Art Guzzetti, a twenty-four year veteran of public transportation at the local, state and national levels, has focused his career on three areas: promoting and implementing a dynamic policy agenda for transportation; bringing in funding to support transportation programs; and, cultivating support from other organizations in the achievement of these goals. Mr. Guzzetti is currently the Director of Policy Development and Member Mobilization for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), in Washington, D.C. Through this position, Mr. Guzzetti is responsible for the multitude of activities and relationships that promote policies favorable to public transportation at the legislative and executive branches of all levels of government, and with other national associations and interest groups. Special emphasis is given to ideas and programs for keeping APTA’s membership and grass roots partners informed and energized on federal policy and legislative issues. Mr. Guzzetti directs APTA’s extensive policy research agenda, and the policy and advocacy components of the largest outreach effort ever for public transportation, APTA’s Public Transportation Partnerships for Tomorrow initiative - (PT)2. Over the years, Mr. Guzzetti has been privileged to develop relationships with many of the top officials in the transportation industry. Mr. Guzzetti has traveled widely and is a frequent speaker at many national conferences and seminars dealing with transportation policy issues.

Prior to coming to APTA in June 1997, Mr. Guzzetti was Assistant Manager, Government Affairs for the Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) where he worked closely with current APTA President William W. Millar, on grants, government relations, policy and capital programming issues. Fundamental responsibilities were to bring about the legislative and grantmaking actions necessary for the organization’s annual capital and operating budgets. Always intermodal, Mr. Guzzetti held various government relations positions at New Jersey Transit from 1981 through 1987, and with the New Jersey Department of Transportation from 1979 through 1981. He has a Political Science degree from Edinboro State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Guzzetti is 46 years old, married 24 years to Clare Frankiewicz Guzzetti, and is the father of four children!