Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame Award recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to public transportation.
In appreciation of their dedication to improving public transit for all Tennesseans and by vote of the TPTA Executive Committee, the following individuals have been inducted into the TPTA Hall of Fame:
2024
Diane Harmon
Administrative Manager, Tennessee Public Transportation Association
2019
Alvin H. Pearson
Chief Operations Officer, Memphis Area Transit Authority
2017
Rebecca Harris
Transportation Director, Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency
2015
Thomas Fox, AICP
Deputy General Manager, Memphis Area Transit Authority
2013
Wayne Owens
Hamilton Co. Transportation Director, Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency
2012
Jimmy Smith
Transportation Director, Clarksville Transit System
2011
Tommy Bradberry
Transportation Director, Northwest Tennessee Human Resource Agency
2011
Tom Dugan
Executive Director, Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority
2010
Robert Ray Evans
Executive Director, Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency
2009
William Hudson, Jr.
President & General Manager, Memphis Area Transit Authority
2008
D.K. Davis
Administrator, Office of Public Transportation, TDOT
2024
Lisa Maragnano
Executive Director, Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority
2007
Malcolm Baird
Director of Public Transportation & Aeronautics, TDOT
2007
Rep. Bill Harmon
Chairman, House Transportation Committee
2022
Arthur Bing, Sr.
Transportation Director, Clarksville Transit System