KL2 Connects Seeks Executive Director for MVTA
Nov 19th, 2015 3:51 amKL2 Connects LLC has been retained by The Minnesota Valley Transportation Authority (MVTA) to recruit an Executive Director who will lead an organization of approximately 130 buses with a $28 million operating budget, moving nearly three million riders each year. The MVTA is a joint powers agency that provides transit services within the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount, Prior Lake, Savage, and Shakopee and commute services to/from downtown Minneapolis/St. Paul. MVTA contracts with a local transit operations/maintenance service provider (non-union) to provide both the local and commute service including operations of the Metro Transit Red Line BRT service. The nine-member Board of Directors is made up of elected officials appointed to the Board from the member cities and their two counties and the MVTA has a direct staff of 14 employees who oversee contract operations, transit facility development and operation, marketing, finance, grants, and governmental relations.