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Regional Transportation Authority 1986 Annual Report Regional Transportation Authority 1986 Annual Report Regional Transportation Autliority 1986 Annual Report ,60602,(312)917-0700 Chicago, I suite 1100, North Dearborn, , Resional . fransportation Authority future. responsMe for the ,s Have efforts of a ^'^l^^l^l'^^^ clear Metropouw direction is ^^^ Ctocago ^^^^ Ttie future ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^ Samuel K.Stonner Chairman 12^^ ma Al^bi. The RTA Board of Directors \9fl He received his law degree from JERRY D. BOOSE DePaul University College of Law was appointed to in Chicago in 1966. While at DePaul, the original RTA he was a member of the law Board in 1974 and review. has served contin- From 1960 to 1968, Mr. Skinner uously since then. was employed in various market- His most recent ing and managerial positions in the reappointment to data processing division of the the current Board, IBM Corporation. as a representative In 1968, he was given a leave of of Kane, Lake, absence from IBM to accept an McHenry and Will appointment as an assistant United Counties, was July 8, 1985. His term States Attorney for the Northern expires on July 1, 1990. District of Illinois. He served in that The St. Charles resident is a practic- office from 1968 to 1977 and was ing attorney and partner in the St. SAMUEL K. SKINNER has served as First Assistant under then U.S. Charles law firm of Shearer, Blood, chairman of the Regional Transporta- Attorney James R. Thompson. Agrella and Boose. tion Authority since October 1, 1984. In 1975, Mr. Skinner was appointed He was appointed by Governor by President Gerald R. Ford as CLARK BURRUS, James R. Thompson and is the only United States Attorney for the representing the RTA chairman since the Illinois Northern District of Illinois. At the General Assembly restructured the time of his appointment, Mr. Skinner city of Chicago, was appointed to organization in 1983. was the first career prosecutor in the the RTA Board by Mr. Skinner is an attorney and history of the Northern District of Harold partner in the Chicago office of the Illinois to be named to that position. Mayor 'i Washington international law firm of Sidley and During his two-year term, Mr. ^^ =^)r on September 6, 1984, Austin. He previously served as U.S. Skinner also was a member of the ^^^ ^-j^^^ Attorney for the Northern District of Department of Justice White-Collar ^^K ^K ^H for a term ending A| July 1, 1988. He Illinois and as vice chairman of the Crime Committee and the United ^^^ President's Commission on Orga- States Attorney General's Advisory ^^^^ flH B previously served nized Crime. Committee. on the interim 1983 1984. Skinner received his undergradu- Upon leaving full-time government Board from to Mr. is senior vice president ate degree in accounting from the service in 1977, Mr. Skinner joined Burrus of the First National Bank of Chicago University of Illinois (Urbana) in the law firm of Sidley & Austin also is of the 1960. While there, he received where he has a litigation, insurance and a member Chicago numerous honors including selection and regulatory practice. However, Board of Education. In the late 1970s, he served as city comptroller under by Who's Who as one of the top 100 he has continued to serve in various J. Daley, Michael seniors, and designation as a dis- government positions on a part- Mayors Richard tinguished military student. time basis. Bilandic and Jane Byrne. PASTORASAN CHARLES G. DAVID L. DEMOTTE JUAN CAFFERTY DALTON served on the was appointed by was first appointed RTA Board from Mayor Harold to the RTA Board 1979 to 1983, rep- Washington, Sep- on July 2, 1984, resenting DuPage tember 6, 1984, to •1 and subsequently County. Following represent the reappointed June the 1983 reorgan- city of Chicago. 10. 1985, by ization, he was Her term ends suburban Cook appointed by the July 1, 1987. Pre- County Board DuPage County viously, Mrs. Caf- members for a Board for a term ferty served on term ending beginning Octo- the original RTA Board from 1974 July 1. 1990. ber 1, 1984, and ending^July 1. 1989. until 1977, as well as on the interim Mr. Dalton, an attorney and resi- Mr. DeMotte resides in Glen Ellyn Board from 1983 to 1984. dent of Homewood, is senior vice and is director of taxes for the Hyatt She is an associate professor at the president of Chicago Title & Trust Hotel Corporation. He is a member of University of Chicago's School of Company. He served as a member the Tax Executives Institute, the Social Service Administration and of the Chicago South Suburban Mass Illinois Society of Certified Public also is the director of the Chicago Transit District since 1971 and was Accountants and the American Project. In addition, Mrs. Cafferty its chairman from 1973 until 1984. Institute of Public Accountants. served on the board of directors of the now defunct 1992 Chicago World's DAIMOFF KATHLEEN K. Fair Authority. SIDNEY was first a mem- PARKER ber of the RTA was first appointed WALTER H. CLARK Board from 1980 to the RTA Board joined the RTA until 1983. On in 1983, represent- Board on Sep- May 14. 