Paul P. Skoutelas
President and CEO
Paul P. Skoutelas is president and chief executive officer of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). His entire career has been in public transportation, serving in both the public and private sectors.
Skoutelas is a champion for the power of public transportation to create personal and economic opportunities for all and to connect and build thriving communities. He testifies often before Congress and is a frequent speaker on public transportation issues as APTA leads the industry’s transformation in the new mobility era.
Prior to joining APTA in 2018, Skoutelas served as senior vice president for WSP USA, one of the world’s largest architectural and engineering firms and national director of WSP USA’s Transit & Rail Technical Excellence Center. He also was chief executive officer at the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX), Orlando, Florida.
Skoutelas serves on numerous boards and committees, including the Transportation Research Board, Mineta Transportation Institute, ENO Center for Transportation, Transportation Learning Center and the Alliance to Save Energy’s 50×50 Commission on U.S. Transportation Sector Efficiency. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Executive Advisory Board on Smart Mobility and Carnegie Mellon University’s Mobility 21 Advisory Council.
He is also a long-time member of WTS International and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO).
Skoutelas received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a licensed professional engineer.
Skoutelas and his wife, Denise, are residents of Washington DC, and he commutes to work on Washington’s Metro system and the DC Circulator.
APTA Chair
Dorval R. Carter, Jr.
President
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago, IL
As President of the CTA, Dorval R. Carter, Jr. oversees more than 10,000 employees and helps ensure that everyone works together in adhering to the agency’s mission of delivering quality, affordable transit services that link people, jobs and communities.
Appointed as CTA President in 2015, Mr. Carter has led the way for unprecedented investment in CTA. Under Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot, Mr. Carter has overseen more than $8 billion of projects completed, begun or announced—including the largest construction project in CTA history (the Red and Purple Modernization), the largest railcar order in the agency’s history, and the reconstruction/rehabilitation of more than 40 rail stations.
Prior to becoming CTA President, Mr. Carter served as the Acting Chief of Staff to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, managing a department with more than 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget that oversees air, maritime and surface transportation.
Prior to that, Mr. Carter served as Acting Deputy Administrator for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as well as FTA’s Chief Counsel, where he provided support to the Department of Transportation’s General Counsel on legal matters concerning the federal transit program.
Mr. Carter is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the 2019 Motorola Foundation Excellence in Public Service Award from the Civic Federation of Chicago; the Transportation Research Board’s 2021 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship; and most recently the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) 2021 Outstanding Public Transportation Manager Award, the same year the CTA was named APTA’s Outstanding Public Transportation System.
A graduate of Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Carter also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Howard University School of Law. He is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., as well as the Illinois and Federal bar associations.
Vice Chair
Michele Wong Krause
Secretary
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas, TX
Secretary/Treasurer
Jeffrey Wharton
Director, Contracts and Technical Services
SYSTRA Engineering, Inc.
Goldsboro, NC
Immediate Past Chair
Jeffrey A. Nelson
CEO/Managing Director
Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLink)
Moline, IL
Executive Committee
Jose R. Bustamante
Vice President, T&I National Business Development
STV Incorporated
Washington, DC
At-Large Member
Francis “Buddy” Coleman
Chief Customer Officer
Clever Devices Ltd.
Woodbury, NY
At-Large Business Member
Jim Derwinski
CEO/Executive Director
Metra
Chicago, IL
Commuter Rail CEOs Committee Representative
Dawn Distler
Chief Executive Officer
METRO Regional Transit Authority
Akron, OH
Mid-Size Operations Committee Representative
Denise Figueroa
Board Member
Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA)
Albany, NY
At-Large Transit Board Member
Jannet Walker-Ford
Senior Vice President & National Transit &
Rail Business Line Leader
WSP USA
New York, NY
Top 10 Business Member Representative
Carolyn Gonot
CEO and General Manager
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
San Jose, CA
Rail Transit CEOs Committee Representative
Richard J. Leary
Chief Executive Officer
Toronto Transit Commission
Toronto, ON
Canadian Members Representative
Henry Li
General Manager/CEO
Sacramento Regional Transit District
Sacramento, CA
At-Large Member
MJ Maynard
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
At-Large Member
Raymond J. Melleady
Executive Vice President
USSC Group
Exton, PA
Business Member Board of Governors Representative
Allan Pollock
General Manager/CEO
Salem-Keizer Transit
Salem, OR
Small Operations Committee Representative
Naomi Renek
Senior Advisor, Federal Policy
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York, NY
Top 10 Transit System Representative
Leslie S. Richards
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Philadelphia, PA
Legacy System Representative
Erin Rogers
CEO/General Manager
OMNITRANS
San Bernardino, CA
Bus & Paratransit CEOs Committee Representative
Rita A. Scott
Board Chair
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Atlanta, GA
At-Large Transit Board Member
Troi Taylor
Board Secretary
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston Metro)
Houston, TX
At-Large Transit Board Member
Doug Tisdale
Chairman of the Board and District H Director
Regional Transportation District
Denver, CO
Transit Board Members Committee Representative
Matthew O. Tucker
Executive Director
North County Transit District
Oceanside, CA
Legislative Committee Representative
Thomas R. Waldron
Senior Vice President & Global Transit Director
HDR
Newark, NJ
At-Large Business Member
Eve Williams
President/Chief Executive Officer
Dikita Engineering
Dallas, TX
At-Large Business Member
2022-2023 Board of Directors
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Honorary Board Members
Past Chairs and Past Presidents of the American Public Transportation Association, American Transit Association, and the Institute for Rapid Transit.
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