Opening General Session: Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Leah Weiss

Our keynote Dr. Leah Weiss, is an acclaimed researcher, leadership consultant, and author. Dr. Weiss teaches on compassionate leadership at Stanford Graduate School of Business and is the principal teacher and founding faculty for Stanford's Compassion Cultivation Program. She will lead an engaging conversation on workplace burnout, and how to climb out of it and what we can do to find balance in our lives.

Featured Speaker:

• Leah Weiss, Leadership Consultant and Author

President's Welcome:

• Paul Skoutelas, President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association (Remarks)

Chair's Welcome:

• Jeffrey Nelson, Chair, APTA; CEO/Managing Director, Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLink)

Host's Welcomes:

• Sharon Cooney, Chief Executive Officer, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
• Mayor Todd Gloria, Mayor, The City of San Diego
• Nathan Fletcher, Chair, San Diego County Board of Supervisors

Keynote Introduction:

• Eve Williams, President/Chief Executive Officer, Dikita Engineering

Sponsor Remarks:

• Veronique Hakim, Sr VP & National Transit & Rail Market Sector Leader, HNTB Corporation
• Rubi Sanchez, Transportation Deputy Project Manager, APTA ELP Class of 2022, HDR
• Rebecca Santiago, Transit Planner, APTA ELP Class of 2023, HDR