Effective immediately, Capital Metro vice-president and chief development officer Doug Allen has resigned.
鈥淒oug resigned on Tuesday,鈥� Cap Metro spokesperson Misty Whited tells KUT News. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been something that he and [Cap Metro president and CEO] Linda Watson had been talking about for some time.鈥�
Allen came aboard Cap Metro in 2008, and served as interim president a year later, before a national search installed Watson as the transit authority鈥檚 leader. In , the Austin Chronicle wrote that Allen was 鈥渢he point man on recent efforts to get MetroRail up and running.鈥�
Since then, Whited says Allen has 鈥渁lso had a major part in the new study that we鈥檝e been doing as well, in term of planning and regional partnerships.鈥�
Whited says Allen 鈥渓eft so that he could focus on pursing other career opportunities.鈥� Todd Hemingson, vice president of Cap Metro鈥檚 strategic planning and development, will be filling Allen鈥檚 position while a national search is conducted.
Allen's departure comes as Cap Metro prepares for the rollout of , and for an urban rail system 鈥� which Cap Metro may or may not play a role in operating.
