At its July 18 meeting in Chicago, APTA’s 2012 Nominating Committee selected the current vice chair—Flora M. Castillo, a board member for New Jersey Transit Corporation, Newark, NJ—as APTA chair for 2012-2013. Peter Varga, chief executive officer, Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid), Grand Rapids, MI, was nominated vice chair and Doran J. Barnes, executive director, Foothill Transit, West Covina, CA, secretary-treasurer.

APTA Immediate Past Chair Michael J. Scanlon, general manager and chief executive officer, San Mateo County Transit District & Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, San Carlos, CA, chaired the nominating committee.

Nominated as members-at-large of the APTA Executive Committee were Huelon (Hugh) Harrison, principal, Legacy Resource Group, Dallas, TX; Angela Iannuzziello, vice president, Canada national transit market sector lead, AECOM, Markham, ON; Joseph Lhota, chairman and chief executive officer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY; and Rosa Navajar, board vice chair, Fort Worth Transportation Authority, Fort Worth, TX.

Public transit agency representatives nominated as members-at-large of the APTA Board of Directors are Michael Allegra, general manager, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT; Kunjan Dayal, director of procurement and contracts, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Portland, OR; Rufus Francis, director of safety, Sacramento Regional Transit District, Sacramento, CA; Lee Gibson, chief executive officer, Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Reno, NV; Mark Huffer, general manager, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Kansas City, MO; Darrell Johnson, deputy chief executive officer, Orange County Transportation Authority, Orange, CA; and Jeanne Krieg, chief executive officer, Eastern Contra Costa Transportation Authority, Antioch, CA.

Board member nominees representing APTA business members are Jeff Boothe, partner, Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, DC; Maryanne Roberts, senior advisor, communications and public affairs, U.S., Bombardier Transportation, Horsham, PA; and Al Engel, principal, Al Engel Consulting, Telford, PA

APTA members will select officers and board members Sept. 7 during the association’s virtual Annual Business Meeting and Election, at 5 p.m. Eastern time. APTA will send call-in information to each member organization’s designated contact in the next few weeks.

The virtual election will allow the board to begin work immediately at the 2012 Annual Meeting, with a Saturday morning orientation for new board members followed by a working session of the full board beginning at noon.

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