Organization chart Feb. 19, 2009 (pdf) Organization chart Feb. 19, 2009 (accessible text) Letter from Mr. Ford to SFMTA employees about the SFMTA budget deficit Nathaniel (Nat) P. Ford, Sr., Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer is a strategic, results-oriented, and visionary Chief Executive Officer with over 26 years of extensive public transportation experience managing multiple lines of complex business operations, joint ventures and strategic public/private partnerships. He is a leader in the business community focused on aligning transportation needs with regional business and customer requirements through collaboration and effective communication with public, professional and business organizations. Has a proven track record of excellence in leadership, strategic thinking, solid financial acumen, creative problem solving and operational expertise. Mr. Ford joined the SFMTA in January 2006. The SFMTA presently comprises the Municipal Railway (Muni), Department of Parking and Traffic, and San Francisco Parking Authority; and, effective March 1, 2009, will include the oversight and management of San Francisco taxicabs. He has successfully ensured that the facets of the agency have become a cohesive organization and restructured the SFMTA’s leadership team to create a culture of customer focus, safety, financial and operational accountability. Muni is one of America’s oldest public transit agencies, the largest in the Bay Area and seventh largest system in North America, currently caring over 200 million riders per year. Muni includes historic streetcars, modern light rail vehicles, diesel buses, alternative fuel vehicles, electric trolley coaches and the world famous cable cars, as well as bicycling, pedestrian planning and accessibility, and traffic engineering. Mr. Ford has strongly supported and implemented accessibility for all modes of transportation. He has the responsibility for over 5,000 employees, an $800 million operating budget, and a $4.8 billion five-year capital budget. He worked to ensure the agency’s financial stability by adopting the first two-year budget, securing a transit shelter contract that will provide $15 million per year in revenue and gaining an advertising contract which resulted in a 30 percent revenue increase. He promoted efficient and effective resource management by implementing the first-ever Automatic Indexing Strategy and a reserve policy; and launched TransLink®, a universal Bay Area fare medium program. He opened the 5.1 mile, $648 million, 18 stations, Third Street Light Rail line and Traffic Control System (SFgo). Phase One of the 6.9 mile, two-phase project, began revenue service in April 2007, restoring light rail service in eastern San Francisco for the first time in 50 years. He advanced the Central Subway Project, a 1.7 mile extension of the Third Street Light Rail line with 3 subway stations and 1 surface station. Phase Two, Central Subway Project, will provide rail service to the Financial District and Chinatown, the most densely developed areas of San Francisco. He is currently in the process of securing funding for this $1.3 billion FTA New Starts Project. He leads the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP), a comprehensive review of SFMTA’s Muni system to improve overall performance, promote long-term financial stability; strengthen its ability to respond to current travel needs and provide a blueprint for future service; making transit services more attractive, economical and cost-effective. The TEP is the first comprehensive system-wide evaluation conducted in over 25 years. Mr. Ford currently serves as Chairman of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) Board of Directors, which is charged with designing, building, operating and maintaining a new Transbay terminal and surrounding facilities in San Francisco; and is a member of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, which oversees the administration of Caltrain, a regional commuter rail system. Also, he serves as Chairman of the TransLink Regional Smartcard Management Group. He has served on executive committees and the Boards of Directors of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Mr. Ford began his public transportation career at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit, North America’s largest system. He first worked as a train conductor and progressively advanced through numerous managerial positions. In 1992, he joined the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) as an Assistant Chief Transportation Officer. After BART, he headed south to MARTA where he assumed the position of Senior Vice President of Operations which eventually led to his appointment as General Manager / Chief Executive Officer in 2000. Mr. Ford earned his Bachelor of Applied Studies in Organizational Leadership from Mercer University. He has received numerous civic and professional awards. Debra A. Johnson, Chief of Staff/Director of Administration, has nearly 20 years of progressively responsible management experience including policy and strategic communications development and implementation, advocacy and community outreach and government and media relations. She has invaluable experience in interacting and coordinating with federal, state, regional and local elected representatives; agency officials; civic organizations; and special interest groups which was primarily gained in the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C. Ms. Johnson began her career working in the private sector for an engineering-based consulting firm whereby she had a pivotal role in the public awareness campaign for the I-80 Reconstruction Project in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. She