Regional Transportation Authority

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Title	Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors
Website	http://www.rtachicago.com
Contact Name	Diane Palmer
Contact Title	Director of Communications
Contact Phone	(312)913-3282
Contact Email	N/A
Function	The RTA Board of Directors governs the activities and future initiatives of the RTA. The RTA’s responsibilities include financial and budgetary oversight of the CTA, Metra and Pace, and addressing regional transit planning issues. The RTA Board of Directors approves an annual budget and two-year financial plan. It is also required annually to review and approve a five-year capital plan, which is a blueprint of the capital activities to be funded by the RTA and executed by the CTA, Metra, and Pace.
Term	Five (5) years
Confirmation	Yes, by Cook County Board
Compensation	$25,000/year
Qualifications	There are five (5) Cook County appointments to RTA. Four (4) directors are to be appointed by the suburban members of the Cook County Board; one director is to be appointed by the President of the Cook County Board (from Suburban Cook County).
Composition	Sixteen (16) Board members to be composed as follows: Five (5) appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago; Five (5) from Cook County, as set forth above; one director each from DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties who is appointed by the Chairman of their respective county board. The Chairman of the Board, its 16^thmember, is elected by at least 11 of the 15 appointed members.
Chair/President	John S. Gates, Jr.
Authority	70 ILCS 3615

Name	Term Expires	Appointed By	Position
John S. Gates, Jr.	06/30/14	RTA Board Members	Chairman
James Buchanan	06/30/12	Mayor, City of Chicago	Director
Jan Carlson	03/31/13	Chairman, Kane County	Director
William R. Coulson	06/30/11	Suburban Cook County	Director
L. Tyrone Crider, Sr.	03/31/13	President Cook County Board	Director
Patrick J. Durante	06/30/14	Chairman, DuPage County	Director
Phil Fuentes	07/01/12	Mayor, City of Chicago	Director
Al Jourdan	03/31/13	Chairman, McHenry County	Director
Dwight A. Magalis	06/30/14	Chairman, Lake County	Director
Andre Rice	05/14/13	Mayor, City of Chicago	Director
Michael Rosenberg	07/01/13	Mayor, City of Chicago	Director
JD Ross	03/31/13	Executive, Will County	Director
Horace E. Smith, M.D.	06/30/12	Mayor, City of Chicago	Director
Donald L. Totten	06/30/14	Suburban Cook County	Director
Douglas M. Troiani	06/30/14	Suburban Cook County	Director
Vacant	06/30/11	Suburban Cook County	Director