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Board Committees

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee meets on an as needed basis and serves such purposes as delegated to it by the Board

Members

  • Eldrin Bell
  • Doug Tollett
  • Shirley Franklin
  • Pam Sessions
  • Michael Walls

Operations and Oversight Committee

Topics addressed by this committee include transit service coordination, regional transit information systems, regional transit marketing, regional fare system, regional fare policy, performance measures to evaluate transit service provision and performance measures to evaluate transit financial performance.

Chairman

  • Pam Sessions

Members

  • Buzz Ahrens
  • Walter Deriso
  • Beverly Scott
  • Roy Middlebrooks
  • Jack Smith
  • Tom Worthan

Planning and Funding Committee:

Topics addressed by this committee include review of all existing transit plans, preparation of a regional transit service concept, assessment of short- and long- term financial needs, evaluation of alternative service provision arrangements, public outreach, advocacy at the federal level for the provision of additional transit funding, and development of a regional funding mechanism proposal.

Chairman

  • Charles Bannister

Members

  • Michael Walls
  • John Eaves
  • William Kuhlke
  • Shirley Franklin
  • Jason Harper
  • Lara O’Connor Hodgson
  • Vernon Jones
  • Sam Olens

Staff Committees

Senior Staff Group:

This committee will make recommendations to the TPB on issues related to staffing, work program, budgets, long range transit plans, and operations.

Members

  • Jim Ritchey, GRTA
  • William Mecke, GRTA
  • Kirk Fjelstul, GRTA
  • Ryland McClendon, MARTA
  • Cain Williamson, ARC
  • David Emory, ARC
  • Paul Grether, MARTA
  • Tom Weyandt, ARC

Technical Committee

The Technical Committee will make recommendations to the TPB and act as a means of technical guidance for the Board. Subcommittees of the Technical Committee may be established as needed, either by the TPB or the Senior Staff Management Committee to carry out the activities of the TPB.

Members

  • Brian Allen, Gwinnett County
  • Heather Alhadeff, City of Atlanta
  • Andrew Adams, Clayton County
  • Johnny Dunning, MARTA
  • Cathy Gesick, MARTA
  • Randy Hulsey, Douglas County
  • Ted Rhinehart, DeKalb County
  • Michael Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Gail Franklin, GRTA
  • David Low, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
  • Jackie McMorris, Cherokee County
  • Ed Campbell, Systra Consulting
  • David Montanye, Cobb County
  • Philip Mallon, Fayette County
  • David Williamson, Henry County
  • Erika Marshall-Story, Fulton County
  • Ryan Gravel, Gravel, Inc
  • Steve Yost, GDOT
  • Yolanda Mack, Rockdale County
  • William Mecke, GRTA
  • Paul Grether, MARTA
  • Cain Williamson, ARC

Subcommittees of the Technical Committee

Performance Measures Group

Chairman

  • John Crocker, TPB

Representatives From:

  • City of Atlanta
  • ARC
  • Buckhead TMA
  • City of Canton
  • Central Atlanta Progress
  • Cherokee County
  • Clayton County
  • Cobb County
  • DeKalb County
  • Emory University
  • GDOT
  • GRTA
  • Gwinnett County
  • MARTA

Service Coordination Council

Chairman

  • Paul Grether, MARTA

Representatives From:

  • ARC
  • Buckhead TMA
  • City of Canton
  • Central Atlanta Progress
  • Cherokee County
  • Clayton County
  • Cobb County
  • DeKalb County
  • Emory University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • GDOT
  • GRTA
  • Gwinnett County
  • MARTA

Marketing Forum

Chairman

  • William Mecke, GRTA

Representatives From:

  • City of Atlanta
  • ARC
  • Buckhead TMA
  • City of Canton
  • Central Atlanta Progress
  • Clayton County
  • Clean Air Campaign
  • Cherokee County
  • Cobb County
  • DeKalb County
  • Emory University
  • Gwinnett County
  • MARTA