Jim Scott
POMPANO BEACH, FL—Jim Scott, a former chair of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Governing Board, has been reappointed to the board by Florida Gov. Rick Scott. He originally joined the board in 2005 and was its chair in 2006.
 Scott served 24 years in the Florida Senate beginning in 1976, becoming its president in 1994. He later served on the Broward County Commission from 2000 to 2006.

He is a practicing attorney and a founding director and chairman of the Tripp, Scott Law Firm in Fort Lauderdale.

Laura Toole
NEW YORK, NY—Sam Schwartz Engineering (SSE) announced the promotion of Laura Toole to general manager of the firm’s New York City office. She succeeds Erich Arcement, P.E., PTOE, senior vice president, who is taking charge of major projects in the same office.

Toole, also a senior principal, joined the company in January 2013 as vice president and director of business development. She has 30 years of experience in business development, marketing, public involvement, and executive management, serving previously as president of Michael Baker Engineering Inc., White Plains, NY.

She is a board member of the WTS Foundation

Joseph Leader
NEW YORK, NY—MTA New York City Transit has named 27-year employee Joseph Leader senior vice president, Department of Subways. He has held this post on an acting basis since May.

Leader joined NYC Transit in 1986 as a management intern in the Division of Track and has risen through the ranks, serving as chief track officer, chief of track and infrastructure, and ultimately vice president and chief maintenance officer for maintenance of way. He also worked five years as a superintendent of track safety and director of investigations.

Angie Sifuentez
EUGENE, OR—The Oregon Transit Association recognized Angie Sifuentez, marketing representative, Lane Transit District (LTD), as the 2013 Outstanding Transportation Employee of the Year.

Sifuentez has worked for LTD for 39 years, beginning as a customer service representative in 1974 and later serving as marketing representative and manager of customer service. She returned to the marketing representative job in the early 2000s.

Stephen A. McEvoy
VALLEY FORGE, PA—Stephen A. McEvoy has joined Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail Systems, a division of Gannett Fleming specializing in public transit and railroad track, signal, communication, and electric-traction design.

Based in the firm’s Valley Forge office, McEvoy serves as a vice president and the director of railroad and transit operational design. He has 48 years of experience.

Heidi McNary, Eric McCarthy, Jim Gibbs
GREENVILLE, SC—Proterra announced the hiring of Heidi McNary as vice president of marketing, Eric McCarthy as general counsel, and Jim Gibbs as vice president of operations.

McNary joins the company with almost 20 years experience in technology, marketing, managerial, and executive roles. She was vice president of product development and engineering and chief technical officer for Hawker Beechcraft and worked for Honeywell Aerospace for 13 years.

McCarthy served most recently as executive vice president and general counsel for Seneca One Finance Inc., and earlier as general counsel for Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc He has worked in litigation and as general counsel and executive leadership for more than 17 years.

Gibbs has worked in supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing management, most recently as vice president of supply chain for Tomkins Industrial & Automotive in Colorado. He also served as vice president, integrated supply chain, for multiple divisions of Honeywell Aerospace.

Bob Johnson
ELYRIA, OH—Bob Johnson, vice president, aftermarket sales, for Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC has joined the board of the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN).

Since joining Bendix in 1989, Johnson has served in several marketing and sales roles within the company. He has held his current position since March 2009.

Formed in 2006, CVSN is an association for independent parts and service aftermarket distributors serving the transportation industry. Its membership includes nearly 100 of the top independent aftermarket distributors.

Robert W. Strauss, Faye Moses Wilkins, Richard Carrizales, Gary Slagel
DALLAS, TX—Robert W. Strauss, a partner at the Dallas-based law firm of Strasburger & Price, LLP, has been elected chair of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors. Appointed in 2006 by the Dallas City Council, Strauss is a former board vice chair.

Plano and Farmers Branch representative Faye Moses Wilkins was elected vice chair. Wilkins, who joined the board in 1999, is president of The Wilkins Group Inc., a telecommunications and systems integration firm. She was vice chair of the board from 2010-2011.

Dallas representative Richard Carrizales was elected secretary. He previously was assistant secretary. The Dallas City Council appointed Mr. Carrizales, an attorney in private practice, in 2010.

Gary Slagel, named in 2011 to represent Richardson, Addison, Highland Park, and University Park, was elected assistant secretary. He is president and chief executive officer of CapitalSoft Inc., a software development firm.