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PEOPLE & PLACES
People in the News
Caltrain
The Caltrain
Board of
Directors
unanimously
appointed
Michelle
Bouchard to
serve as the
first permanent executive
director of the railroad.
Bouchard has worked for
Caltrain for more than 20
years and has been the acting
executive director since April
2021. Bouchard has spent
more than 25 years in the
transit industry, rising through
the Caltrain ranks during the
2000s to eventually become
director of Rail Transportation,
where she successfully
managed all aspects of the
procurement and transition of
operations, maintenance and
management services.
MassTransitmag.com/21286147
Bouchard
Virginia
Department of
Rail and Public
Transportation
(DRPT)
Zach Trogdon
has joined
Virginia DRPT as its next
chief of public transportation
to provide leadership to
Virginia's public transportation
programs. Trogdon will lead
the evaluation, assistance,
and execution of a $4.7 billion
portfolio of public transportation,
commuter assistance and
congestion management programs
throughout the commonwealth.
Trogdon comes
to DRPT with two decades of
executive experience in the
public sector, most recently
as the executive director of
the Williamsburg Area Transit
Authority.
MassTransitmag.com/21285887
Trogdon
Des Moines
Area Regional
Transit
Authority
(DART)
Brandon
Smiley joined
DART in Des Moines, Iowa,
as its chief operating officer.
Smiley's extensive experience
includes 17 years working in
operations for the Kansas City
Area Transit Authority where
he started as a transit bus
operator and worked in several
roles, including his most
recent role as the director
of transportation. At DART,
Smiley will lead more than 200
employees in the operations,
maintenance and facilities
departments, overseeing
vital projects supporting the
delivery of current and future
services.
MassTransitmag.com/21284804
Smiley
Chatham
Area Transit
Authority
(CAT)
Chatham
Area Transit
Authority
in Savannah,
Ga., named Dr. Emmanuel
Twumasi to serve as its chief
operating officer, effective
Oct. 6, 2022. Dr. Twumasi's
previously served as the chief
operating officer of Rock
Region Metro in Little Rock,
Ark. He worked at the Port
Authority of Allegheny County
(now known as Pittsburgh
Regional Transit) in Pittsburgh,
Pa., serving in various
roles including the manager
for bus and rail operations,
assistant manager for bus and
rail operations and the service
performance manager.
MassTransitmag.com/21283368
Twumasi
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