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Leadership APTA Celebrates Its Graduating Class of 2010 and Welcomes Class of 2011
eadership APTA is APTA’s flagship professional development program, designed to develop and support the next generation of leaders of APTA and the public transportation industry. More than 300 APTA members are graduates of the Leadership APTA program.

July Session in Vancouver, BC
Members of the Class of 2010 spent five days in July in Vancouver, BC, for their capstone sessions, participating in an ambitious agenda where each project team delivered the full version of its project presentation and facilitated a question-and-answer and feedback session. In addition to their presentations, class members participated in customized workshops and executive briefings and visited TransLink’s Canada Line and the Vancouver Transit Centre. During the program, class members participated in an executive leadership briefing session with TransLink Executive Vice President Doug Kelsey; an overview of the TransLink organization with Amelia Shaw, manager, public consultation and government relations; and a presentation on TransLink’s service during the 2010 Winter Olympics by Michael Madill, vice president, enterprise initiatives.

New Graduation Venue and Reception
New this year, the Leadership APTA Class of 2010 Graduation Program is open to all participants in the 2010 APTA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. The event—which begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in the Texas Ballroom at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio—celebrates the graduates of the Leadership APTA Class of 2010, including highlights of the class project presentation. It also introduces the incoming Leadership APTA Class of 2011. Leadership APTA Committee Chair Stephen R. Beard of HDR Engineering Inc. will preside at the event. APTA President William Millar, incoming APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon, and Immediate Past Chair M.P. Carter will speak and will present graduates with certificates of completion and lapel pins in recognition of their accomplishments over the past year. A reception for class members, alumni, and others interested in the program will immediately follow the graduation program at 5:30 p.m. Sponsors of the event as of this writing are AECOM; HDR Engineering Inc.; Nova Bus; URS Corporation; Veolia Transportation; and the Leadership APTA alumni group.

Members of the Leadership APTA Class of 2010 include, from left: seated, Inez Colon, Ruth RodriguezDuvall, Reginald Mason, Brandi Childress, Lauren Isaac, Al Geyer, Lisa Caudullo; second row, APTA Chair M.P. Carter, Erin Rogers, Christina Grier, Stacy Sansky, Mantill Williams, Andrea Lofye, Jaime Becerra, Leadership APTA Chair Stephen R. Beard; third row, Brett Wallace, Crystal Martin, Salvador Llamas, Susan Duffy, Gricelda Cespedes, Steve Hamlin, Desmond Cole; fourth row, Fred Damron, Matt Shelden, Diane Parker, Daniel Bergeron, Dana Baker, Eric Rouse.

Members of the Class of 2011
The Leadership APTA Committee selected 26 individuals and three alternates from among APTA members and staff to participate in the Class of 2011. The new class members represent 20 public-sector organizations including transit agencies and state and municipal-level organizations; five privatesector organizations; and one member of the APTA staff. APTA is hosting two highly recommended workshop sessions for members of the incoming class during the Annual Meeting. The class will meet for the first of its four formal required class sessions in December in Washington. The other required sessions include the March 2011 APTA Legislative Conference and related Leadership APTA workshops in

Class Leadership Projects
This year’s graduation program will feature highlights of the Leadership APTA Class of 2010 team project presentations. Topics include: “Labor-Management Relation and Partnerships”; “High-Speed Rail: Integration with Local Transit Authorities”; “Telling Our Story: Our Future is Riding On It”; “Workforce Development: Crossing the Bridge”; and “Alternative Project Delivery—How Leaders Make It Happen.” A CD of the Class of 2010 leadership projects will be made available to graduation program attendees. In addition to presenting excerpts of their class leadership projects during the graduation program, class team representatives will deliver highlights of their project presentations and findings throughout the Annual Meeting. Five teams formed and worked on their projects from March through July. Their efforts included interviews with transit executives and leaders from Australia, Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Final copies of the presentation materials, related papers, and deliverables will be posted following the Annual Meeting to the Leadership APTA page on the APTA web site, http:// www.apta.com/members/member programsandservices/leadershipapta/ previous/Pages/default.aspx.

Washington, and Leadership APTA workshops in Los Angeles, CA in July 2011. Throughout the year, class members will participate in a number of online meetings and conference call sessions. Class members also have a dedicated online web site to support their learning. Along with participating in scheduled on-site programs, workshops, and the APTA Legislative Conference, class members will continue to take part in firsthand dialogue and interview opportunities with industry and APTA leaders; industry case studies; leadership projects; conference call prep sessions; APTA webinars and online meetings; transit site visits; and much more. Application information for the Leadership APTA Class of 2012 will be available online in the spring of 2011. For more information on the Leadership APTA program, contact Joe Niegoski at

(202) 496-4870 or jniegoski@apta.com. Members of the Leadership APTA Class of 2011 include:
Roy Aguilera, assistant chief transportation officer-Operations Control Center, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Oakland, CA Christine Anderson, special projects manager, King County Metro Transit Division/DOT, Seattle, WA Rashidi Barnes, western sales manager, Transit Marketing Group (DBA TransMark), Boulder, CO Jennifer Bergener, director, rail program and facilities engineering, Orange County Transportation Authority, Orange, CA Sylvia F. Castillo, director of paratransit, safety, and customer service, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, Tampa, FL

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