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