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: 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 a Ferry Terminal that connects to San Francisco. The Directors include:

Marin County

Charles McGlashan - Chair SMART Board of Directors, Marin County Board of Supervisors
Al Boro - Mayor of the City of San Rafael
Peter Breen - San Anselmo City Council
Hal Brown - Marin County Board of Supervisors
Carole Dillon-Knutson - Novato City Council

Sonoma County

Valerie Brown - Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Debora Fudge - Vice Chair SMART Board of Directors, Windsor City Council
Robert Jehn - Cloverdale City Council
Mike Kerns - Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Jake MacKenzie - Rohnert Park City Council

Golden Gate Bridge and Highway Transportation District

Barbara Pahre - GGBHTD Board
Jim Eddie - GGBHTD Board

SMART Staff

Lillian Hames - General Manager
Nina West - Administrative Assistant
Lucrecia Milla - Property Manager
John Nemeth - Planning Manager
Chris Coursey - Community Outreach and Education Manager