MDOT MTA Updates
MDOT MTA Office of Local Transit Support (OLTS) Staff Updates The MDOT MTA OLTS Director, Travis Johnston , recently announced the staff changes for FY2023. In making his announcement, Mr. Johns t on stated that “the Office of Local Transit Support has a full complement of professionals who stand ready to assist the locally operated transit systems (LOTS) and non-profit community. Please feel free to reach out when the need arises .”
grant and contract management, with more than five years in transit/transportation. She is excited to join the OLTS team and looking forward to working with our partners in transit/transportation. Ms. Nichols can be reached at tnichols2@mdot.maryland.gov . After 25 years of dedicated service to transportation, the OLTS team bid farewell to Beverly Walenga as she set off for retirement. Ms. Walenga served as the financial wizard of the team but do not fear, stepping into the position is Jennifer Vickery. Jennifer Vickery , as a six-year veteran of OLTS, has stepped into the finance role. Jen joined OLTS in 2016 as a program manager responsible for the Southern Maryland counties of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s and later the Central Maryland counties of Montgomery, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, and Howard. Ms. Vickery comes to this role with a tremendous amount of knowledge and enthusiasm. Ms. Vickery can be reached at jvickery@mdot.maryland.gov .
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Tanya Nichols, M.S., CTPA joined OLTS in May 2022 as Deputy Director. Ms. Nichols spent the last five years with Montgomery County Government, Division of Transit Services as a Transit Program Manager. She comes to OLTS with decades of experience in
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