On Oct. 29, 2024, former Chicago Metra Board Chair Romayne Brown, the first African-American woman to chair the board, was honored with a Metra Train Car dedicated to her tireless efforts as the Metra Board Chair.
During her term as chair, Brown helped lead the agency through COVID-19 challenges that became some of the most difficult times in the agency’s history. Brown has more than 31 years of operational and customer service experience at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), finishing her career with the agency in 2010 as the vice president of rail operations, which helped her navigate the agency through countless issues.
“I have worked with Chair Brown over the years, and she is one of the few people I have met who has always been able to see the power of working with labor,” said IAM Local 498 Chairman David May. “She has always helped the push agency to see labor’s perspective on issues. Chair Brown has always treated the Machinists members with dignity and respect and always found time to walk the shop floors to thank Metra’s unionized workforce for their hard work and dedication to the agency. Local 498 will be forever grateful for her incredible leadership.”
Brown was named to the board in 2013 and then held the Vice Chair role from October 2016 to 2020. She held the Metra Board Chair position from 2020 to 2024.
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