USDOT announces three WMATA board appointees

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) yesterday announced three new federal appointees to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) board.

The board — which includes members from Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and the federal government — helps determine WMATA’s policies and oversees issues such as funding, operations and expansion. Federal appointees serve a four-year term.

The new appointees are Kamilah Martin-Proctor, principal (voting) director;  Sarah Kline, principal (voting) director; and Bryna Helfer, alternate (non-voting) director.

Martin-Proctor currently serves as 2021 chair of the Washington D.C. Commission on Persons with Disabilities.

Kline is a consultant who formerly led policy development for two national nonprofit organizations, Transportation for America and Reconnecting America.

And Helfer is assistant county manager and director of communications and public engagement for Arlington County, Virginia. Prior to joining Arlington County, she was deputy assistant secretary for public engagement at the USDOT.

Departing the board are appointees Steve McMillin, Devin Rouse and Anthony Costa.