later transitioned into public transit and has held varying positions with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) including, but not limited to, a Senior Government/Community Relations Specialist, the Community Outreach Department Manager at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and Director of Project Communications and later the Board Secretary at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in Washington, D.C. Ms. Johnson earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the California State University, East Bay (formerly Hayward) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of California, Davis. Additionally, she is an alumna of the 2000 Class of Leadership San Francisco, the 2008 Eno Center for Transit Leadership's Executive Development Program and is active with the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) and serves on the California Transit Association’s Executive Committee. Sonali Bose, Chief Financial Officer/Director of Finance and Information Technology, has held senior level finance positions in the public and private sectors over the last 25 years. The public sector positions include Chief Financial Officer for the Metro Gold Rail Line in Los Angeles; Chief Financial Officer for the Port of Oakland, the Director of Finance for the City of Berkeley; and the Treasurer for the City of Oakland. Her private sector positions include Chief Financial Officer/Administrative Officer for a third party administrator for pension, health and welfare funds, Managing Director and Finance Manager for international consulting firms focusing on infrastructure projects, and Vice President of Finance for a merchant bank. In her various roles, Ms. Bose has provided strategic advice to Boards of Directors and senior executives, managed operational functions in large organizations with several business lines, and provided oversight of complex multi-year projects. Ms. Bose has been involved in obtaining various federal, state, and local funds for projects and programs and managed various taxable and tax exempt financing. She also has significant experience in securing funding and managing and developing real estate and information technology projects. Ms. Bose has led strategic planning efforts for large public and private organizations, completed business plans, developed long term operating and capital budgets, established policies and procedures, and managed cultural and business process change initiatives. Ms. Bose has business administration and public policy graduate degrees from Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of California, Berkeley. Kenneth McDonald, Chief Operating Officer/Director of Muni Operations: Mr. McDonald is a transit professional with a wide range of experience which includes oversight of Electrical Communications Services, Rail Vehicle Maintenance, Capital Programs, Operations Maintenance and Rail Systems. He joined SFMTA after 20 years of service with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), leaving his most recent position as Assistant General Manager of Operations. Mr. McDonald is well versed in personnel management; maintenance disciplines and power distribution; communication and signaling systems; rail vehicle refurbishment; maintenance planning and engineering; project management, as well as budget management. He is also skilled in the maintenance disciplines for electrical power distribution, traction power, electrical/electronic maintenance engineering, automatic train control and signaling, SCADA and LAN computer hardware systems, two-way radio communication, telephone distribution, transit fare media collection systems, transit vehicle communication network systems, and transportation service delivery. Mr. McDonald holds a Master of Science Degree in Management and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University in Georgia. He is also a Certified Transit Department Manager from the APTREX Institute and alumna of the 2007 Eno Center for Transit Leadership's Executive Development Program. Antonio Parra, Deputy Police Chief, San Francisco Police Department (SFPD): Deputy Chief Parra has been assigned to the SFMTA by SFPD to administer the SFMTA Safety, Security and Enforcement Division. This division includes Parking Enforcement, Transit Fare Inspectors, Muni Response Team (MRT), and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Assistance Program (SFMTAP). Deputy Chief Parra has over 28 years of experience with the SFPD. His first 15 years on the force was dedicated to patrolling out of San Francisco’s Northern Station, and as a Sergeant at Central Station. As a member of the SFPD’s Specialist Team, he worked on critical hostage and crisis issues. After serving as Lieutenant of the Tenderloin Task Force and in various capacities as Captain, Deputy Chief Parra was promoted to Deputy Chief in 2004. Deputy Chief Parra graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and he holds an AA in Criminology from City College of San Francisco and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from St. Mary’s University. Carter R. Rohan, R.A., Senior Director of Transportation Planning & Development, is an experienced transit executive with over 30 years of professional experience of which 14 years have been specifically devoted to work in transit. He joined the SFMTA in March 2006 as the Deputy General Manager of Capital Programs & Construction. Mr. Rohan has considerable experience in capital program management for a wide range of project types, including commercial, industrial, science & research, governmental, military and transit projects, both in the United States and internationally. He began his career working in the private sector as