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Who's Doing What in the Industry
Michael J. Scanlon
 SAN CARLOS, CA—Michael J. Scanlon, APTA chair in 2010-2011, has announced his retirement after 15 years as general manager/chief executive officer of the San Mateo County Transit District, executive director of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Authority, and executive director of the San Mateo County Transportation Authority.
Scanlon has had a 47-year career in public transportation. He has worked with APTA since its founding in 1974, and earlier with its parent organizations. He is an honorary member of the APTA Board of Directors and a member of the American Public Transportation Foundation, High-Speed & Intercity Passenger Rail, Legislative, and Mid-Size Operations committees, among many others.
Chris McDivit, Stephanie Haddock
RENO, NV—Chris McDivit has joined the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) as facilities maintenance supervisor. McDivit has 14 years of experience in facilities management, working most recently as operations manager for the University of Washington.
RTC also announced the promotion of Stephanie Haddock to chief financial officer/director of the finance department. She is an 18-year RTC employee, working as a financial analyst, senior financial analyst and, for the past seven years, financial administrator. Haddock succeeds Tom Taelour, who served at RTC for more than three decades and retired in May.
Lauren Isaac, Zafar Alikhan, Keith Sherman, Jennifer Pyrz
NEW YORK—Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) announced the following appointments:
Lauren Isaac has been named manager of sustainable transportation in PB’s San Francisco office. She was PB’s manager of transit effectiveness and management from 2006-2013 and most recently was director of business relations at Alta Bicycle Share in San Francisco.
Zafar Alikhan has been named a senior transit and rail manager in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He has more than 20 years of experience managing transit planning, design, and construction projects, most recently as a vice president and head of the Los Angeles office of an Oregon-based engineering firm.
Keith Sherman has been named a senior supervising planner in PB’s Chicago office following 38 years with Illinois DOT, where he served most recently as chief of urban program planning. Earlier, he was chief of planning and systems in the Ill. DOT Bureau of Statewide Program Planning.
Jennifer Pyrz has been named a supervising planner in the Indianapolis office. She has 19 years of experience in the transportation consulting industry, previously leading PB’s traffic engineering practice from 2006-2013. More recently she was implementation engineer for Purdue University’s Joint Transportation Research Program.
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Neal Forshner
 NEW YORK—TranSystems announced the appointment of Neal Forshner as regional vice president, based in its New York office.
Forshner has more than 40 years of design and construction industry experience. He most recently was senior vice president of a global architecture, engineering, design, and construction firm.
Frank Jezycki
 NEW YORK—Frank Jezycki, a 29-year employee of MTA New York City Transit, has been named vice president and chief officer for Staten Island Railway. He began his career with the agency in 1985 as a maintainer’s helper in the Ventilation and Drainage Department and most recently was chief infrastructure officer in the Department of Subways.
Kreg Keesee
 CINCINNATI—Kreg Keesee, vice president of graphic services for Sun Chemical Corporation, has joined the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees. He has more than 20 years experience in the graphic arts and consumer products industries.
James C. LaBelle, Sheena F. Frève
CHICAGO—James C. LaBelle, a senior transportation and governmental affairs expert, and Sheena F. Frève, an experienced research and policy analyst, are joining the Urban Transportation Center (UTC), a research unit within the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Both LaBelle and Frève previously worked for Metropolis Strategies.
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