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King Dies; Former AC Transit Interim GM, BART Board Member

Mary V. King, 69, interim general manager of AC Transit in Oakland, CA from 2009-2012, died Nov. 15.

King joined AC Transit in 2004 as assistant general manager for communications and external affairs. She retired in early 2012 and later that year was appointed to fill a vacancy on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors.

In 1988, she was the first African-American woman to be elected an Alameda County supervisor. She was re-elected twice and served as board president for two years. Earlier she led the drive for a successful county tax initiative campaign (Measure B) that created new sources of funding for public transit and other transportation projects. After leaving office in 2001, she became a private consultant specializing in transportation issues, among others.

King served on the APTA Board of Directors from 2011-2012 and as a member of the Legislative Committee from 2006-2012. Among other honors, she received the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2014 Metropolitan Transportation Commission Grand Award as chair of the Bay Bridge Design Task Force.
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