Laurrie Brown, 65, a 40-year public transportation professional who worked since 2008 as director of operations for the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD), Stockton, CA, died May 4.

Brown joined RTD in 2005 as director of transportation and a member of the executive team before being promoted to her most recent position. She retired for health reasons in 2012, but continued to serve the agency on a part-time basis.

RTD General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Donna DeMartino said: “In all her years at RTD, Laurrie demonstrated absolutely consistent, unwavering, uncompromising, and inspirational commitment to RTD’s mission, employees, and customers.”

She began her public transit career in 1974 as a bus operator for the Sacramento Regional Transit District. During more than 20 years with that agency, she progressed to supervisor/dispatcher and ultimately to lead supervisor.