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Who's Doing What in the Industry
Eno’s Schank Stepping Down
WASHINGTON—Joshua L. Schank, president and chief executive officer of the Eno Center for Transportation since 2011, has announced that he will leave that post effective Oct. 2 to take a new position in the public sector.
Prior to joining Eno, Schank directed the National Transportation Policy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center and served as transportation policy advisor to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during the development of SAFETEA-LU. He also was a consultant with PB Consult, senior associate at ICF International in Washington, worked for DOT’s Office of the Inspector General and was a member of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee.
Elissa Konove
LOS ANGELES—The Southern California Regional Rail Authority, operator of Metrolink, announced the appointment of Elissa Konove, FHWA chief financial officer since 2008, as its deputy chief executive officer. Konove joined FHWA in 2006 after working for the Office of Management and Budget. |
Colleen Busch, Kathy Lincoln, Bob Krebs, Steve Evans, Marcia Kelley, John Hamill
 SALEM, OR—Colleen Busch and Kathy Lincoln recently joined the Salem-Keizer Transit Board of Directors, succeeding Brad Coy and Kate Tarter respectively.
Busch recently retired after 30 years as a home educator. Lincoln retired in 2013 as the senior assistant attorney general for the Oregon Department of Justice in the General Counsel Division.
 The board also elected Bob Krebs president after two years as its vice president; he succeeds Jerry Thompson. Krebs has more than 40 years experience in transportation and tourism, retiring in 2004 from Oregon DOT as intercity passenger rail coordinator.
Steve Evans was elected vice president; Marcia Kelley, treasurer; and John Hamill, secretary. All officers serve two-year terms.
Rob Stephens
 ODESSA, TX—Rob Stephens, general manager of the Midland Odessa Urban Transit District, has been appointed chair of the Texas DOT Public Transportation Advisory Committee (PTAC), on which he has served since 2012. He succeeds Michelle Bloomer, who has chaired the committee since 2007. The nine members of the committee are appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
Tony Nicely, Thomas Nichols
 DAYTON, OH—The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) announced the promotions of Tony Nicely to security supervisor and Thomas Nichols to P.M. shift supervisor.
Nicely previously was an operations supervisor, receiving the agency’s 2014 Supervisor Safety Award. Nichols, an RTA employee for almost five years, worked earlier as a paratransit driver and a fixed-route driver.
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