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NTTA Board Changes Leadership  Former Fort Worth Mayor Kenneth Barr moved into the chairmanship of the NTTA Board of Directors and Bill Moore stepped into vice chairman role as the board held its annual officer elections during its regularly scheduled September meeting.
“I’m honored to have the opportunity to serve and lead the NTTA board,” Barr said following his acceptance of the office. “I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board, NTTA staff, our stakeholders and our community to advance mobility in North Texas for the benefit of the driving public.”
Barr was nominated by outgoing chairman Victor Vandergriff, who chose not to seek reelection as the Authority’s leader. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as chairman at NTTA and believe that together we have been productive during my tenure as both chairman and vice chairman,” Vandergriff said. “But the choice is really easy for me to step aside and have someone else chair the agency,” referring to changes facing the Authority as well as his personal and professional commitments.
Vandergriff, who has served on the board since 2007, will continue to represent Tarrant County, serving his term on the board through 2012.
Barr was appointed to the NTTA board in May 2008 by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. He is a consultant on governmental relations and public affairs with the Barr Consulting Group. Previously, he was elected mayor of Fort Worth four times and served in that capacity from 1996 until retiring in 2003. Prior to being elected mayor, he served three years as a city council member.
As an elected official, Barr served as a member of the board of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport; president of the Texas Municipal League; chairman of the Transportation and Communications Committee and a member of the Advisory Board for the U.S. Conference of Mayors; chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and on the Board of the National League of Cities; and as a member of the North Texas Regional Transportation Council. He also has served as chairman of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority; chairman of DFW RAILTRAN Policy Committee; and chairman of the Texas Department of Transportation’s Trans-Texas Corridor Advisory Committee.
The Collin County Commissioners Court appointed Moore to the NTTA board in 2009. Moore is owner of W Moore Project Consultants, Inc. in Plano and a registered professional engineer. He works primarily with manufacturing companies managing engineering and capital investment projects. |