Meet the Board

The Final Meeting of Transit Planning Board, December 2008

The 19-member composition of ARTIB is unchanged from that of its predecessor, the Transit Planning Board, consisting of 11 County Executives, the Mayor of Atlanta, the Chair and General Manager of MARTA, the Chairs of GDOT and GRTA, and three appointees of the Governor of Georgia. The Board also elects two officers, a Chair and Vice Chair.

2009 Officers:

• Eldrin Bell, ARTIB Chair
  Chair, Clayton County Commission
   
• Douglas Tollett, ARTIB Vice Chair
  Appointee of the Governor of Georgia

Board Members:

• Buzz Ahrens
  Chair, Cherokee County Commission
   
• Charles Bannister
  Chair, Gwinnett County Commission
   
• Walter Deriso
  Chair, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
   
• John Eaves
  Fulton County Commission Chair
   
• Burrell Ellis
  Chief Executive Officer, DeKalb County
   
• Shirley Franklin
  Mayor, City of Atlanta
   
• Eddie Freeman
  Chair, Spalding County Commission
   
• Lara O’Connor Hodgson
  Appointee of the Governor of Georgia
   
• William Kuhlke
  Chair, State Transportation Board (GDOT)
   
• Elizabeth Mathis
  Chair, Henry County Commission
   
• Richard Oden
  Chair, Rockdale County Commission
   
• Sam Olens
  Chair, Cobb County Commission
   
• Beverly Scott, Ph.D.
  General Manager, MARTA
   
• Jack Smith
  Chair, Fayette County Commission
   
• Pam Sessions
  Appointee of the Governor of Georgia
   
• Michael Walls
  Chair, MARTA
   
• Tom Worthan
  Chair, Douglas County Commission