Who We Are
On January 1, 2003 a new regional transportation district was established to oversee the development and implementation of passenger rail service in Sonoma and Marin Counties. The new rail district, created with the passage of California State Assembly Bill 2224 (Nation, District 6), holds in public ownership, over seventy miles of railroad right-of-way (ROW), estimated to be worth more than $1 billion.
The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District is governed by a 12-member Board consisting of elected officials appointed as specified by AB 2224: two county supervisors each from Marin and Sonoma counties, three appointed City Council members from each county and two representatives from the Golden Gate Bridge District.
The SMART District is charged with planning, engineering, evaluating and implementing passenger train service and corridor maintenance from Cloverdale to Larkspur.
SMART Board of Directors
Judy Arnold - Chair
Marin County Board of Supervisors
Barbara Pahre - Vice-Chair
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway/Transportation District
Jim Eddie
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway/Transportation District
Debora Fudge
Sonoma County Mayors and Councilmembers Association
Eric Lucan
Transportation Authority of Marin
Jake Mackenzie
Sonoma County Mayors and Councilmembers Association
Stephanie Moulton-Peters
Marin Council of Mayors and Councilmembers
Gary Phillips
Transportation Authority of Marin
David Rabbitt
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Carol Russell
Sonoma County Mayors and Councilmembers Association
Kathrin Sears
Marin County Board of Supervisors
Shirlee Zane
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
SMART General Manager
Farhad Mansourian
Citizens Oversight Committee
Steve Birdlebough
Peter Breen
Dennis Harter
Patricia Kendall
David Oster
Steve Rabinowitsh
Tanya Narath, alternate
Julia Violich, alternate