Meet the APTA Officers for 2026-27!

APTA members voted for the 2026-2027 slate of officers at the Annual Meeting of the Members, held during APTA’s TRANSform Conference & EXPO in Chicago, IL, Oct. 4-7.

Joel B. Young, Board Member, AC Transit, Oakland, CA, is Chair for 2026–2027. Randy Clarke, General Manager and CEO, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Washington, DC, is Vice Chair. Jannet Walker-Ford, Advisory and Planning Business Line Executive, WSP USA, will continue her 2025–2028 term as Secretary-Treasurer. Leanne Redden will serve as Immediate Past Chair.

In addition, serving for three-year terms as members of the APTA Executive Committee are:

• Jessica Mefford-Miller, CEO, Valley Metro, Phoenix, AZ, to serve as Rail Transit CEOs Committee Representative
• Shawn Donaghy, CEO, North County Transit District, Oceanside, CA, to serve as Bus and Paratransit CEOs Committee Representative
• Raquel Olivier, President and CEO, Olivier Inc., Houston, TX, to serve as Business Member Board of Governors (BMBG) Representative
• Kevin Quinn, CEO, TransLink, Vancouver, BC, to serve as Canadian Member
• Denise Figueroa, Board Member, Capital District Transportation Authority, Albany, NY, to serve as At Large Transit Board Member
• Buddy Coleman, Chief Customer Officer, Clever Devices, to serve as At Large Business Member
• Randall Bryant, Board Chair, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Dallas, TX, to serve as At Large Member

The following will serve three-year terms on the APTA Board of Directors:

Transit system directors:

• Margaret Abe-Koga, County Supervisor, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, CA
• David Armijo, Executive Director, South Central Regional Transit District, Anthony, NM
• Monica Backmon, CEO, Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, Fairfax, VA
• Jordan Hess, CEO and General Manager, Missoula Urban Transportation District/Mountain Line, Missoula, MT
• Charles “Chuck” Reeves, Chief Transportation Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Pittsburgh, PA
• Charlotte Shaw, Executive Director and CEO, Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority, Birmingham, AL

Business member directors:

• Charles Di Maggio, CEO, Greystone Real Estate Advisory Group, New York, NY
• Emily Guill, Director of Business Development, Transdev U.S., Lombard, IL
• Tom LeBeau, National Rail and Transit Market Director, Sundt Construction, Dallas, TX
• Kim Slaughter, Senior Vice President and Transportation Leader for North America, TYLin, Houston, TX
• Ryan Snow, P.E., Senior Vice President Pursuits, Stacy Witbeck, Salt Lake City, UT
• Frank White III, Founder and Managing Partner, Praxis Advisors Group, Kansas City, MO