1984, he ing suburban tember 1, 1986, was appointed Cook County. On following his to the current July 2. 1984, Mrs. selection as Board by the Parker was chairman of the chairmen of the appointed to the Chicago Transit Kane, Lake, new Board by Authority. His McHenry and Will suburban Cook CTA term expires County Boards for a term expiring County Board mem-bers. and reap- July 1, 1988. July 1, 1989. pointed July 1, 1986, for a term expir- Mr. Clark The recently retired Waukegan busi- ing July 1, 1991. recently retired from Citicorp Savings nessman was executive vice president The Northbrook resident is a for- of Illinois as executive vice president of the Midland Division, Dexter mer Northfield Township Assessor and treasurer, after more than 30 years Corporation of Waukegan. and currently is associated with the with the institution. Currently, he is real estate firm of Koenig & Strey in with the investment brokerage firm of Northbrook. Bear Stearns, specializing in asset management and municipal finance. Board Members PHILIP RAFFE JACQUELINE B. WILLIAM D. represented VAUGHN, WALSH suburban Cook president of was appointed County as a mem- the Chicago to the original ber of the original Teachers Union, RTA Board in RTA Board from I-" was named by 1983, represent- 1979 to 1983. Mayor Harold ing suburban Following the Washington, Cook County. reorganization, September 6, On July 2, 1984, suburban Cook 1984, to repre- Mr. Walsh was County Board sent the city of appointed to the members Chicago, after new Board by appointed him to the new Board on serving on the interim Board from 1983 suburban Cook County Board mem- October 1, 1984. On June 10, 1985, until 1984. Her current term expires bers and subsequently reappointed Mr. Raffe was reappointed for a term July 1, 1987. July 1, 1986, for a term expiring endingJuly 1,1990. Mrs. Vaughn served as CTU vice July 1,1991. The Niles resident has been the president from 1972 until becoming Mr. Walsh, a resident of La Grange Maine Township Clerk since 1967 president in 1984. She also is a past vice Park, is a former member of the Illi- and is the owner of the M.P. Meat president of the Illinois Federation nois House of Representatives, having Company of Chicago. of Teachers and of the Illinois State served for 20 years. Currently, he is Federation of Labor. a partner in RM. Walsh and Company, a real estate and insurance broker- age firm. Mr. Walsh also sits on the board of directors of the Du Page National Bank. Senior Staff JOHN J. GAUDETTE was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June, 1986. He is a for- mer executive of the Denver Regional Trans- portation District and is a nationally-recog- nized transit finance consultant. JOANNE V. SCHROEDER, the RTAs Chief Planning Officer, has been with the RTA since November, 1973, and previously was Manager of Development Planning for the Chicago Transit Authority. LAURA A. JIBBEN, the RTAs Chief Administrative Officer since February, 1986. previously was Manager of Toll Services for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and Deputy Director to the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Theodore G. Weigle, Jr. EDWARD D. MURNANE, External Rela- tions Director, joined the RTA in November, THEODORE G. WEIGLE, JR., has served as 1984. He is a former journalist. Congres- Executive Director of the RTA since Sep- sional staff member and public relations tember, 1985. He previously was Deputy Gen consultant. eral Manager of the Washington, D.C. Edward D. Murnane Metro system and was Regional Administra- tor for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The Region: 3,700 Square Miles and 7.28 Million People The Area from a 2.4 percent annual growth and early 80s, the character of the rate in the 1970s to a 1.2 percent rate region's economy is undergoing a fun- The area served by the Regional between 1980 and 1985. damental change, as an increasing Transportation Authority encom- proportion of the work is in the serv- passes 3,700 square miles with an ice and trade sectors. The work force estimated 1985 population of 7.28 The Economy in service and trade sector employ- million and employment of 3.33 mil- ment accounted for 59 percent of lion. Estimated 1984 total regional, Traditionally, the regional economy jobs in 1985 compared to 49 percent personal income was S106 billion. has specialized in export goods, both in 1970. Of the Fortune Non-Industrial 500.
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