New head for ARTBA’s Transport Development Foundation

A new head has been appointed for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. The chairman of ARTBA-TDF will now be HNTB executive vice president Paul Yarossi. Yarossi has been a volunteer ARTBA leader for nearly two decades, serving as 2011 chairman and as ARTBA-TDF vice chair since June 2014. His other ARTBA posts have included: senior vice chairman, first vice chairman, vice-chairman-at-large, chairman of the Transportation
May 25, 2017 Read time: 1 min

A new head has been appointed for the 920 American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. The chairman of ARTBA-TDF will now be 3474 HNTB executive vice president Paul Yarossi. Yarossi has been a volunteer ARTBA leader for nearly two decades, serving as 2011 chairman and as ARTBA-TDF vice chair since June 2014. His other ARTBA posts have included: senior vice chairman, first vice chairman, vice-chairman-at-large, chairman of the Transportation Design and Construction Innovation Advisory Committee and co-chairman of the ARTBA-SAFETEA-LU Reauthorisation Task Force.

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