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people SKOUTELAS NAMED PB TRANSIT, RAIL DIRECTOR Paul Skoutelas, a seven-year SKOUTELAS employee of Parsons Brinckerhoff, has been appointed director of the fi rm's Transit & Rail Technical Excellence Center (TEC). In his new position, Skoutelas provides leadership and strategic direction to the TEC with a focus on growing the fi rm's transit and rail business, enhancing marketing capabilities, and strengthening client relationships. He continues to serve as the fi rm's transit and rail market leader with responsibility for strategic and tactical advice to PB's clients on transit issues within the Americas. Bryan P. Mulqueen, PE, to national manager, transit & rail practice, at Gannett Fleming. Russell E. Burns resigned from the California NEELEY BATES TAYLOR High Speed Rail Authority's board of directors. At the Conference of Minority Transportation Offi cials: Freddie Fuller, to the board of directors; and Lamont Taylor, to chapter president, Cincinnati. Steven L. Abrams, to chair of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. David Harden, to regional sales manager, for Trans/Air Manufacturing Corp. Scott Neeley, to president of the Texas Transit Association. Robert J. Vensas, PE, to VP/offi ce manager, infrastructure & environment division's Michigan operations, at URS Corp. MULQUEEN ABRAMS HARDEN At the Texas Department of Transportation: Robert Lee, to district safety offi cer; and Stan Swiatek, to director, transportation planning and development, Amarillo district. Brent McKinney, founding executive director of Greensboro, N.C.-based Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, will retire in January 2013. Sara DiOrio, to eastern region sales manager, for Transit Marketing Group Inc. Frank Frederiksen, to VP, product marketing and strategy, for Barix AG. Natasha G. Manbeck, PE, to project manager, Mid-Atlantic transportation planning department, for McMahon Associates Inc. SEPTEMBER • OCTOBER 2012 mETRO mAGAZINE > 101