Tremell Brown, VIA Metropolitan Transit

SAN ANTONIO, TX—VIA Metropolitan Transit has promoted Tremell Brown, a 33-year veteran of the agency, to serve as deputy CEO. Brown began his career at VIA in 1990 as a part-time bus driver. He advanced through the operations division, holding several leadership positions, including vice president of transportation; VP of safety, training and system security; and chief safety officer. Brown will continue to serve as chief safety officer and lead VIA’s STSS division, where he helped develop, implement and oversee law enforcement, safety and training development, and was installed as the agency’s incident commander for emergency management. For APTA, Brown is a member of the Safety Coordinating Council, and serves on the Bus Safety, Small Operations and Workforce Development committees. He is a graduate of the Leadership APTA Class of 2016.