Infrastructure firm Aecom has named former Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast head of transit within its Design and Consulting Services Americas (DCSA) division. Denise Berger, whose 32 years with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey culminated in serving as chief of operations with the Authority’s Engineering Department, joins as COO of Aecom’s Northeast Region, which includes metro New York.
“We are at a critical moment for the future of the transportation and transit strategies for New York City and the surrounding region, while Congress considers proposals to reauthorize and significantly expand the (FAST) Act,” said Steve Morriss, Aecom’s president of Design and Consulting Services Americas. “Denise and Tom are better equipped than anyone in the industry to help the tri-state area leverage those federal dollars to help solve our pressing transportation and infrastructure needs and make it a model for the future of mobility.”
Prendergast will focus on Aecom’s transit market across the Americas, and Ms. Berger focused on the Northeast Region, with a primary emphasis on development and execution of projects for New York Metro clients. Prendergast spent most of his career in senior leadership roles with New York State’s MTA, the largest agency of its kind in the country, serving over 8.5 million daily users. He is a board member of the Regional Plan Association and the Eno Center for Transportation, past vice chair of the APTA Commuter Rail Committee and past chair of the Standard Development Oversight Committee.
Ms. Berger previously was chief of operations for the Engineering Department at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. She serves on the board of directors for NYIT’s School of Architecture and Design’s Advisory Board, WTS International Board and the Professional Women in Construction (PWC) board of directors.
