APTA Holds Successful Transit Board Members and Administrators Seminars
7/17/2024
More than 215 people attended APTA’s Transit Board Members and Board Administrators Seminars in San Jose, CA, July 13-16. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) served as host.
Attendees examined numerous topics over the four days, including taking a deep dive into a board’s role and responsibility in advocacy, public safety, procurement, workforce development, and innovation.
APTA Chair Michele Wong Krause thanked Doug Tisdale, chair of the Transit Board Members Committee (TBM), and Rosa Diaz, chair of the Transit Board Administrators Committee, for their leadership in organizing this event.
Krause noted that, as APTA chair and former board chair of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, she understands how vital boards of directors, and the transit board administrators who support them, are to sound stewardship of public transportation in communities across the U.S.
Transit board members, she added, are also an integral part of APTA. “Our perspectives as policymakers are critical to our association’s success.”
APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas thanked VTA General Manager and CEO Carolyn Gonot and Board Chair Cindy Chavez for hosting and participating in the seminar.
This seminar, Skoutelas told attendees, “Is not just an important part of APTA’s commitment to transit board members and transit board administrators, it is recognition of the essential role you play. Your unique responsibilities help strengthen public trust; protect a community’s assets; foster economic development; and ensure we are investing in an efficient, vibrant, and better future for all.”
“Public transportation agencies, the business community, interest groups, elected officials, taxpayers, and the public all ask a great deal of you, and we are grateful for your service,” Skoutelas continued.
