San Joaquin Regional Transit District CEO and leadership

Gloria Salazar is a Chief Executive Officer at San Joaquin Regional Transit District and is based in Stockton, California. She has worked as Assistant General Manager/CFO at San Joaquin Regional Transit District. Gloria studied at University of East-West Medicine, Philippines and USA, and National University.

Mr. Thompson joined RTD in 2010 as IT Manager. Prior to joining RTD, he gained depth and breadth of experience in IT management, application development, access management, compliance, and security through his years as a consultant and as an employee at both Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. Over his career, Mr. Thompson has specialized in strategic application of technology to solve business problems. Mr. Thompson holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from New Mexico State University, and has a Transit Paratransit Management Certificate from the University of the Pacific.

In April of 2016, Ms. Smith joined RTD as Operations Superintendent-Facilities. Bringing with her over 25 years of experience in facilities management and commercial real estate, Darla successfully oversaw the construction of the UTS and the installation of electrification infrastructure. In September of 2019, Darla became RTD’s internal subject matter expert in electrification technologies. This included being involved in all aspects of zero-emission technology-especially the development of the Zero Emission Roll-Out Plan. Applying her gift for organization and efficiency, Ms. Smith developed a tracking system that made migration to automation much smoother in implementing the Facilities portion of the Transit Asset Management Plan. She also leveraged her skills and experience to enhance RTD’s overall Operations by restructured the Facilities Department to approach repairs proactively rather than reactively.