a project manager for CRS Sirrine, Inc. performing project management services for international projects in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Highlights of his management career progression included key posts in Construction/Program Management for CRSS+M&E JV on the Peace Sun/Peace Shield programs in Saudi Arabia and Construction Administration for the PB/MK Team on the Superconducting Super Collider project in Texas. During the time he held the post of Senior Manager. In 1994 he joined the transit engineering consulting team of Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor, Inc. as a Construction Administrator/Resident Engineer performing construction management services for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in Georgia. As a professional associate of PB the key projects that he managed were; the construction of; the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Service and Maintenance Facility at Perry Boulevard, Laredo Bus Facility CNG Conversion project, Sandy Springs Station project and the Lindbergh Transit Oriented Development project. During this period he led a team of construction delivery experts that analyzed construction claims for the Fort Washington Way construction program in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2002 he joined the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) as the Assistant General Manager of Engineering and Technology. While at MARTA, Mr. Rohan efficiently managed the completion of all capital projects, most notable, the $280 million Armor Yard Rail Services Facilities construction program, which was delivered on time and $9 million under budget. He also provided project management services for the Automatic Fare Collection Smart Card program for the agency.. As the Senior Director of Transportation Planning & Development for the SFMTA he is responsible for multimodal transportation planning and development including Capital Investment Program, Quality Assurance, Project Management & Controls, Engineering, Contracts Management, Construction Management, Systems Integration, Regulatory Affairs, and Transportation Planning business functions of the Agency. Mr. Rohan holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Houston, in Texas, and is currently registered nationally and in the states of Georgia and Texas. He is a graduate of the 2008 Eno Center for Transit Leadership's Executive Development Program and has participated in the International Transit Studies Program. Bond Yee, Director, Parking and Traffic, has been in his current position since June 2004. He has been practicing professionally for 35 years, with the first part of his career working in the private sector as a transportation engineer with the firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas (PBQ&D). With PBQ&D, Mr. Yee worked on various transportation and transit projects such as San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Portland’s starter LRV line, Kansas City Transit Master Plan, and Fullerton’s Multimodal Transportation Center facility. He has been with the City since 1982 starting with the Department of Public Works’ Traffic Engineering Bureau and has been with the Department of Parking and Traffic since its inception in 1990. Mr. Yee has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s Degree in Transportation from the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies. He holds licenses in civil and traffic engineering from the State of California and is a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer licensed by the Transportation Professional Certification Board. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Amit M. Kothari, PE, Director of Off-Street Parking, joined SFMTA in March 2008. He has been a career-long transportation professional working in California city governments. Over the last two decades, he has managed major projects and services that include on/off street parking operations, parking enforcement and citation adjudication, vehicle abatement, traffic engineering, transportation planning, traffic calming and school area safety, congestion management, Intelligent Transportation Systems deployment, special events traffic and parking management, bike & pedestrian facilities development, truck routes, etc. Most recently, as the Deputy Director for Transportation & Parking Operations for the City of San Jose, Mr. Kothari oversaw development of a comprehensive Parking Management Plan and deployment of Parking Guidance Systems. Besides traffic operations for over 880 signals, he also managed traffic and parking operations during special annual events such as San Jose Grand Prix, Amgen Tour of California and Rock-n-Roll Marathon. Previously, as the Transportation Services Manager for the City of Oakland, he was instrumental in numerous major projects including Mayor Jerry Brown’s vision of "10K Residents Downtown," extension of BART from Coliseum Station to Oakland Airport (OAK), replacement of the Bay Bridge, Hegenberger/OAK International Gateway Improvements and feasibility of a new ballpark for the Oakland A’s. Mr. Kothari possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Sardar Patel University, India and a Master of Science degree in Transportation Engineering from University of Toledo, Ohio. He is a graduate of the well-recognized certificate program in Transportation Planning for Air Quality from University of California, Riverside. He is a registered Traffic Engineer in California. He is very active with various professional organizations and currently serves on the Board for the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) San Francisco Bay Area section.
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