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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has named Jesse Oliver as Deputy
Executive Director and Carol Wise as Executive Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer. DART Senior Vice Presidents David Leininger and
Timothy McKay were promoted to Executive Vice President.
Oliver, who reports to President/Executive Director Gary Thomas,
has a diverse background with experience in labor and employment
matters, legislative processes, legal expertise and transit
development. A former Texas legislator, Oliver co-sponsored the
legislation that created DART. He was later appointed by the city of
Dallas to the DART board and served for 10 years as a member and
Chairman. Oliver received his law degree from The University of
Texas at Austin and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management
from Dallas Baptist University.
Wise, most recently with New Jersey Transit Authority, has also
worked at transit agencies in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania and
Ohio. She has broad transit experience managing bus operations,
revenue equipment systems, vehicle maintenance, engineering,
security, mobility services and planning. In her new role at DART,
Wise will lead bus, light rail, maintenance, mobility management,
DART Police and materials management. She earned her degrees
from the University of Pittsburgh including a Bachelor of Arts in Urban
Affairs and a Masters of Public Administration.
David Leininger, DART's Chief Financial Officer, has added
responsibility for Procurement, Information Technology, Risk
Management and Marketing/Communications. Leininger came to
DART in 2008. He previously served the city of Irving as Chief
Financial Officer and Managing Director of Development Services
and Economic Initiatives. Early in his career he was Budget Director
and later Director of Economic Development for the City of Dallas and
Finance Director for the City of Garland. For over twenty five years he
was a private sector executive in a variety of firms serving the real
estate and hospitality industries, including Economics Research
Associates, Club Corp International, Triland International, Touche
Ross & Co. and the Las Colinas Association. Leininger received his
bachelor's degree in Political Science from St. Benedict's College, in
Kansas, and a mastersETMs degree in Public Administration from the
University of Kansas.
Timothy McKay, previously Senior Vice President, Rail Program
Development, will assume responsibilities of the Executive Vice
President, Growth and Regional Development and will add Service
Planning as well as a new unit designed to address Innovative
Services. He worked at Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. before
coming to DART in 2001 as Assistant Vice President, Project
Management. McKay is a graduate of Michigan Technological
University with a bachelorsETMs degree in Civil Engineering.
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Tim Newby, previously the agency's Assistant Vice President of Bus Operations, is now Vice
President, Transportation. He has overall responsibility for DART's bus and light rail operations. He
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Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark. New Deputy Executive Director, Executive Vice Presidents part of DART management restructuring, text, May 1, 2012; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1226556/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).