Adella Jones and Kate Whiting Elected to CMT's Board of Directors

The regional transit advocacy organization, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), announced the election of six new members to its Board of Directors during its 34th Annual Meeting held in downtown St. Louis last week. These individuals include Chris Beard of the Lochmueller Group, Robert Blaine of Washington University in St. Louis, Rob Goltermann of DCM Management Group, Adella Jones of Centene Corporation, Austin Walker of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Kate Whiting of the St. Louis Association of REALTORS®. Each is set to serve a three year-term. The organization also extended the appointment of six existing board members to a second, three-year term.

Walker is the director of government affairs at the St. Louis Regional Chamber. In this capacity, he works closely with elected officials at the local, state and national level in Missouri and Illinois on behalf of the region’s business community. Before joining the Chamber, he served as the Senior Policy Analyst at the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) in Washington, DC.

Whiting is the Assistant Director of Government Affairs for the St. Louis Association of REALTORS®, where she works on fundraising for Realtors PAC and organizing the Urban Affairs Forum and political initiatives. Prior to relocating to St. Louis, she spent a decade focusing on politics in Washington state, including a four-year stint as outreach and education director for the Seattle-based organization Transportation Choices Coalition. There, Whiting organized a campaign to form the first-ever transit agency in Okanogan County.

“Citizens for Modern Transit is thrilled to add these individuals to its Board of Directors,” said Kim Cella, executive director of Citizens for Modern Transit. “Their collective experience, coupled with their diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, will go a long way towards furthering the organization’s mission to expand a safe, integrated and affordable public transportation system throughout the St. Louis region.”

As part of the 34th Annual Meeting, several current members of CMT’s Board of Directors were also elected to serve a second, three-year term. These individuals include Kevin Anders of Ameren Missouri, Mark Carlie, Tom Etling of DoveTail, Hart Nelson of St. Louis Community College, Sheila Holm of AARP St. Louis and Renee Ross of WSP.

For more information about Citizens for Modern Transit, visit www.cmt-stl.org or call (314) 231-7272. Those interested can also like the organization on Facebook or follow them on Twitter @cmt_stl.

Citizens for Modern Transit is a not-for-profit organization in St. Louis whose mission is to expand the light rail system in order to build more sustainable, accessible communities in the region. www.cmt-stl.org.