Sound Transit names Farley deputy CEO

Sound Transit has named Kimberly Farley deputy chief executive officer.

Working alongside current Deputy CEO Mike Harbour until his retirement late next year, Farley will play a vital role in expanding transit service across the Central Puget Sound region, agency officials said in a press release.

In 2017, Farley founded Volition Group LLC, a firm dedicated to helping clients deliver megaprojects. Before that, she served as vice president and chief of staff for global engineering and construction at AES, an international power utility company.

Farley also worked at the Washington State Department of Transportation for a decade as director of operations for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program.

"Kimberly brings precisely the right mix of talents to Sound Transit for this critical phase of our growth, with a deep reservoir of capital project experience spanning both the public and private sectors," said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff.