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TransLink gets a new CEO!

TransLink gets a new CEO!

Kevin Desmond

**Update – see videos below and at the bottom of the post**
We will be streaming live via Periscope with our new CEO Be sure to follow us at 11am. You can view the video now!

You can find the media release here

TransLink is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Desmond as our new Chief Executive Officer.

Kevin Desmond comes to us from King County Metro Transit where he is the General Manager.

That’s just a stone’s throw over the border!

Kevin has been with King County since 2004, overseeing a mix of transit modes, including buses, trains, vanpools and paratransit vans, as well as leading their almost 5,000 employees.

During his time at Metro Transit, they launched light rail and streetcar service, several bus rapid transit lines, grew transit ridership by 44 per cent and rolled out the ORCA Card — much like Metro Vancouver’s Compass Card!

Prior to Metro Transit, Kevin was Vice-President of Operations and Development at Pierce Transit in Lakewood, Washington, Chief of Operations Planning for New York City Transit and was a Deputy Director in Mayor Koch’s Transportation Office and Assistant Commissioner for the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

On top of all that, he is a member of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA Board of Directors and the first chair of APTA’s Sustainability Committee).

Talk about a transit-filled resume!

And how will he be getting to and from work, you ask?

Well, he plans to relocate his family to New Westminster where he will be able to walk, bike to work, or take a short SkyTrain ride to TransLink’s head office!

Please help us welcome our new CEO who will be joining us starting March 21, 2016.

Author: Adrienne Coling

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