ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 28 - Frank T. Martin was recently elected by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) ( www.apta.com) to serve on its Business Member Board of Governors (BMBG). Martin was chosen from 45 applicants from the business community; he began his two-year term in October. Previously Martin served a four-year term (2005-2009) on APTA's Board of Directors, representing BMBG.

The BMBG is responsible for directing and establishing activities for APTA's business members and developing policy recommendations to its executive committee and board of directors. Their objectives include encouragement of greater business member participation in APTA, development of better communication between governmental bodies and APTA business members, and provision of continuing support to APTA in its efforts to represent the public transit industry.

Martin serves as senior vice president and national business sector manager for PBS&J's transit services division. In this role he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of transit, including business development, operations, and resource management. Before joining PBS&J, Martin was the chief operating officer of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California.

In 2006, Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Martin to the 17-member Florida Board of Governors, the constitutional body created by voters in 2002 and established in 2003 as a governing body for the State University System of Florida ( www.flbog.org). Martin is former chair of the Transportation Research Board's Transit Cooperative Research Program J-7 Panel that applies contract research programs to develop near-term, practical solutions to current problems facing the transportation industry ( www.trb.org/trb/crp.nsf). In 2004 and in 2006, he chaired the Nominating Committee for the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, and he was the Annual Fund Raising Chair for the Dallas Conference in 2009 ( http://www.comto.org).

Martin holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning from Fisk University and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Tennessee State University. Based in PBS&J's Tallahassee, Florida, office, he can be reached by phone at 850.575.1800, ext. 7912, or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PBS&J ( www.pbsj.com) is an employee-owned company that provides infrastructure planning, engineering, construction management, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients. The firm is ranked by Engineering News-Record as 30th among the nation's top consulting firms. PBS&J has nearly 3,900 employees and more than 80 offices across the United States and abroad.

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