Tom Phillips has joined the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (Citrus Connection), Lakeland, FL, as its new executive director, effective Aug. 29. He is the third executive director in the almost 30-year history of the agency.

Phillips comes to Lakeland from PACE Suburban Bus in Arlington Heights, IL, where he was a senior project manager for paratransit operations support. He has a fixed route background from earlier employment.

He has a degree in sociology, with a minor in psychology, from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.