2020 COMTO Southern RecognitionBLACK HISTORY Awards MONTH Program Open Debra Johnson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer,

President’s Welcome Stepfone Montgomery, President, COMTO

Purpose Edna Stanley, 2nd Vice President, COMTO Southern California

A Brief History Demauris Terry, 1st Vice President, COMTO Southern California

Introduction of Title Sponsor Gwendolen Gray, National Board Member, COMTO

Remarks North County Transit District

Acknowledgments Vida Mannings, Advisory Board, COMTO Southern California

Introduction of Honoree Jim Parker, Director of Transportation, City of Norwalk Kim Turner, Transit Director,

Introduction of Honoree Ken McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Long Beach Transit Matthew Tucker, Chief Executive Officer, North County Transit District

Introduction of Honoree Debra Johnson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Long Beach Transit Cynthia Guidry, Director, Long Beach

Introduction of Honoree Jacqueline Dupont-Walker, LA Metro Board of Directors Mayor James T. Butts, Chair, LA Metro Board of Directors

Adjourn Shannon Lawrence, Secretary,- 2 -COMTO Southern California

Honoree KIM TURNER Transit Director, Torrance Transit

Kim Turner is a native of , over two million passengers annually. California and currently serves as Transit In 2005, Kim assumed the position of Director of the Torrance Transit System, Transit Director which she currently a municipally operated transit system holds. in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. In November of 2019, the Torrance Transit System was honored with the Kim received a full athletic scholarship distinguished Transit Agency of the to the University of Southern California Year award by the Small Operator and earned her bachelor’s degree in Committee of the California Transit Public Administration. While at USC, Association at its 54th Fall Conference she concurrently studied the careers of and Expo in Monterey, California. On successful female business leaders to January 28, 2020, Torrance Transit help shape her own career, which began celebrated 80 years of proudly serving with an internship at the Southern the South Bay community and the California Rapid Transit District region. (SCTRD), now Los Angeles County Metro. The internship led to her role as Kim served as chair and vice-chair a labor relations analyst for the agency. of the Los Angeles Regional General After six years of hands-on experience Manager’s Group and as a member of in handling union issues, grievances, the Board of Directors and Treasurer for discipline and policy development, Access Services, the regional paratransit she promoted to the role of transit operator for Los Angeles County. She operations supervisor, a position also serves on the American Public previously open only to bus operators. Transportation Association’s Small Operator Committee, is a member of the In 1996, Kim was promoted to acting Women Transportation Seminar (WTS) service operations manager at Metro’s and formerly served as a board member Division 8, managing both operations for Metro’s South Bay Governance and maintenance divisions, and then Council and Blue Ribbon Committee. In later accepted the position of Transition 2008, she was named Top 10 Woman Operations Manager at the City of of the Year by Metro Magazine. She is Torrance. In this role, she oversaw the also the recipient of the 2016 Torrance operations of Torrance Transit’s eight Area Chamber of Commerce Leader & fixed-route system that delivered safe Community Commitment Award. and reliable transportation services to

- 4 - Honoree MATTHEW TUCKER Chief Executive Officer, North County Transit District

The North County Transit District human service transportation providers, (NCTD) Board of Directors appointed transportation demand management Matthew Tucker as the agency's agencies, and collaborates with Executive Director/Chief Executive privately owned railroad companies to Officer in December 2008. In his support increased passenger, freight role at NCTD, Mr. Tucker provides and rail. the strategic direction and oversight necessary to deliver transit service Prior to his role at DRPT, Mr. Tucker within the agency's 1,020 square was the Chief Operating Officer for mile service area. NCTD's family of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation transit services includes COASTER Authority (VTA) in San Jose, California. commuter rail, SPRINTER light rail, As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Tucker the BREEZE bus system, FLEX was responsible for six functional specialized transportation, and LIFT units including: bus operations; rail ADA paratransit services. NCTD has operations; protective services; service operational responsibility and control and operations planning; operations over the San Diego Northern Railway support services; and operations and hosts Amtrak, , BNSF, and engineering. PAC Sun Railroad operators. NCTD has an operating budget of approximately Mr. Tucker was also the Assistant $113 million for fiscal year (FY) 2020. General Manager at the Greater Transit ridership across all modes is Richmond Transit Company in projected at approximately 10 million Richmond, Virginia and also served as passengers for FY 2020. the Deputy Public Transit Director for the City of Phoenix. Prior to coming to NCTD, Mr. Tucker served as the Director of the Virginia Mr. Tucker holds a Bachelor of Arts Department of Rail and Public degree in Political Science with a minor Transportation (DRPT), a position in Military Science, and a Master's appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Degree in Urban and Regional Planning As the director of DRPT, he managed — both from Virginia Commonwealth an annual budget of over $624 million University. Mr. Tucker serves on the that leveraged an overall program of APTA Board of Directors as the Chair of $1.55 billion in rail and transit initiatives. the Commuter Rail CEO Committee. DRPT supports public transit agencies,

