Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada CEO and leadership

An experienced government affairs, media relations and marketing executive with both private and public sector practice. Knowledgeable about public policies, legislative affairs, media relations, public engagement, and traditional and online marketing and advertising. Experience includes development of public policies and legislative strategies; development of strategic communication and media relations programs; writing, editing and distributing backgrounders, press releases, editorials and marketing and advertising collateral; executing special events and brand strategies; developing and measuring targeted marketing promotions and campaigns; and managing and leading public relations and marketing professionals.

Specialties: Government Relations • Public Relations • Community Outreach • Traditional and Online Marketing • Advertising • Sales • Research and Strategic Planning • Brand Strategy

Marc Traasdahl is the Chief Financial Officer for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC). He brings more than 25 years of broad accounting experience to the position from public, private and non-profit agencies, including a Big 8 CPA firm.

Marc is passionate about the work he and his team do to maintain a healthy bottom line and to provide accurate financial reporting for critical decision-making across all transportation services. He and his team are proud of the clean audit reports and reviews they have received year after year from external auditors, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the National Transit Database (NTD) and several departments of the State of Nevada.

Most significantly, Marc has led financial programs that have resulted in $52 million in interest savings through refunding several bond issues, and $128 million in fuel expense savings and additional grant opportunities by converting the RTC’s transit fleets to Compressed Natural Gas. His meticulous financial approach is critical in the oversight of the Fuel Revenue Indexing program, grant funding allocations and inter-local funding agreements.

Marc oversees all elements of finance, purchasing and contracts, fare policy & collection, short- and long-term operating and capital budgeting, grant reporting and administration, and the agency’s asset management system.

As a religious and community volunteer, Marc spends time providing food and resources to underserved populations and leadership training and activities for youth.

Jodie Bare is a Chief Innovation Officer at Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and is based in Columbus, Ohio. She has worked as Chief Operations Officer at MetaMateria Technologies, Smart City (Columbus) - Deputy Program Manager (Technology) at City of Columbus, and IT Consultant / Engineer at American Heart Association. Jodie attended DeVry University between 1994 and 1999 and Project Management Institute between 2012 and 2012.