Richard A. White is president and CEO of the American Public Transportation Association. He has spent his entire career in the public transportation industry. He has over 40 years of experience, with more than 32 years on the public sector side at the federal, state and regional levels that include more than 16 years with executive management responsibilities at multimodal transit agencies. He served as general manager and CEO of Washington, D.C.’s metro line and was general manager of BART, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system.