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Banta to Step Down as Valley Metro CEO

PHOENIX—Steve Banta, chief executive officer of Valley Metro since 2010, has announced that he will step down from that post in January. During his tenure, Valley Metro transitioned from a construction agency to an operating agency.

For APTA, Banta is vice chair of the Leadership APTA Committee and a member of several other committees.

John Manzi
ST. EUSTACHE, QC—Nova Bus announces the hiring of John Manzi as regional sales manager for the East Coast. Manzi has more than 30 years experience in the public transportation industry, most recently as eastern regional transit sales manager for a major transmission manufacturer.

Beverley Miller
BURNSVILLE, MN—Beverley Miller, executive director of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA), recently received the Distinguished Career Award from the Minnesota Public Transit Association.
Miller is MVTA’s first and only executive director, joining the agency in 1990. Earlier she was administrator of SouthWest Transit, Eden Prairie, MN, and transit manager for Glendale, AZ.





William (Bill) Barringer, Jo Strang, Steven Neubauer

WASHINGTON—The Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI) Board of Directors has re-elected William (Bill) Barringer, railroad consultant and former director of grade crossing safety at Norfolk Southern Corporation, its chairman.

Jo Strang, vice president for regulatory affairs at the American Short Line and Regional Railroads Association, was elected vice chairman, succeeding Clyde J. Hart Jr., who is stepping down from the OLI board after nine years’ service. Steven Neubauer, director, institutional safety for BNSF Railway Company, was re-elected secretary treasurer.
 
John Perry
LONDON, UK—Mott MacDonald has appointed John Perry its group practice manager for transportation. He has more than 35 years experience in transport design, management development and research and has been business development director for Mott MacDonald for the past five years.






Jeanne Miller

JACKSONVILLE, FL—Jeanne Miller, executive director of the Jacksonville Civic Council, has joined the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Board of Directors, appointed by Mayor Lenny Curry. She succeeds Allison Korman Shelton, the city’s director of intergovernmental affairs.
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