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3/18/2022
Valley Metro's board yesterday selected Jessica Mefford-Miller as the Phoenix transit agency's next CEO. She will succeed Scott Smith, who is retiring.
Mefford-Miller has 15 years of transit industry experience in St. Louis, where she most recently served as executive director of Metro Transit-St. Louis. She will take the reins of Valley Metro on April 4.
"Jessica offers extensive transit experience with a strong dedication to the customer experience, innovation and collaborative partnerships," said Valley Metro Chair Francisco Heredia in a press release. "Her energy certainly matched ours as we consider the future of Valley Metro and its important role coming out of the pandemic and into an era where we continue to experience such incredible growth as a region."
Throughout her career, Mefford-Miller has focused on social equity, environmental sustainability, delivering excellent customer experiences and contributing to thriving regional economies, Valley Metro officials said.
Mefford-Miller's career milestones in St. Louis include overseeing Metro Transit's planning and design of expansions to its 46-mile light-rail line and leveraging the region’s rail investment to create transit-oriented development.
In 2019, Progressive Railroading named Mefford-Miller a Rising Star in the rail industry.