- 5 - Honoree CYNTHIA GUIDRY Director,

Cynthia Guidry is the newly appointed Guidry was responsible for managing Director of the Long Beach Airport LAWA’s multibillion-dollar capital (LGB). As an award-winning airport program, including the Midfield Satellite with a unique open-air concourse, LGB Concourse and many other airfield, is served by five commercial carriers terminal and landside improvements. and is also one of the busiest general Cynthia is a Professional Engineer aviation in the country. LGB licensed from the State of California and prides itself on providing fresh, new has 27 years of planning, engineering, facilities and amenities, bringing the and professional experience working for ease of travel to its customers. Ms. the City of Los Angeles, 18 years with Guidry and her team will lead the next LAWA. She also serves on the Board of phase of improvements, adding to the Directors for the Los Angeles Chapter respected legacy of LGB. of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS). Cynthia holds an MBA from Formerly the Deputy Executive Director Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of the Planning and Development of Science degree in Civil Engineering Group (PDG) for the Los Angeles World from the University of California at Airports (LAWA), for several years Ms. Irvine.

- 6 - Honoree MAYOR JAMES T. BUTTS Chair, LA Metro Board of Directors

On February 1, 2011, James T. Butts, Jr. Angeles Business Journal. Mayor Butts was sworn in as Inglewood’s 12th mayor. negotiated the return of the NFL to James Butts has 47 years of public safety Southern California. Both the Rams and municipal government experience. and Chargers will play home games in He served 19 years in the Inglewood Inglewood by the 2020 season. Police Department rising to the rank of Deputy Chief, 15 years as the Chief of In June of 2017, he led the City to open Police for the City of Santa Monica, and negotiations with the Los Angeles 5 years as an Assistant General Manager Clippers with the mutual intent of for Los Angeles World Airports in charge relocating the Clippers to Inglewood of Public Safety and Counter-terrorism; into a cutting edge NBA arena. On taking LAX to a NUMBER 1 ranking September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry nationwide by the TSA in 2009. Brown signed Assembly Bill 987; this law establishes new environmental In 2011 he negotiated with Madison protection standards that will provide Square Garden to renovate the Forum. In the new LA Clippers arena project with 2016, the Forum became the #1 concert streamlining relief. The Girl Scouts of venue in California. He secured the have relocated to reinstatement of the federally defunded Inglewood in 2019. Residential Sound Insulation Program by obtaining over $100 million in grant On November 4, 2018, Mayor James funding. Inglewood now operates Butts, Jr. was re-elected to his third term the number one Residential Sound as Mayor. In 2022 the LA Philharmonic Insulation Program in the country. On will relocate its Youth Orchestra Program November 4, 2014, James T. Butts was (YOLA) to Inglewood. In 2022, the re-elected Mayor of Inglewood with Super bowl will be held in Inglewood, over 83% of the votes cast—the highest in 2023 the NCAA Championship Bowl margin of victory in Inglewood electoral game will take place in Inglewood, by history. 2024 it is expected the Clippers will open a state of the art NBA arena here and In 2015 & 2016 & 2018 he was named finally in 2028, the Olympic Games will one of the 500 Most Influential open in Inglewood California. Leaders in LA County by the Los

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