In this episode I caught up Jennifer Pyne. Jen spent twenty-five years in the Valley starting with the completion of her graduate program at Arizona State University and ending as part of the leadership team at Valley Metro. In 2021 she left Arizona to join the Austin Transit Partnership to help build a team and guide the delivery of their multi-billion Project Connect Program. Today she serves as Executive Vice President of Planning & Risk Management.
While the two communities are very different, they also share some similarities. One being that Austin too is embarking on transformational change using an investment in public transportation as the catalyst, just as we did over twenty years ago. Jen takes many lessons learned from her time in Phoenix not the least of which is learning to trust her instincts and transitioning from a “doer” to a leader.
In this episode I caught up Jennifer Pyne. Jen spent twenty-five years in the Valley starting with the completion of her graduate program at Arizona State University and ending as part of the leadership team at Valley Metro. In 2021 she left Arizona to join the Austin Transit Partnership to help build a team and guide the delivery of their multi-billion Project Connect Program. Today she serves as Executive Vice President of Planning & Risk Management.
While the two communities are very different, they also share some similarities. One being that Austin too is embarking on transformational change using an investment in public transportation as the catalyst, just as we did over twenty years ago. Jen takes many lessons learned from her time in Phoenix not the least of which is learning to trust her instincts and transitioning from a “doer” to a leader.