The Transportation Technology Center Inc. in Pueblo, CO, has selected Lisa Stabler as its next president, effective Oct. 7. She will succeed Roy A. Allen, who will retire in October.

Stabler currently serves TTCI as vice president of operations and training. Earlier she worked for BNSF Railway as assistant vice president of quality and reliability engineering, chairing the Advanced Technology Safety Initiative Program for freight car maintenance, and was director of marketing, planning, and administration at Delphi Corporation in Dayton, OH.

Allen will retire after 40 years of service in the rail industry. During his career, he rose through the ranks from senior engineer at the Transportation Test Center (TTC) to manager of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Applied Technology Division for the Research and Technology Department in Chicago, to assistant vice president in charge of TTC, and to vice president of AAR R&T Department in Washington, DC.

“Under Roy’s tremendous leadership, TTCI has become the gold standard for rail research and innovation around the world,” said AAR President and Chief Executive Officer Edward R. Hamberger. “Lisa brings tremendous talent and expertise—from both inside and outside of the rail industry—that will continue Roy’s legacy of advancing technology that enables rail to be the safest, most efficient, and productive way to move freight and people.”