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New CEOs Named

Wiedefeld, WMATA

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), with unanimous board support, named Paul Wiedefeld its new general manager and chief executive officer; the WMATA Board of Directors is expected to vote on the nomination Nov. 19.

Wiedefeld has 30 years of public and private sector transportation management experience, including tenures as administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration and more recently as chief executive officer of the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. He will succeed Jack Requa, who has been serving as interim general manager since Richard Sarles retired in January.

Hammer, New Jersey DOT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has named 33-year New Jersey DOT employee Richard T. Hammer as the agency’s acting commissioner and has nominated him to succeed Jamie Fox, who stepped down in October. The position, which also includes serving as chair of the New Jersey Transit Corporation Board of Directors, requires approval of the state legislature.

Hammer is currently assistant commissioner responsible for the department’s Capital Program Management Section. His tenure at N.J. DOT also includes 14 years with the Bureau of Structural Evaluation in the former Division of Bridge Design and 10 years in the Division of Project Management, where he was a program manager overseeing major statewide bridge projects and ultimately division director.

Forbes, Palm Tran

Palm Tran in West Palm Beach, FL, has named Clinton B. Forbes its new executive director. He has more than 27 years of experience in the public sector, 20 of those years in public transportation planning, directing and senior management. ­

Previously, Forbes was vice president of operations at the Central Ohio Transit Authority in Columbus, a former president of JAX Transit Management Corp., where he directed public transit operations for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, and worked 23 years for Miami-Dade County government, including eight years with Miami-Dade Transit. Forbes received the 2013 Industry Innovation and Leadership Award from the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials.
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