This summer was a busy one for Eno’s Center for Transportation Leadership (CTL). For the first time, the Transit Mid-Manager (TMM) Seminar was held three times. An integral part of Eno’s career ladder, TMM is designed for rising leaders at the mid-management level in the public and private sectors of the transit industry.
For one week, a cohort of transit professionals from across the country comes together for leadership, management, and communication training. The class has the opportunity to hear from local senior-level executives in the form of a leadership panel and spend a day at the host transit agency touring the facilities.
Boston Cohort
TMM is held in cities across the country and always hosted by the local transit property. This year’s sessions were held at:
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston
- Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, Colorado
- Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) in Cleveland, Ohio
In total, the 2017 sessions graduated 89 participants. The Boston session occurred in July with 33 participants, Denver in August with 34 participants, and Cleveland in September with 22 participants.
Denver Cohort
The Cleveland class spent the entire week at the Cleveland RTA headquarters (a first for Eno’s CTL). Typically, classes just spend one day at the transit agency. This was a new element to the course and one that allowed the host agency to be more involved. It also gave the participants an opportunity to get to better know RTA and its operations.
Eno would like to thank MBTA, RTD, and Cleveland RTA for welcoming TMM to their cities and agencies. TMM would not be such a unique opportunity for our participants if not for local agency hosts.
Other highlights from our TMM sessions included our keynote speakers. Tom Prendergast, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer, STV and former President of MTA-New York spoke in Boston; Carolyn Flowers, National Transit Practice Leader, AECOM, former acting administrator for FTA and CEO Charlotte Cats spoke in Denver; and Howard Permut, Eno Senior Advisor and former President of Metro North Railroad spoke in Cleveland. Each keynote speaker shared leadership insights and lessons learned from their distinguished careers in transit.
Cleveland Cohort
We are wrapping up the 2017 CTL course line-up with Eno’s annual Transit Mid-Manager Seminar Level II, which was held in New Orleans last week. Designed for graduates of TMM Level I, it builds upon skills and concepts learned during the first course.
Eno is already looking ahead to its 2018 TMM courses which are being held at the following locations:
- June 25-29 Kansas City, MO; hosted by the Kansas City Area Transit Authority
- August 20-24 in San Diego, CA; hosted by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
- October 15-19 in Jacksonville, FL; hosted by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority
If you are interesting in applying to one of our sessions or would like to nominate someone, registration is open until March 30, 2018. More information can be found on the Eno website.
Congratulations to our 2017 graduates!
Boston Cohort
Karla Aleman – LACMTA
Teana Bush – DART
Yunxiang Chen – HNTB Corporation
Ronald Clash – Maryland Transit Administration
John Dailey – C-TRAN
Leuziloide DePina – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Sean Egan – District Department of Transportation
Lisa Fazzingo – MTA – Long Island Rail Road
Orlando Gallego – VIA Metropolitan Transit
John Gasparine – WSP
Ayelet Hirschkorn – NJ TRANSIT
Yoko Igawa – Foothill Transit
Steve Jovel – Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Alvin Kusumoto – LACMTA
Inmar Lizama – Maryland Transit Administration
Kathryn Luecken – Chapel Hill Transit
Andy Ly – Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA)
Anthony Marro – Metro-North Railroad
Bob Medcraft – C-TRAN
Christopher Muhich – King County Metro – Link Light Rail
James Nee – MASCO
Nick Pittman – Chapel Hill Transit
Tim Quayle – San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Patrick Richmond – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Melissa Rosen – LACMTA
Sherman Rothwell – Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Lester Spitler – TriMet
Toby Tatom – AC Transit
Tamieka Thibodeaux – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Keith Welch II – Des Moines Area Regional Transit Athority
Martin White – MTA Bus / New York City Transit
Angie Williams – Jacksonville Transportation Authority
John Xie – Foothill Transit
Denver Cohort
Matthew Anderson – JAUNT, Inc
John Andoh – Dutchess County Transit
Vivian Baker – NJ TRANSIT
Ryan Bonk – Chicago Transit Authority
Linda Buss – Regional Transportation District
Katrina Denny – Chicago Transit Authority
Kari Derderian – Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Matthew Dickens – American Public Transportation Association
ODell Draper – Knoxville Area Transit
Nancy Groendal – Interurban Transit Partnership/The Rapid
Fayma Ishaq – Access Services
Sam Kaur – Orange County Transportation Authority
Daniel Koenig – Federal Transit Administration
Kim Kolin – TriMet
Carolyn Kreslake – LACMTA
Erik Leach – Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Brian Lee – Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Emily McMahon – Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
Eric Miller – Regional Transportation District
Lilia Montoya – LACMTA
David Morris – Maryland Transit Administration, Light Rail
Skylar Mott – Regional Transportation District
Paulina Orchard – Federal Transit Administration
Margaret Robles – Gold Coast Transit District
Daniel Schned – USDOT, FTA
Jeremy Steinemann – Northeast Corridor Commission
Mike Sullivan – C-TRAN
Thomas Szoke – New Jersey Transit Rail
Albert Thomas – Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority
Meghan Umukoro – NJ TRANSIT
Mila Vega – Chapel Hill Transit
Brett Wallace – WSP
James Wilson – Transit Authority of River City
Cleveland Cohort
Lawrence Baker – Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
Josh Baker – AMTRAN
Sean Barrett – Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Shonda Breland – LACMTA
Martha D’Andrea – City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Jennifer Golech – Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Erin Hockman – DART
Jordan Holt – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Vaneshia Houston – Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Mark Hybner – APTA
Gerald Mason – Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Todd McElravy – Port Authority of Allegheny County
Amanda McGill – Lane Transit District
Cynthia McMonagle – Port Authority of Allegheny County
Zeda Riggs – Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority
Rhyan Schaub – Trimet
Pamela Scruggs – San Mateo County Transit District
Yvette Suarez – LACMTA
Cliff Thorne – Orange County Transportation Authority
Ron Tien – LACMTA
Luis Velasquez – San Mateo County Transit District
Shawnese Williams – TriMet
Shelley Wolf – Port Authority of Allegheny County