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Kansas –The city of Wichita has hired Penny Feist as transportation director. Feist has been serving as interim transportation director since January 2024. She started working for the city in 2022 as assistant director of public works and utilities. She brings more than 17 years of

Sarah Hicks has served as budget director since October 2017

Ara Najarian has served on Glendale City Council for 19 years, including four terms as mayor

Washington – Pat Sullivan has been appointed director of the Washington State Office of Financial Management. Sullivan brings than 17 years of experience as an elected official in the Washington State House of Representatives to the role, including 12 years as the majority leader. He

New York – Richard L. McCormick has been appointed interim president of Stony Brook University, effective Aug. 1. McCormick previously served as president of Rutgers University and the University of Washington, and as provost at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He brings more than

California – The North County Transit District (NCTD) has appointed Lilia Montoya to serve as the agency’s COO of bus. Montoya will also serve as a strategic adviser to the CEO, bringing more than 20 years of experience in nearly every aspect of transit, including

Florida – The Palm Beach County transit authority, Palm Tran, has chosen Ivan Maldonado as executive director. Maldonado will bring more than two decades of transit industry experience to the position. He will succeed Michael J. Blaylock. 

Tennessee – WeGo Public Transit, the transit authority for Nashville and Davidson County, has appointed Amanda Vandegrift as deputy CEO for  finance and administration. Prior to joining WeGo, Vandegrift was a partner with an international strategic advisory firm. She has also worked as a principal financial

Texas – The city of Lubbock has welcomed Mark McBrayer as mayor. McBrayer previously served as a Lubbock City Council member since 2022.

Tennessee – Connor Scott has been appointed director of the Williamson County Office of Public Safety. Scott brings more than 20 years of experience working as a first responder, emergency manager and public safety leader in Pennsylvania and Maryland. He will replace Bill Jorgensen.