Know your APTA Director

In the limelight

100

I was one of the first traffic reporters with Metro Traffic on WTOP

Polly Hanson

200

I testified to a Canadian parliamentary committee on child labor laws

Bill Maroni

300

I performed with the DC Church Choir at Notre Dame, Paris

Joseph Niegoski

400

I was in a World War I movie called Distant Bridges

David Riddy

Geography

100

I've been to Camp David

Lisa Jerram

200

I was born in Richmond, VA

Craig Reed

300

My spouse was born in Ireland

Jeremy Rueter

400

I’m from a city where putting ketchup on your hot dog is a major offense

Lisa Lockman

Potpourri

100

I love sailing

Linda Gill Anderson

200

My 2- and 4-year-old kids are trilingual even though I often struggle just speaking English

Mark Hybner

300

Both my grandfathers owned stores—one luncheonette and one men’s clothing store—in Brooklyn

Marc Osman

400

My first words were “give me some of that cantaloupe now”

Anna Lisi

APTA

100

I’m often behind the scenes figuring out why grant billing, invoices, and payments don’t align

Dan Deng

200

I'm a fan of the concept of high-speed passenger rail in the US

Eugene Reed

300

I worked at an APTA member agency for 16 years

Cherise Myers

400

I have a strong opinion about Excel formatting that I probably shouldn’t admit out loud

Meklit Bekele