Metro Magazine

Management

Peter Rogoff to lead Seattle's Sound Transit

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Current Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl, who has been on medical leave, will retire in March 2016 following the opening of the University Link light rail line. Deputy CEO Mike Harbour, who did not apply for the CEO position, will continue to serve as the agency’s acting CEO until Rogoff’s arrival.

MBTA to ban all political ads on system

Adam E. Moreira

Its current advertising guidelines ban political campaign ads, which pertain to specific candidates, parties and ballot questions. The agency also does not allow ads that are considered “demeaning or disparaging” to an individual or a group.

[Video] Peter Rogoff accepts Sound Transit's CEO position

[Video] Peter Rogoff accepts Sound Transit's CEO position

The Sound Transit Board of Directors unanimously voted to appoint Peter M. Rogoff, former Federal Transit Administrator and the federal government’s third-highest transportation official, to serve as Sound Transit’s new CEO. Mr. Rogoff will succeed current CEO Joni Earl, who announced last May that she will retire in the first quarter of 2016 after Sound Transit opens the University Link light rail extension. These are Mr. Rogoff’s remarks after the Board’s vote.

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