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Chief Executive Officer

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is accountable to and works under the policy direction of the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (Rail Commission), the managing agency of the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (Authority). The CEO is responsible for the administration and daily operation of the ACE Commuter Rail services and the Amtrak and the San Joaquin Corridor intercity passenger rail services. The CEO is also responsible for the Valley Rail Expansion Program and Stockton Diamond Grade Separation Project. The CEO plans, organizes, directs, and administers all functions of the Rail Commission and the Authority. This includes making recommendations, developing action plans, presenting funding opportunities, and advising on policy and critical partnerships for the execution of those plans. The position of Chief Executive Officer is distinguished by its overall responsibility for all aspects of the administration, management, and development of Rail Commission and Authority functions and programming. The CEO is fully accountable for ensuring that the Commission's operations are delivered in a safe, effective, reliable, timely, and affordable manner and its capital programs continue to proceed on time and on budget. The Rail Commission is currently embarking upon a major expansion of ACE Rail operated through the Central Valley that will require additional capital funding, the enlargement of the service territory, and strong partnerships with UP and BNSF railroads. It will be the CEO's responsibility to establish and carry forward a vision, roadmap, and strategy for obtaining the necessary funding and regional support to make this possible. The CEO must work effectively with UP and BNSF to allow for this expansion to occur and to ensure the necessary right of way access needed to successfully deliver passenger services to the region. As such, the CEO will be the lead champion of regional passenger rail services that will connect the central valley to major metropolitan areas throughout California.