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New Orleans RTA search firm removed Jefferson Parish candidate from CEO shortlist (opens the original)
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A former Regional Transit Authority executive who applied to be the agency's next CEO was pulled from contention after he had already received word from the search firm that he was a semifinalist for the job. Derrick Breun, who served as the chief operating officer at the RTA from 2008 to 2013Â and was a finalist in the agency's search for a CEO in 2019, received an email in early August from search firm KL2 Connects informing him that he was one of five candidates they submitted to move on to t
Former Regional Transit Authority executive back in the running for CEO after finalist drops out (opens the original)
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Mark Major, a former Regional Transit Authority executive who didn't reach the final round in the agency's search for a new CEO, is now back in the running. The RTA's board of commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday adding Major, the former deputy CEO at the RTA, to its list of three finalists. The list also includes Justin Augustine, the former regional vice president for Transdev Services, Inc., and Reginald âReggieâ Mason, CEO of the Greensboro Transit Agency in North Carolina. The
Former New Orleans RTA executive may get second shot as finalist for CEO (opens the original)
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A former Regional Transit Authority executive who last month was knocked out of consideration in the agency's search for a new CEO is in line to get a second shot at the top job. At a meeting Tuesday, the RTA's board of commissioners is expected to vote on a resolution adding former RTA deputy CEO Mark Major to its list of finalists, after a New York City transit executive who initially made the cut dropped out. Major was one of five semi-finalists interviewed by the RTA board in executive ses
Warden at New Orleans jail steps down, Sheriff Michelle Woodfork taps former state prison leaders (opens the original)
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The top administrator at New Orleans' jail stepped down on Friday, ending a two-year stint as Sheriff Michelle Woodfork continues to reshape the agency in the early months of her term. In a news release, Woodfork announced that Jeworski "Jay" Mallett would "return to retirement" after being hired as OPSO's chief deputy of corrections in 2024 under former Sheriff Susan Hutson. His tenure, which included a historic jail break and backsliding in compliance in the jail's federal consent decree, came
In New Orleans RTA CEO search, Mayor Helena Moreno requested new look at all 5 candidates (opens the original)
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After a marathon meeting last month, the Regional Transit Authority's board of commissioners voted to narrow the field of candidates vying to be the agency's next CEO from five to three. In a letter sent to the RTA board last week, however, New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno requested a do-over of that part of the process, asking that the board "bring all five candidates forward for consideration before making a final selection." The RTA board â which Moreno appointed earlier this year â spent
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