California – The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority (BGPAA) has selected Glendale Councilmember Ara Najarian as board president. Najarian has served on the Glendale City Council for 19 years, including four terms as mayor. He has also served on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board of Directors. The post California airport authority selects board president appeared first on […]
Washington – Pat Sullivan has been appointed director of the Washington State Office of Financial Management. Sullivan brings than 17 years of experience as an elected official in the Washington State House of Representatives to the role, including 12 years as the majority leader. He will replace David Schumacher. The post Washington State Office of Financial Management names […]
New York – Richard L. McCormick has been appointed interim president of Stony Brook University, effective Aug. 1. McCormick previously served as president of Rutgers University and the University of Washington, and as provost at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He brings more than four decades of experience in higher education to the role. The post Stony […]
California – The North County Transit District (NCTD) has appointed Lilia Montoya to serve as the agency’s COO of bus. Montoya will also serve as a strategic adviser to the CEO, bringing more than 20 years of experience in nearly every aspect of transit, including operations, safety, regulatory compliance, employee engagement and administration. The NCTD services northern San […]
The University of California Board of Regents has approved construction of a $1.49 billion project to modernize a hospital complex on the UCSF Health Oakland campus. The project includes a new seven-story, 277,500-square-foot UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital building, a separate three-story, 31,300-square-foot administrative building, and a parking structure with a rooftop helistop for emergency intake. […]
Texas this week announced a $3.03 billion investment in water and wastewater projects located throughout the state. The projects are being funded through the Texas Water Development Board’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund and State Water Implementation Fund for Texas. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund, authorized by the Clean Water Act, provides low-cost financial […]
Congress continues to allocate billions to a long-overdue effort to make the country’s bridges safer. About 50,000 bridges in America recently were deemed structurally unsound, and weather-related events are taking a huge toll on bridge structures. Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $5 billion in awards for 13 large bridge projects. Many of […]