Are you a natural-born leader—or do you know someone who is?

Put your talents to work by running for a seat on APTA’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors or the Business Members Board of Governors. Details for each nominations process follow:

Executive Committee, Board
The APTA Nominating Committee is accepting nominations for the APTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors. The deadline is Aug. 2.

After considering nominations, the committee will recommend a slate of nominees to stand for election at APTA’s virtual annual business meeting and election Tuesday, Sept. 24, a few days before APTA’s Annual Meeting, Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Chicago.
In keeping with APTA’s commitment to sustainability, APTA sent a nominations packet to all members by e-mail on June 17.

The packet includes the Nominating Committee roster, list of open officer and director positions, and directions for accessing nomination and authorization forms.

The chair of the committee is APTA Past Chair Gary C. Thomas, president and executive director, Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Committee members include Lorraine Anderson, Regional Transportation District, Denver; Raul Bravo, Raul Bravo and Associates; Vida Covington, Sound Transit, Seattle; Grace Crunican, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; Donna DeMartino, San Joaquin Regional Transit District, Stockton, CA; Carl Desrosiers, Société de Transport de Montréal; Aida ­Douglas, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Austin, TX; Huelon A. Harrison, Legacy Resource Group; Mark Huffer, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority; Ysela Llort, Miami-Dade ­Transit; Donna McNamee, Laketran, Grand River, OH; Hugh A. Mose, Centre Area Transportation Authority, State College, PA; Tom Nolan, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; Raquel Olivier, Olivier Incorporated; Maryanne Roberts, Bombardier Transportation; Matthew O. Tucker, North County Transit District, Oceanside, CA; Thomas Waldron, AECOM; and James Weinstein, New Jersey Transit Corporation.

More information is available here or from Jim LaRusch.

Business Member Board of Governors
The APTA Business Member Board of Governors (BMBG) Nominations Committee is accepting nominations through Aug. 9 at 5 p.m. (Eastern time) from individuals interested in representing APTA’s private sector members in leadership positions. Late submissions will not be accepted.

The Nominations Committee will select 11 APTA business members to serve on the BMBG and also for positions on the board that might become vacant during the next year. Each member of the BMBG serves one two-year term and may be re-elected.
APTA business members will vote on the slate of nominees in an election Sunday, Sept. 29, during the APTA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

The term for those elected begins at the conclusion of the meeting and expires in 2015.

The BMBG sets the course and direction for APTA business member activities and normally meets four times per year, usually in conjunction with major APTA meetings.

In selecting nominees to represent business members on the BMBG, the committee will consider the nominees’ prior record of participation on APTA committees and attendance at BMBG meetings. Diversity on the board is encouraged.

Chuck Wochele, managing partner and owner, TransitConsult LLC, and BMBG immediate past chair, chairs the Nominations Committee.

Committee members include John Bartosiewicz, McDonald Transit Associates Inc.; Huelon Harrison, Legacy Resource Group; Janet Rogers, Stacy and ­Witbeck Inc.; and Paul Skoutelas, ­Parsons Brinckerhoff.

For more information and to access the nominations form, click here. For questions or other details, contact Fran Hooper.