Executive Director/ CEO
Frank T. Martin
Frank T. Martin, a transit veteran, joined the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority in December 2018 as its interim executive director. He was chosen to lead the agency by the Board of Directors as they continue the search of a permanent executive director. Martin’s more than 40 years of experience made him an ideal candidate to lead the agency through this transition.
In addition to a previous stint as general manager at the BJCTA from 1981 to 1984, Martin was also with the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council, Greater Richmond Transit Company, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, Miami Dade Transit and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. As part of Atkins North America’s Transportation Group Company, he worked with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Right Transit Construction Management, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the Norfolk Light Rail Transit Program Management. He has owned a consulting firm, Frank T. Martin Consult, since 2014.
A member of the American Public Transportation Association Hall of Fame, Martin has also served on their Board of Directors and Business Members Board of Governors. He also served on the State of Florida-State University Board of Governors and the Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees, where he was the chairman of the board from 2016 until 2018. Martin graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from Tennessee State University and with a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Fisk University.