Professional services firm STV elevates Marcos Díaz González to President, Transportation Northeast and John Ponzio to Executive Vice President, Centers of Excellence, and hires Garo Hovnanian as Executive Vice President, Advisory Services. Also, Janet Campbell-Lorenc joins infrastructure firm HNTB Corporation as Rail Planning Practice Consultant; and INIT Innovations in Transportation, Inc., announces changes to the leadership team.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) on Aug. 8 announced that its Board of Directors has tapped Ian Choudri as the organization’s next CEO following a closed session in Sacramento, Calif. Choudri will succeed Brian Kelley, who announced his retirement this past January.
Norfolk Southern (NS) on Aug. 7 announced that it has appointed three industry veterans with precision scheduled railroading (PSR) experience to lead its Transportation team, reporting to Chief Operating Officer John Orr.
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Gulf Coast service would “impair unreasonably” freight operations unless Amtrak agrees to fund improvements necessary to support its proposal, host freight railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern wrote in a joint filing to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Nov. 3.
New Jersey Transit is moving ahead on two major passenger facilities improvements, one at Hoboken Terminal, the other at the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, N.J.
David Leard, AICP, recently joined HNTB Corp. as Project Director and Associate Vice President, based in the firm’s Houston office. Leard brings more than 27 years of experience in transit program management, planning, design and construction.
HNTB Corp. recently made a pair of personnel appointments–one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast. First, Kimberly Proia was named vice president and project director in Seattle. Then, toward the Atlantic, Debbie Gies joined HNTB in Boston as transit senior project manager.