The MARTA Board of Directors has appointed Collie Greenwood as interim general manager and CEO of MARTA following former CEO Jeffrey Parker’s sudden death.
In a unanimous vote, the board made the appointment at a specially called board meeting Saturday. Parker died by suicide late Friday.
MARTA general manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker has died by suicide, MARTA announced.
“Jeff Parker has built an incredible team of professionals to lead MARTA into its expansion phase with a renewed commitment to improving the customer experience,” MARTA said in a statement. “As the head of operations, Mr. Greenwood has been central to that work and his appointment ensures continuity of our shared vision.”
An experienced transit professional and former chief service officer with the Toronto Transit Commission, Greenwood joined MARTA in 2019 as the head of bus operations and was promoted to deputy general manager of operations last January.
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