
The move follows the retirement of long-time Pace Executive Director T.J. Ross.
Macy Neshati, whose tenure at AVTA will begin June 1, will be taking over for current CEO Len Engel, who is retiring.
Clinton B. Forbes spent hours on the phone assisting fixed-route riders with questions, directions, and other transit needs.
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy will choose Santoro's successor.
She has served as president of New York City Transit since December 2015. MTA Vice Chairman Fernando Ferrer will serve as acting chairman during the search for a permanent replacement.
The executive director job, which comes with a salary of up to $185,000 a year, was first spelled out in a 2015 contract between the RTA and its operator, Transdev.
He will succeed Dennis J. Martin, who has served as the agency’s interim executive director since Dec. 2015. Martin will resume his previous position as VP/GM of NJ TRANSIT’s Bus Operations Division.
Donald Orseno once operated trains as an engineer and has more than 40 years of transportation experience, including nearly 30 at Metra.
Served as the New York City's deputy mayor, operations, under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, where he oversaw day-to-day management of the city and supervised its agencies. He also served as budget director, where he managed the city's $36 billion operating budget and $45 billion capital budget, cut costs, led agency reorganizations and consolidations and implemented performance-based strategic planning.
Succeeding Lawrence K. Meckler, who retires Friday after holding the post for 12 years, Kimberley A. Minkel is the first woman to head the region's public transit system.
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