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CEO, Interim GMs Named
Bland, Nashville MTA/RTA
Stephen G. Bland is joining the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee, serving as chief executive officer of both Nashville-based agencies. His appointment is effective Aug. 25.
Bland currently works for Michael Baker International as program director of CTfastrak, a 9.5-mile advanced BRT system between New Britain and downtown Hartford, CT. During his 28-year transportation career, he headed the Port Authority of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh for seven years and was assistant director/general superintendent of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation.
He succeeds Paul J. Ballard, who left MTA and RTA to become president and chief executive officer of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. MTA/RTA Chief Financial Officer Ed Oliphant headed the agencies on an interim basis.
For APTA, Bland serves on the Authorization Task Force and the Access, Legislative, Policy and Planning, Public-Private Partnerships, and Sustainability committees.
Haley, Cincinnati Metro
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, which operates Metro in Cincinnati, has named Darryl Haley as interim general manager following the resignation of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Terry Garcia Crews.
His appointment is effective immediately.
Haley is Metro’s executive director of development and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises officer, positions he will retain. He is a member of the APTA Financial Management Committee.
Garcia Crews joined Metro in November 2010. She is an at-large director on the APTA Board of Directors, chairs the APTA Mid-Size Operations Committee, is a mentor for the Early Career Program, and a member of the Bus and Paratransit CEOs and Bus Operations committees.
Blahovec, WCTA
Alan Blahovec, deputy director of the Westmoreland County Transit Authority (WCTA), Greensburg, PA, has been named interim executive director, effective Aug. 4, following the announcement that Larry Morris will leave that position.
Morris, who has headed WCTA since 1993, said he is joining a private transportation company.
Lewis, Sarasota, FL
Sarasota County (FL) Area Transit (SCAT) has named Rob Lewis interim director.
Lewis is the county’s director of community and intergovernmental relations.
SCAT made the change following the departure of Glama Carter, who had served as its director since August 2012.
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