September 23, 2016
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Meet the Small Operations Committee!

Small Operations Committee

Chair: Andrew J. Johnson, general manager, Connect Transit, Normal, IL

APTA Staff Advisors: Pamela Boswell, vice president, workforce development and educational services; Jeffrey Hiott, director-operations and standards

178 members   |   Find details here

What is the committee’s role for APTA and the industry as a whole?

The Small Operations Committee is dedicated to providing a forum for its members to share knowledge with one another, ensuring that the legislative and regulatory ­priorities of small agencies are communicated throughout APTA and offering a platform to promote issues of concern to the entire APTA organization.

Committee members serve on a number of other APTA committees and provide the small agency perspective while working to advance APTA’s goals for the industry.

What are the committee’s top priorities for the year?
This year the committee is focused on promoting public transportation system safety and security by serving as an educational resource for members on compliance with new transit asset management and safety management systems regulations. We are working to educate and enable our members to make the best use of the many resources available through APTA to improve small system workforce development.

Following the passage of the FAST Act, the committee is already preparing for the next transportation bill by refining our process for forming legislative and regulatory goals, achieving consensus and effectively communicating with the Legislative Committee and APTA as a whole.

How does the committee engage members in those priorities?
Small Operations is a very active committee. We hold monthly conference calls and our members are regular attendees at most APTA conferences throughout the year, taking full advantage of the networking and information sharing opportunities.

We host committee meetings throughout the year as well as best practice sessions at the Annual Meeting and Bus and Paratransit Conference. We are also the lead committee planning the biennial APTA Public Transportation and Universities Conference.

Our members are involved in other APTA committees such as Legislative, Marketing and Communications, and Human Resources, and a number of our members serve on APTA’s Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.

APTA’s committees play an important role in fulfilling the association’s commitment to developing industry leaders, especially young professionals. Please share how your committee encourages young professionals to participate in its work.

Our committee is always encouraging our members to become more involved in the committee and APTA. As we work to fulfill the goals of our work plan, our steering committee is conducting outreach to recruit a wide range of members to our task forces.

We are also exploring mentoring and conference ambassador opportunities that will accelerate the process of getting newer members and young professionals immersed in APTA and its many benefits to their career development.

Please share how an individual’s service on this committee can add value to his or her career.
Small Operations Committee members often wear many hats as they run their agencies. They are often involved in all aspects of their operations and devise highly-regarded best practices that benefit the entire industry.

The wealth of knowledge that they bring to the committee is invaluable and easily accessible to all through the many networking opportunities that APTA affords its members. Our commitment to advancing the careers of our members means that one will find many willing mentors on Small Operations to help develop current and future leaders.

Please describe the committee’s work to advance the goals in APTA’s strategic plan (safety and security, resource advocacy, workforce development, demographic shifts and technological innovation).

Our committee works to both support APTA’s strategic goals and also elevate the role of APTA’s small bus operators within APTA and the industry.

The committee’s recently adopted 2016-2017 work plan is directly aligned with all of APTA’s Strategic Plan goals. We utilize a big picture approach to our tasks and seek to advance APTA and the entire industry while accomplishing our goals.

APTA’s Strategic Plan—along with easy access to valuable APTA resources such as workforce development programs, legislative and regulatory guidance and resource advocacy tools—helps us focus our committee’s efforts, provide consistent messaging and unify all of us as an association.
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