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Who's Doing What in the Industry
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Amtrak's Boardman to Retire
 WASHINGTON—Joseph H. Boardman, president and chief executive officer of Amtrak, has announced his plans to retire in September after almost eight years.
Before taking the top job at Amtrak, Boardman was a member of the railroad’s board of directors and served as FRA administrator from 2005-2008. Earlier he was commissioner of New York State DOT. He worked in the transportation industry for more than 30 years with experience in city, county, state and federal government and owned his own transportation management company.
Boardman is a former chairman of both the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Standing Committee on Rail Transportation.
| Henry Rosen
 NEWARK, NJ—Henry Rosen has been named a principal consultant in the transit and rail technical excellence center of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, based in the Newark office.
Rosen joins the firm after a 30-year career with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, most recently serving as the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation’s manager of the system technology and fare collection division. He is first vice chair of the APTA Fare Collection Systems Committee and a member of several other committees.
Frederick C. Gilliam
 ALBANY, NY—The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) named Frederick C. Gilliam to head its Transportation Department.
Before joining CDTA, Gilliam was director of road and bus terminal operations for New Jersey Transit Corporation, where he held numerous roles with increasing responsibility over his 25 years in the public transit industry.
Jarod Varner
 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR—Jarod Varner, executive director of Rock Region Metro, is one of eight Arkansans of the Year honored by Arkansas Life magazine.
The honor cites Varner’s oversight of a new bus fleet powered by natural gas and the rebranding of the agency (formerly Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as the first steps in an effort to build public transit in the region to encourage competition for employers and economic investment, attract young professionals, provide mobility for older riders and reconnect neighborhoods.
Varner is a graduate of the Leadership APTA Class of 2009, an at-large director on the APTA Board of Directors and a member of numerous other committees.
Peter Burrus
RICHMOND, VA—Peter Burrus has joined the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) in the newly created position of chief of rail transportation, overseeing all DRPT passenger and freight rail transportation initiatives. He worked for CSX Transportation for more than 25 years, serving most recently as assistant vice president, network operations locomotive management.
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