North County Transit District

Um, left Broward County Transit for a short period of time to see what it would be like to do general transportation planning, and really, what, what that, what that change led me to was really that my heart was in transit, and that's where I belonged.

You know? And that's what brought me back into Broward County Transit, and then later, uh, the opportunity in, uh, in California, Oceanside with, uh, North County Transit District.

You know, and, and every single ... job that I've been through, you know, starting as kind of that, that entry level planner doing all of the data and analysis and rider reporting, you know, to having the opportunities to work on the, uh, the sales tax referendum, Penny for Transportation in Broward County, which ultimately passed and is providing a lot of funding for the transit initiatives right now in, uh, in that jurisdiction.

You know, and then working on, uh, on projects that required lots of collaboration with other sections.

You know, doing the, uh, fare open loop payments, you know, working on, um, on the, uh, zero emission bus transition, things of that nature, you know, has really had to help me to, uh, get me to the point of understanding the industry enough to enter the role as an executive director in my current, my current spot in Blue Bus.

A- and, you know, I, I know that y- your, your role now in the service environment, e- everything is entirely different from what you experienced, I'm sure, in, at Broward, and then also in North County Transit District, but I would think that there are some lessons that you could carry over from those experiences.

Are there a few that kind of come to the top of your mind, uh, about-

Yeah

I surfed.

Uh, I would catch the bus, North County Transit District bus-

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... from Escondido to D Street.