Key Staff

Executive Office

Steve Heminger, Executive Director
sheminger@mtc.ca.gov

Biography

Steve Heminger is Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). MTC is the regional transportation planning and finance agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. It allocates more than $1 billion per year in funding for the operation, maintenance and expansion of the Bay Area’s surface transportation network.

Since 1998, MTC has served as the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) responsible for administering all toll revenue from the seven state-owned bridges. BATA has a “AA” credit rating and plans to issue over $6 billion in toll revenue bonds to finance bridge, highway, and transit construction projects over the next several years. MTC also functions as the region’s Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (SAFE) and operates a fleet of 80 tow trucks and 2,600 roadside call boxes to assist motorists in trouble. In addition, MTC manages the TransLink® universal fare card program for public transit and the popular 511 traveler information telephone number and web site.

Mr. Heminger was appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, which will help chart the future course for the federal transportation program. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Mineta Transportation Institute and the Board of Directors for the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnkpike Association. Prior to joining MTC in 1993, Mr. Heminger was Vice President of Transportation for the Bay Area Council, a business-sponsored public policy group. He also has served as a staff assistant in the California State Legislature and the U.S. Congress.

Mr. Heminger received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University.

Ann Flemer, Deputy Executive Director, Operations
aflemer@mtc.ca.gov

Biography

Ann Flemer is the Deputy Director, Operations for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the metropolitan planning organization for the San Francisco Bay Area. In this position, Ann oversees the agency’s Traveler Coordination and Information Section and the Bridge and Highway Operations Section, as well as internal administration and information technology services for MTC.

Key projects under Flemer’s direction include the TransLink® smart card universal fare collection system for transit, the 511 traveler information system, the Take Transit regional online transit trip planning system, the Regional ITS Architecture, the electronic toll collection system, freeway operations, incident management and rideshare programs, including the Bay Area’s Freeway Service Patrol and network of roadside call boxes, and the $1.5 billion program to upgrade five of the region’s state-owned toll bridges.

Ann has worked in public transportation planning, policy and finance at MTC since 1982, including managing interagency programs to improve transit accessibility, marketing, employee development, and fare and schedule coordination, the region’s transportation program for elderly persons and persons with disabilities, the region’s welfare to work transportation program and the allocation of regional, state and local funds to local project sponsors and transit agencies.

Ann received her bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies from UCLA and her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley.

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Therese W. McMillan, Deputy Executive Director, Policy
tmcmillan@mtc.ca.gov

Biography

Therese began working for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in January 1984.  The MTC is the federal and state designated regional transportation planning agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.  The Commission’s jurisdiction covers nine counties and 101 municipalities, home to seven million people and almost four million jobs.  The region’s transportation network includes 1,400 miles of highway, 19,600 miles of local streets, 23 public transit agencies, and eight toll bridges, seven of which MTC oversees as the Bay Area Toll Authority.

Therese was appointed to her current role as Deputy Executive Director-Policy in January 2001, and oversees MTC’s departments responsible for

• strategic financial planning and MTC’s management of federal, state and regional fund sources for transit, highways, roadways and other modes;
• state and federal legislative advocacy, and public affairs and community outreach;
• planning, including the long range plan; transportation/land use, air quality and freight issues.

Prior to her current position as deputy executive director, she was a manager for seven years, most recently as MTC’s Manager of Funding and Externals Affairs.

Therese has a B.S. degree in Environmental Policy and Planning Analysis from the University of California, Davis (1981) and a joint M.C.P./M.S. in city planning/civil engineering science (1984) from U.C. Berkeley.  She was the President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) in 1989 and 1990, and was named Member of the Year in 2002.  She is currently a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Taxation and Finance.  She has served on numerous federal and statewide task forces and working groups addressing various transportation planning and funding issues, including a current appointment to the National Research Council Committee for the Study of Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects.   For FY 1998-99, Therese served as chair of the statewide Regional Transportation Planning Agencies group, a coalition of transportation agencies that advises the California Transportation Commission on issues related to state programming and transportation planning.  She teaches a course in transportation funding and finance for the graduate transportation studies program for the Mineta Transportation Institute, California State University at San Jose.

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Andrew B. Fremier, Deputy Executive Director, Bay Area Toll Authority
afremier@mtc.ca.gov

Biography

Andrew B. Fremier is the Deputy Executive Director of the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) – a function of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). In this role, Andrew supervises administration of all toll revenue for the Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll bridges: Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, San Francisco-Oakland Bay and San Mateo-Hayward.

Under Andrew’s direction, BATA funds the bridges’ day-to-day operations, maintenance and administration and participates in joint oversight of the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program.

Prior to joining BATA, Andrew served as the Chief Deputy District Director for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), District 4. A licensed civil engineer, Andrew held a variety of positions during his 20 years at Caltrans, including leading the Toll Bridge and Highway construction program and developing the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program.

Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

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Senior Staff

Office of General Counsel
Francis F. Chin, General Counsel
fchin@mtc.ca.gov
Melanie Morgan, Associate General Counsel
mmorgan@mtc.ca.gov
Cynthia Segal, Associate Counsel
csegal@mtc.ca.gov

Finance
Brian Mayhew, Chief Financial Officer
bmayhew@mtc.ca.gov

Administrative and Technology Services
Teri L. Green, Director and Affirmative Action Officer
tgreen@mtc.ca.gov

Bridge Oversight and Operations
Rod McMillan, Director
rmcmillan@mtc.ca.gov

Highway and Arterial Operations
Albert Yee, Director
ayee@mtc.ca.gov

Legislation and Public Affairs
Randy Rentschler, Director
rrentschler@mtc.ca.gov

Planning
Doug Kimsey, Director
dkimsey@mtc.ca.gov

Programming and Allocations
Alix Bockelman , Director
abockelman@mtc.ca.gov

Traveler Coordination and Information
Melanie Crotty, Director
mcrotty@mtc.ca.gov