Committee Overview
The Human Resources Committee provides a forum which promotes leadership, innovation, collaboration and information sharing among public transportation professionals at all levels who are interested in the development of human resources needs, programs, services, and support that are needed to make the transit industry successful.
The committee works to assist its members with their roles as effective change agents and strategic business leaders within APTA's member organizations. The committee make-up represents a wide diversity of APTA members, expertise, interests and successes.
At the 2005 Annual Meeting and Expo, the committee voted to reorganize its subcommittee structure to best combine and address the needs of its members and the industry. The Human Resources Committee now has two subcommittees - labor relations, and workforce development. The workforce development subcommittee combines the former employment, employee development and training, and organizational development subcommittees.
In collaboration with our members, industry experts and industry partners, the Human Resources committee and subcommittees sponsor workshops, professional development programs, webinars (online seminars), and special events at APTA's conferences and throughout the year. These events, plus the development of new industry resources and on-going initiatives and resources further advance the industry needs for shared lessons learned, success stories, best practices and proven results.
In January 2006, the Human Resources Committee proudly launched a new release of APTA's Workforce Development Clearinghouse, a major component of APTA's brand new Online Communities and Learning Center. The Online Center is a web-based resource designed to facilitate online exchanges and sharing of information, online meeting, and online learning.
Subcommittee Overview:
The Human Resources Committee recently reorganized its subcommittee structure to better address the needs of its members and the industry.
APTA's Workforce Development subcommittee addresses the broad sets of needs and challenges facing our industry. Highlights include: attracting, recruiting and continuously developing our workforce; compensation and benefits services; organizational development/change management needs; succession planning models and practices; and the sharing of best practices.
APTA's Labor Relations subcommittee addresses the challenges and successes of developing healthy and successful working relationships and partnerships with labor unions, of developing collaborative programs, and best practices that lead to successful contract negotiations.
Members are encouraged to contact the subcommittee Chairs, Vice Chairs or APTA staff advisors listed below for further information.
Human Resources, Committee and Subcommittee Leadership
APTA Vice Chair Human Resources - Jeanne Krieg, chief executive officer, Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority (Tri Delta Transit)
| Committee/
Subcommittee
| Committee/
Subcommittee Role
| Name | Title and Organization |
| Human Resources Committee | Chair | Doran Barnes
| Executive Director, Foothill Transit |
| | Vice Chair | Mary Ann Collier
|
Director of Human Resources,
San Joaquin Regional District
|
| | Secretary | Sean Kimble |
Chief Administrative Officer, MV, Transportation Inc. |
| Workforce Development Subcommittee | Chair | Mary Ann Collier | Director of Human Resources,
San Joaquin Regional District
|
| | Vice Chair | Christian Kent
| Director, MetroAccess, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
|
| Labor Relations Subcommittee | Chair |
Sean Kimble |
Chief Administrative Officer, MV Transportation Inc. |
| | Vice Chair |
Monica Colondres |
Director of Human Resources, SamTrans |
How We Operate: Bylaws
For further information on the governance of the Human Resources Committee and subcommittees, please consult the attached bylaws.
Who we are: Committee Membership
For a current listing of the HR Committee and Subcommittee members, please consult the Membership Directory on the APTA website (APTA members only).
- Human Resources Committee
- Subcommittees
- Workforce Development
- Labor Relations
APTA's Online Communities and Learning Center & Workforce Development Clearinghouse
The APTA Online Communities & Learning Center demonstrates APTA's commitment to investing in our member's future. The APTA Online Communities & Learning Center provides our members the opportunity to communicate and share information and resources online 24/7 with fellow APTA members and transit industry experts having areas of common interests.
APTA has set up three online communities for the benefit of the HR Committee members as part of the new APTA Online Communities & Learning Center. These new online communities include: HR General Information; Labor Relations; and Workforce Development. Click here to access the new APTA Online Communities & Learning Center.
Take advantage of the features of this new online resource. Use the new APTA Online Communities & Learning Center to access APTA's Workforce Development Clearinghouse. Search the Clearinghouse for a broad range of resources, presentations, sample contracts and other Engage in real time chat sessions with those who may already be online. Participate in "asynchronous discussions" with your fellow APTA members by posting questions and answers to the various topics featured on the online bulletin boards. Use the documents feature to post links to resources you found to be helpful. Likewise, feel free to share and post documents you find to be helpful.
Workforce Development
A few years ago, APTA's Workforce Development Initiative Task Force completed an extensive industry study looking at the challenges and critical needs and steps to take develop today's workforce. Read highlights, findings and recommendations from this report.
APTA Forums: (APTA Members only).
In addition to the new Online Communities and Learning Center, we encourage members to use APTA's forums. Ask questions and look for help from your peers and industry experts. APTA members have saved hundreds of hours, valuable resources and needless effort by using APTA's online Forums.
- To participate in the Human Resources Forum, click here.
Committee and Subcommittee Staff Advisors
Human Resources Committee and Subcommittee Staff Advisors: Joseph Niegoski, telephone (202) 496-4870, fax (202) 496-4323, e-mail jniegoski@apta.com; Pamela Boswell, telephone (202) 496-4803, fax (202) 496-4323, e-mail pboswell@apta.com.
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