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RGRTA Board of Commissioners

Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is governed by a thirteen member Board of Commissioners.  The Board is made up of officials representing the various municipalities of the Authority including the City of Rochester, County of Monroe and the surrounding counties in which RGRTA provides services. All Commissioners are appointed by the Governor of New York State. 

 

 














Thomas R. Argust
City of Rochester
Term: 
Appointed 6/15/07     
Expires 7/31/11

Retired in 2003 as the City's Commissioner of Community Development
• Graduate of Bucknell University and Colgate Rochester Divinity School
• Community Service: Rochester Area Community Foundation Distributions Committee, Trustee Emeritus – Susan B. Anthony House and the Pathstone Board of Advisors

  












Allen S. Bernstein  
Monroe County
Term:
Appointed 6/22/04
Expires      7/31/06 

Retired Investigator from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and is currently the Executive Vice President for the DePrez Group of Travel Companies

• Graduate of Monroe Community College, the Training Officers School, FBI Computer Fraud School and the FBI Asset Forfeiture School
• Community Service: Rochester Area Crime Stoppers Board.

John G Doyle, Jr.
Chairman
Monroe County
Term:
Appointed 12/06/04
Expires 7/31/08

President & CEO of Doyle Security Systems, Inc.
• Graduate of Syracuse University
• Former Brighton Town Councilman (1987-1991) and Monroe County Legislator (1992-1995)
• Community Service: Director and Chairman of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and member of the American Society of Industrial Security



 














Leslie M. Goldstein

Monroe County
Term:
Appointed 12/7/04
Expires 7/31/07

Vice-President of MAPCO Ltd.
• Graduate of Monroe Community College, University of Barcelona, Spain and the University of Rochester
• Community Service: Monroe Community College Alumni Board, University of Rochester Alumni Giving, the Regional Council on Aging-GROW, Eastern Monroe Community Career Center Committee for Computers, and Jewish Community Center Auction















Mike Jankowski
Treasurer
Wayne County
Term:
Appointed 7/20/04
Expires 7/31/09

Wayne County Clerk
• Graduate of St. John Fisher College and the National Academy for Paralegal Studies, Inc.
• Community Service: member of the New York State County Clerks Association, 2008 Chairman for the Wayne County United Way Campaign, Board of Directors of Newark Wayne Community Hospital and Wayne County Action Program

 



Barbara Jones

City of Rochester
Term:
Appointed 5/12/09
Expires 7/31/13

Retired Vice President for the JP Morgan Chase Bank Community Development Group
• Graduate of Hunter College, New York University, and Carroll School of Management at Boston College
• Community Service: Sector 4 Community Development Corporation, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Rochester Economic Development Corporation and Gateways Music Festival

 


Karen Pryor
City of Rochester
Term:
Appointed 6/20/07
Expires 7/31/12

Retired as the University of Rochester Medical Center Director of Government Relations in 2002, previously having served as Director of Financial Aid and Assistant Dean for Student Services at the medical school
• Graduate of Purdue University and Mary Baldwin College
• Community Service: 19th Ward Community Association, the Boards of the Rochester Presbyterian Home and the Women's Health Partnership, Ruling Elder at Third Presbyterian Church, Treasurer of the Presbytery of Genesee Valley, and Volunteer at the Isaiah House Hospice














James H. Redmond
Secretary
Monroe County
Term:
Appointed 6/22/04
Expires 7/31/07

Regional Vice-President of Communications for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
• Graduate of St. John Fisher College
• Community Service: member on the Boards of the Northwest YMCA and the Catholic-Courier for the Diocese of Rochester, and a Member of the North Greece Fire Department Exempts Club














Milo I. Turner
Vice Chairman Livingston County
Term:
Appointed 6/22/05
Expires 7/31/10

Sales Manager and Auctioneer for Roy Teitsworth, Inc.
• United States Navy Veteran
• Community Service: Chairman of the Nunda Planning Board, Volunteer for the Nunda Fire Department and member of the Nunda Kiwanis Club














Frank Vitagliano,  Jr.
Vice-Chairman
Wyoming County 
Term:
Appointed 11/29/05
Expires 7/31/09

Senior Vice President of Tompkins Insurance Agencies
• Graduate of Alfred University
• Community Service: director of the Wyoming County Local Development Corporation and the Wyoming Chamber of Commerce; member of the Tompkins Board of Directors, Wyoming County Hospital Campaign Fund Drive, and former Town Councilman in Orangeville (1986-1989) and Warsaw (1992-1996)














Edward White
Seneca County
Term:
Appointed 3/29/06
Expires 7/31/09

Court Attorney for the New York State Court Seventh Judicial District
• Community Service: former Junius Town Justice and a member of the Court Facilities Review Board


Paul J. Battaglia

Genesee County
Term:
Appointed 1/29/08
Expires 7/31/10

Managing Director of the Batavia Office of Freed Maxick & Battaglia, P.C.

• Graduate of St. Bonaventure University
• Community Service: Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Memorial Medical Center, Catholic Health System Board of Directors, Treasurer of Batavia Rotary Club, Chairman of United Way Board of Directors, Private Industry Council, President of Business Education Alliance, Board Chairman of Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Genesee Wyoming BOCES Board of Education, Chairman of the Board of YMCA and Catholic Charities of Western New York Board of Directors.


Henry Smith, Jr.
Orleans County
Term:
Appointed 12/15/08
Expires 7/31/09

Chairman of the Orleans County Legislature, former substitute teacher for the Iroquois Job Corps Center and Albion Central School District, Retired from Eastman Kodak and serves as President of Community Coalition Initiatives and Actions ("CCIA"), the HLSJ Driving Academy Ltd., Board of Directors of the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) and Commissioner of OTS of Orleans County
• Graduate of Cornell University, Roberts Wesleyan College and Monroe Community College
• Community Service: United Way of Orleans County Board of Directors, Girl Scouts Board of Directors, ARC Board of Directors, Orleans County Farm Bureau Member, Community Action Board of Directors, Hospice of Orleans County and President of Lions Club of Albion, New York

     

Board Committees:

Governance Committee
Commissioner Argust
Commissioner Bernstein
Commissioner White
Commissioner Pryor
Commissioner Smith

Audit Committee
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Battaglia
Commissioner Goldstein
Commissioner Jankowski
Commissioner Vitagliano

Compensation Committee
Commissioner Vitagliano
Commissioner Argust
Commissioner Redmond
Commissioner Doyle

























































































































































































































































Meetings and Information:

Click HERE to the view most recent Month's Board of Commissioner's Meeting. Click HERE for the transcipt.

Click HERE to view the most recent Governance Committee Meeting.  Click HERE for the minutes.

Click HERE to view the most recent Audit Committee Meeting.

Click HERE for minutes from the last Compensation Committee Meeting.

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Current Organizational Chart

For the most recent RGRGTA Authority meeting agenda, minutes and calendar, please select the corresponding file from the list below.




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