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    1. Management

    APTA selects new vice chair, announces executive committee and board of directors nominees

    Sept. 20, 2021
    Jeffrey Nelson, general manager of MetroLINK, continues as chair of APTA for 2021-2022.
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    Kevin Hozendorf has been selected by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to be the vice chair of APTA for 2021-2022. Hozendorf is the current chair of APTA’s Transit Board Members Committee and immediate past chair of the board of directors for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority.  

    Jeffrey Nelson, general manager of Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK), will continue as chair of APTA for 2021-2022. David Stackrow Sr., board treasurer, Capital District Transportation Authority in Albany, N.Y., will continue to serve as immediate past chair.  

    APTA members will vote on the 2021-2022 slate of nominees Nov. 6 during APTA’s 2021 TRANSform Conference and EXPO in Orlando. 

    The 2021 Nominating Committee nominated members-at-large for both the APTA Executive Committee and the APTA Board of Directors at a Sept. 16 meeting in Chicago. Nominated to three-year terms as members-at-large of the 25-member APTA Executive Committee are: 

    Jeffrey Wharton, director, contracts and technical services, SYSTRA USA, business member-at-large 

    Michael Goldman, chair, Washington Suburban Transit Commission, transit board member-at-large 

    MJ Maynard, CEO, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, executive committee member-at-large 

    The committee also approved the following individuals to fill portfolio seats on the Executive Committee: 

    • Allan Pollock, general manager, Salem Area Mass Transit District, Cherriots, Ore. 
    • Dawn Distler, CEO, Metro Regional Transportation Authority, Akron, Ohio. 
    • James Derwinski, CEO and executive director, Metra, Chicago, Ill. 
    • Jeff Parker, general manager and CEO, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Ga. 
    • Leslie Richards, general manager and CEO, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Penn. 

    Nominations for three-year terms on the APTA Board of Directors were also announced. 

    Transit system directors: 

    • Jameson Auten, deputy CEO/chief operating officer, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Mo. 
    • Semia Hackett, associate director, Dept. of Public Works & Transportation, Prince George’s County, Md. 
    • Michael Heidkamp, chief operating officer, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Penn. 
    • Brad Miller, CEO, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority; Fla. 
    • Karen Elizabeth Philbrick, executive director, Mineta Transportation Institute, Calif. 
    • Julie White, deputy secretary for multi-modal transportation, North Carolina Department of Transportation. 

    Business member directors: 

    • Laura Mason, executive vice president, major program delivery, Amtrak. 
    • Raquel Olivier, president, Olivier Inc. 
    • Michael Allegra, president, KivAllegra Consulting. 
    • Crissy Ditmore, head of public policy, North America, Optibus.