WASHINGTON, D.C. – The board of directors of the Eno Center for Transportations announces the appointment of Patrick McKenna as president and CEO.
McKenna, who succeeds Robert Puentes, will assume his new role on Oct. 7. McKenna currently serves as director of the Missouri Dept. of Transportation. During his nine-year tenure with MoDOT, he has led a complex enterprise of 5,100 employees to transform decades of deferred maintenance for the nation’s 7th largest transportation network.
Prior to serving as MoDOT director, McKenna served as the deputy commission for the New Hampshire Dept. of Transportation and CFO in the U.S. Senate’s SOffice of the Secretary.
McKenna’s passion for servant leadership inspired him to serve in volunteer roles at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, culminating in the honor of being selected as president. He currently serves as the national safety committee chair. He has also served on the executive committee of the Transportation Research Board and is currently the chair of the NCHRP 2020-2024 committee, along with the national strategic vision project.
The Eno Center for Transportation is a nonprofit charitable foundation, founded in 1921 by William Phelps Eno, who pioneered the field of traffic management in the United States and Europe. Eno provides timely research and an independent voice on policy issues and publishes rigorous and objective analyses, including its flagship publication, Eno Transportation Weekly. Through its professional development programs, Eno cultivates creative and visionary leadership by giving public and private transportation leaders the tools and training they need to succeed together. Since its inception, Eno has instructed more than 5,000 transportation professionals.
Under Patrick McKenna’s leadership, the Eno Center for Transportation will continue to focus on its core mission to shape public debate on critical multimodal transportation issues and to build a network of innovative transportation professionals.