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2019 Rail Conference - Committee Meetings

At all APTA conferences, everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend any committee meetings that are listed in the conference program. It's the best way for APTA members to decide whether to join a committee or for non-APTA members to decide to become a member of our association. Working together is the best way to get acquainted and bring your leadership skills to the national level.

For APTA members: One need not be a member of the committee or registered for the conference to attend a committee meeting, but one must be a committee member in order to vote. To join a committee, it's best to communicate with the committee staff advisor.
  • How? At www.apta.com, log-in as an APTA member with your email and password of your choice.
  • Need help? Contact APTA’s Christopher Bellerdine at cbellerdine@apta.com.  
  • There is a rich variety in the work of APTA’s professional committees … choose from over 100 groups.
Non-APTA members registered for the conference may attend published committee meetings. To join a committee and to vote at the meeting, non-members must first become an APTA member. To join APTA, please contact Christina Garneski at cgarneski@apta.com.

Please note that the following schedule is preliminary and may be revised.

View Committee Meetings Schedule by Date.

American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) Board of Directors
  • Chair, Raquel Olivier
Sunday, June 23
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Willow Centre, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
APTA Board of Directors
  • Chair, APTA, Michele Wong Krause

    (buffet lunch served at 12 p.m.)

Saturday, June 22
12:30 - 5 p.m.

Grand Ballroom East, Lower Concourse, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Automated Transit Technical Forum
  • Chair, Eric Phillips
Monday, June 24
12 - 1:30 p.m.

Simcoe/Dufferin, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Capital Projects Subcommittee
  • Chair, Richard M. Amodei
Sunday, June 23
9:45 - 11:15 a.m.

Willow East, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Commuter & Intercity Passenger Rail Legislative Subcommittee
  • Co-Chairs, Naomi Renek & Julie A White
Saturday, June 22
5 - 6:30 p.m.

Willow East, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Commuter Rail CEOs Subcommittee
  • Chair, Catherine A. Rinaldi
Sunday, June 23
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

City Hall, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Commuter Rail Committee
  • Chair, Catherine A. Rinaldi
Sunday, June 23
4 - 5:30 p.m.

City Hall, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Commuter Rail PTC Subcommittee
  • Chair, James M. Derwinski
Sunday, June 23
7:30 - 10 a.m.

Willow Centre, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
EXPO Advisory Committee
  • Chair, Christina Belmont
Sunday, June 23
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Linden, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Federal Procedures & Regulations AND Funding, Financing & Tax Policy Legislative Subcommittees
  • Chairs, Christopher P. Boylan & Ronald L. Epstein

Sunday, June 23
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

City Hall, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
High-Speed & Intercity Passenger Rail Committee
  • Chair, Chris Brady

    Continental Breakfast sponsored by TALGO, Inc.

Sunday, June 23
7:30 - 10 a.m.

Birchwood, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Innovative Funding, Finance and P3 Committee
  • Chair, Heather McKillop
Sunday, June 23
1 - 2:30 p.m.

Maple, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Land Use & Economic Development Subcommittee
  • Co-Chairs, Shyam Kannan & Mark McLaren & Christine B. Vina, AIA
Sunday, June 23
2 - 3:30 p.m.

Wentworth, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Legislative Committee
  • Chair, Matthew O. Tucker
Sunday, June 23
10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Birchwood, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Light Rail Technical Forum
  • Chair, Christopher R. Walker, P.E.

    Breakfast sponsored by LTK Engineering Services

Sunday, June 23
8 - 9:30 a.m.

Chestnut, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Major Capital Investment Planning AND Environmental Subcommittees
  • Co-Chairs, Benjamin Limmer, James D. Parsons, Stephen Salin & Andrew D. Brennan, Kammy Horne

Sunday, June 23
4 - 5:30 p.m.

Birchwood, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Metropolitan Planning AND Transit Performance Management Subcommittees
  • Co-Chairs, Grace Gallucci, Todd Lang, Mattew Z. Sibul & Andrea Burnside, Louis Cripps, Laura Zale

Sunday, June 23
8:30 - 10 a.m.

Willow West, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Operations Control Center Technical Forum
  • Chair, James Ross
Saturday, June 22
2:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Birchwood, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
P3 Real Estate Subcommittee
  • Co-Chairs, Charles DiMaggio & Sasha N. Page
Sunday, June 23
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Huron, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Power, Signals & Communications Technical Forum
  • Chair, Daniel Christopher Tinsley
Sunday, June 23
9 - 11 a.m.

Simcoe/Dufferin, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
PRESS Policy & Planning Committee
  • Chair, James M. Derwinski

Monday, June 24
7 - 8:15 a.m.

Simcoe/Dufferin, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Rail Safety Committee
  • Chair, Kevin Jones, WSO-CSSD / CSE
Sunday, June 23
8:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Maple, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Rail Standards Policy & Planning Committee
  • Chair, Michael Kunkle
Sunday, June 23
4 - 5:30 p.m.

Willow Centre, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Rail Transit CEOs Committee
  • Chair, Carolyn M. Gonot
Sunday, June 23
3 - 4:30 p.m.

Chestnut, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Rail Transit Committee
  • Chair, Carolyn M. Gonot
Sunday, June 23
1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Chestnut, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Research & Technology Committee
  • Chair, Manjit Kaur Sooch
Sunday, June 23
12 - 1:30 p.m.

Willow East, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Rolling Stock Equipment Technical Forum
  • Chair, John Santamaria, P.E.
Tuesday, June 25
7 - 8:15 a.m.

City Hall, Second Floor, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Streetcar Subcommittee
  • Chair, Tom Gerend

    Lunch sponsored by Herzog Transit Services, Inc.

Sunday, June 23
10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Provincial Ballroom
Systems Engineering Subcommittee
  • Chair, David M. Springstead

Sunday, June 23
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Pine, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Technologies for Vehicle Automation and Connectivity Subcommittee
  • Chair, William Tsuei, PMP, CPA, CSM
Sunday, June 23
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Willow West, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Track & Noise/Vibration Technical Forum
  • Chair, Matthew Gibbs, PE
Sunday, June 23
3 - 4:30 p.m.

Willow East, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel
Ventilation & Fire Life Safety Technical Forum
Saturday, June 22
1 - 2:30 p.m.

Birchwood, Mezzanine Level, Sheraton Centre Hotel