[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 195 (Friday, December 6, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CONGRATULATING WASHOE RTC CEO LEE GIBSON ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                          HON. MARK E. AMODEI

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 6, 2019

  Mr. AMODEI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Lee 
Gibson on his retirement from the Washoe County Regional Transportation 
Commission (RTC), where he served as Chief Executive Officer since 
September 2009.
   Having begun his career at Washoe RTC during the height of the Great 
Recession, Mr. Gibson immediately restructured the agency's transit 
service to cut costs, preserve service, and build a stronger footing 
toward sustainability.
   With a career spanning 36 years, Mr. Gibson has become a recognized 
leader in the transportation community, earning some of the highest 
awards from the Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association 
(APA), including the prestigious DeBoer Award for his planning 
leadership in Nevada. Mr. Gibson has also served on the American Public 
Transportation Association's (APTA) Board of Directors, as Chairman of 
its Policy and Planning Committee, and as an APTA speaker on 
performance-based planning.
   During his tenure at the Washoe RTC, Mr. Gibson's organizational 
leadership, planning policies, and innovative project delivery methods 
have successfully resulted in well over $750 million of multimodal 
highway projects in Washoe County, eventually leading the RTC to earn a 
Silver-level of recognition from the APTA's Sustainability Program in 
August 2017.
   Today, Washoe RTC's transit service employs cutting-edge electric 
buses, customer service information technologies, and is preparing to 
expand service. Additionally, our region's highway system supports 
connectivity that has greatly improved the traveling public's 
accessibility to jobs, while offering new opportunities to move 
throughout the region.
   Without a doubt, Mr. Gibson's investment in our community's 
infrastructure projects have significantly improved Nevadans' ability 
to travel more safely and efficiently.
   On behalf of Nevada's Second Congressional District, I offer my 
sincerest appreciation to Mr. Gibson for his service and wish him all 
the best on his retirement.

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