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people Prendergast to lead N.Y. MTA Tomas F. Prendergast, to chairman/CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Prendergast, a Prendergast career public transit ofcer and former MTA executive who was appointed president of New York City Transit (NYCT) in November 2009, has served as the MTA's interim executive director since Jan. 1, 2013. He began his career with Chicago Transit Authority, and over the course of his 30-year career, worked at the Federal Transit Administration and at TransLink in Vancouver, B.C., where he served as CEO. Prendergast replaces Joseph Lhota. Upon his nomination, Prendergast named Carmen Bianco, sr. VP, subways, to serve as acting president of NYCT. ̈ John Walsh, to VP, sales and marketing, for Arboc Specialty Vehicles. ̈ At Parsons Brinckerhof: Ron Tober, to sr. advisor; Kenneth Jong, to area manager, San Francisco; Anthony Federico, to principal systems and communications engineer, Boston ofce; Ioannis Tassoulas, to supervising engineer, Austin, Texas ofce; Hugh Fuller, Tober to sr. engineering manager, Transit and Rail Excellence Center; and Maximo Perez, to supervising construction engineer, New York City ofce. ̈ William Harnagel, to VP and corporate controller, for URS Corp. Jong 74 ̈ Ryan Larsen, to president of Veolia's new IntelliRide division. ̈ At L.B. Foster: Bill Zimmer, to director, Class 1 rail sales; David Sprinkle, to regional Class 1 sales manager; Rick Steininger, to director, technical rail sales; Mark Hammons, to GM, rail sales, western region; Joe Mahoney, to director, rail sales; Chuck Parks, to regional sales manager, southeast; Jay Roach, regional sales manager, midwest; and James Irr-Barr, to sales representative, midwest. ̈ Håkan Agnevall, to president of Volvo Bus Corp. He replaces Acting President Håkan Karlsson, head of Volvo Group Business Areas. Greater Dayton RTA names Ruzinsky chief capital ofcer Harnagel Pirbazari Farley ̈ Douglas B. Saunders, PE, to sr. Inamdar Hall Stefen ̈ Nick Inamdar, to the board of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. < mETRO mAGAZINE JUNE 2013 ̈ At Luminator-TwinVision: Afthab Zainudeen, to manager national service; Thomas Hayman Jr., to sales representative, midwest; Chad J. Engel, to regional sales manager, southeast; John Obert, to OEM national sales manager; and Paul Chilkotowsky, to regional sales manager, northeast. ̈ Brent Beasley and Robert Wilson to parts territory managers at ABC Companies. California High Speed Rail Authority board. Fuller transportation engineer for CDM Smith. ̈ Aaron Silver, PE, to VP, transportation and infrastructure divison's western region, at STV Inc. director, commercial sales and finance, at Proterra Inc. executive director of Transit Center Inc. ̈ Kyle Keahey, to lead the Texas-based Urban Rail Program for Project Connect. ̈ Nabi R. Fakroddin, to board member, Kane County, at Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority. ̈ Steve Waters, to ̈ David Bragdon, to Robert Ruzinsky, to chief capital ofcer for Greater Dayton RTA. Te newly created position was developed to meet the competitive Ruzinsky federal grants environment and challenging fnancial capital needs of the agency. In his new role, Ruzinsky will be responsible for the agency asset management, capital program planning, development and execution. He will also manage regulatory compliance of federal, state and local funding programs. manager; and Harry Stefen, to quality manager. ̈ Katherine Perez-Estolano, to the ̈ Ken Phipps, to deputy CEO for the Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority. ̈ Keyvan Pirbazari, PE, to sr. program manager, transit and rail practice, Los Angeles ofce, at Gannett Fleming. David A. Farley, VP, Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail Systems, has also re-located to the Los Angeles ofce. ̈ At Pro Air LLC: Chris Hall, to plant ̈ At Faiveley Transport: Kevin Masterson, to service sales director; and C. Jack Martinson, to VP, transit OEM sales. ̈ Laurrie Brown, former director, operations, for the San Joaquin Regional Transit District, died in May. Brown metro-magazine.com