addition, the following individuals will serve three-year terms on the APTA Executive Committee: 

    • Thomas Waldron, senior vice president, HDR 

    • Michele Wong Krause, secretary, Dallas Area Rapid Transit 

    • Henry Li, general manager and CEO, Sacramento Regional Transit District 

    • Richard J. Leary, CEO, Toronto Transit Commission, Canadian representative 

    • Raymond J. Melleady, executive vice president, USSC Group 

    Those serving new three-year terms on the APTA Board of Directors are: 

    • Dorval R. Carter Jr., president, Chicago Transit Authority 

    • Kimberly Dunham, executive director, Greater New Haven Transit District 

    • Inez Evans, president and CEO, IndyGo 

    • Arezou Jolly, vice chair, Jacksonville Transit Authority Board of Directors 

    • Bacarra Sanderson Mauldin, executive director, Birmingham Regional Paratransit Consortium dba ClasTran 

    • Natalie Cornell, director of business development, LTK Engineering Services 

    • Jack Martinson, vice president/customer director, Alstom 

    • Jose Bustamante, vice president, T&I national business development