Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Wayne Friesner
Vice President of Commuter Rail and Railroad Management

Length of Service: February 2007 to present

As Vice President, Commuter Rail and Railroad Management, Friesner functions as the Director of the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) - a joint commuter rail service of DART and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority - and is responsible for DART's railroad right of way that is not part of the DART light rail network. DART owns more than 250 miles of railroad right of way throughout the north Texas region.

Friesner has been involved with the TRE since 2000, starting as a Contract Administrator. An attorney by training, he previously worked in the Office of the General Counsel at DART. He has also worked at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), and in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U. S. Army.

Experience
Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 2000 - present
• Vice President, Commuter Rail, 2007 - present
• Assistant Vice President, Commuter Rail, 2004 - 2007
• Chief Administrative Officer, Trinity Railway Express, 2002 - 2004
• Contract Administrator, Trinity Railway Express, 2000 - 2002

Attorney, Consultant, 1995 - 2000

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 1987 - 1994
• Chief Counsel, Procurement Law Division, 1988 - 1994
• Director, Procurement Division, 1987 - 1988

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 1985 - 1987

Army and Air Force Exchange Service, 1973 - 1985

United States Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1969 - 1973


Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University
B.S., History, Iowa State University

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