{"id":13067,"date":"2015-11-06T13:58:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/mendes-named-railvolution-board\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:46:02","slug":"mendes-named-railvolution-board","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/mendes-named-railvolution-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendes named to Rail~Volution Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-33568\" src=\"https:\/\/aecom.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2015\/11\/Mendes_Diana_201404_11-e1446818195245-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mendes_Diana_201404_11\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diana Mendes, AECOM\u2019s director of transit\/rail for Design and Consulting Services, Americas, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Rail~Volution at its annual conference in Dallas this past October.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes has a long history with the organization, having served as a member of Rail~Volution\u2019s National Steering Committee for the past 15 years. As a board member, Mendes will serve a two-year term and will help provide governance and oversight for the organization as it drives its mission to make America\u2019s cities more livable \u2014 economically, socially and sustainably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to represent AECOM as a member of Rail~Volution\u2019s Board of Directors,\u201d says Mendes, who is the only representative from a private sector architecture-engineering firm. \u201cThis unique organization encourages the growth of our communities through an exchange of ideas whether it comes from a leader of a transit authority or a professional planner or a person who commutes to work on a bicycle. By investing our ideas towards a common goal, we can watch our communities grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a newly-minted board member, Mendes joins industry thought leaders including\u00a0 Gary Thomas, president\/executive director of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system; Grace Crunican, general manager of\u00a0 the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system; Beverly Scott, Ph.D., former chief executive officer\/general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; and Michael Melaniphy, president and CEO of the American Public Transportation Association.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes\u2019 experience encompasses service as a board or committee member across a number of industry organizations including the American Public Transportation Association, the American Planning Association and the National Building Museum. Rail~Volution was founded in 1989 as a way to promote livable communities through transit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-13067","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/13067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/13067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=13067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}