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GRTC Announces New Chief Financial Officer John Zinzarella
December 21, 2020
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For Immediate Release
December 21, 2020
For more information, contact:
CARRIE ROSE PACE – (804) 516-4148 – carrie.rosepace@ridegrtc.com
GRTC Announces New Chief Financial Officer
John Zinzarella oversees Finance, Procurement and Human Resources Departments.
RICHMOND, Va. (December 21, 2020) – GRTC is pleased to announce its new Chief Financial Officer John Zinzarella, effective January 6, 2021. The new CFO has expanded oversight internally of the Finance, Procurement and Human Resources Departments and supports GRTC senior leadership.
Chief Executive Officer Julie Timm says, “John is a grounded, exceptionally experienced addition to our team, and he brings decades of expertise managing corporate finances and cross-departmental teams. His professional career spans numerous business sectors, including municipal utilities, global pharmaceutical/biotech, distribution, manufacturing, and public accounting. GRTC will benefit tremendously from his business analytics and forecasting acumen, particularly as we collaborate with localities and the Central Virginia Transportation Authority (CVTA) on strategic planning for regional transportation solutions while simultaneously recovering from the pandemic.”
Zinzarella, a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s in Business Administration, most recently served as CFO and Deputy CEO of The Metropolitan District Commission in Hartford, Connecticut. After working in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New York during his career, Zinzarella now returns to Virginia, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Virginia Tech in 1987.
“I consider myself extremely fortunate to join the GRTC Family in 2021 because of the impressive growth, resilience and positive financial performance demonstrated in recent years and especially during the pandemic. I look forward to partnering with GRTC’s Executive Leadership team to assist guiding the organization through the period of economic recovery and to emerge as a stronger organization from the pandemic, while financially protecting GRTC jobs, continuity of service for our valued customers, and with an eye to planning for future mobility services throughout the region,” shares Zinzarella.
Zinzarella joins the GRTC Executive Leadership team, which includes the CEO and Chief of Staff.
GRTC is a public service corporation providing mobility services in the Greater Richmond area. GRTC’s current operational budget of $60.3M primarily funds daily mobility operations and vehicle maintenance. GRTC provides more than 9.25 million trips annually.