Board of Directors

The board holds monthly public meetings at CapMetro's Administration building, located at 2910 E. 5th Street in Austin. The board also has a number of committees that meet regularly to review information and make recommendations to it. Currently, the board receives input from the Customer Satisfaction Advisory Committee and the Access Advisory Committee.

Nominations to become members of the committees are made by the board chairperson and are approved by board resolution.

The public is always welcome to attend board meetings and provide suggestions or feedback on CapMetro services and programs. Learn more about upcoming meetings and agendas in the board meeting section.

The Board Consists of:

  • 3 Members appointed by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), including an elected official 
  • 1 Member representing the smaller cities within the CapMetro Service Area
  • 1 Member each appointed by the Travis County commissioners and Williamson County commissioners
  • 2 Members appointed by the Austin City Council, one of whom is an elected official

Current board members

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Travis County representative - Jeffrey W. Travillion was elected to the Travis County Commissioners Court representing Precinct 1 in November 2016 and took office on the first day of 2017. He had spent the previous 16 years working for the city of Austin, retiring as team lead for the Code Department's Neighborhood Enhancement Team. He was responsible for developing protocols to address compliance issues within the city's health, safety and welfare codes. His term will expire in June 2024.

He has more than 30 years' experience providing management solutions in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Travillion has conducted extensive operational reviews of state agencies and city departments, and worked on teams that produced recommendations adopted by the Texas Legislature and which saved the state of Texas more than $8 billion.

A graduate of Jackson State University's W.E.B. Dubois Honors Program, Travillion also was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow at Carnegie-Mellon University's Heinz College School of Public Policy and Management, as well as a fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He has a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Travillion is involved in a number of civic activities, including serving as a deacon at the Abundant Life Community Baptist Church. He is a graduate of Leadership Austin, chairman of the Communications Committee for the Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a member of the board of directors of the Austin Project. He and his wife, Perri, have 3 children: Jeffrey Jr., Paige and Andrew.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

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City of Austin representative - Leslie Pool was elected to the Austin City Council in 2014. Her expansive legislative record focuses on the environment and sustainability; transportation; open government accountability and transparency; and ethics, campaign finance and lobbyist reform and reporting. Her term on the CapMetro board will expire in June 2025.

Pool led on adopting the city’s Energy Resource, Generation & Climate Protection Plan; Austin’s Climate Protection Plan; and the resolution creating a Community Climate Resilience Plan. She co-sponsored the vehicle electrification resolution and the resolution declaring a climate crisis. Her environmental goals target sustainability and resilience, improving standards for clean air and water, flood mitigation, stewardship of our water resources and livability. She is a diligent advocate for increased investments in civic assets like community parks, libraries, trails and open space.

In 2015, Pool traveled to Paris for the historic United Nations Climate Conference, whose objective was to achieve a binding, universal agreement on climate. An additional outcome was renewed focus on cities as natural leaders in attaining net zero emission and environmental sustainability goals. Pool works locally with organizations like ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability to further Austin’s urban sustainability through policies that support low emission, nature-based, equitable and resilient systemic change.

Her work on these issues includes broadening access to sustainable transit and trails for our community and the region. Pool has sponsored two successful transportation initiatives that furthered our community goals for two new rail stations for key areas and an expanded Red Line Parkway Trail.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

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Small cities representative - Becki Ross was elected to the Leander City Council in May, 2021. She also serves as an ex-officio board member of the Leander Chamber of Commerce. She was a prior Planning and Zoning Commissioner and Leander Chamber Board Member serving as Chair in 2020. Her term will expire in June 2024.

Ross has 25 years experience in the insurance and financial services industry. She has owned a small business in Cedar Park for the past twelve of those years. She has experience in corporate management and training along with other volunteer roles as a board member of her homeowner’s association, booster club president and team sport parent for her daughter’s athletic activities.

She has a Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Orleans along with several industry designations.

She has lived in the Leander/Cedar Park area since 2003 where she and her husband have raised their family.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

Dianne Bangle

CAMPO business appointee - Dianne Bangle currently serves as the CEO of the Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) and oversees the 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization, which represents more than 1,900 commercial real estate leaders in the Central Texas business community. Her term on the CapMetro board ends in June 2026.

Bangle is a licensed attorney in both Texas and Colorado. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law and a bachelor’s from the University of Washington.

She’s lived in Austin for 25 years and is dedicated to serving her community. She also serves on multiple boards in Austin, such as Transit Forward, Visit Austin and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

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CAMPO elected official appointee - Paige Ellis is currently the Mayor Pro Tem for Austin City Council and has represented Southwest Austin’s District 8 since her election in 2018. Her term on the CapMetro board ends in June 2025.

Ellis earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has years of marketing and public involvement experience and, prior to her election, she worked for an environmental firm that specialized in environmental compliance on housing development and regional transportation projects.

Ellis championed the effort to pass the $460 million Active Mobility Bond in 2020 and has been an advocate for mobility and affordability in our region. She’s an avid volunteer and enjoys the active outdoor and music scene that the city of Austin offers.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

Matt-HarrissCAMPO financial appointee - William M. “Matt” Harriss is the chief financial officer for the Butler Family Interests, which handles the business and personal affairs for the family of former Austin Mayor Roy A. Butler. In that capacity, Harriss oversees the financial and administrative team for Capitol Wright Distributing, the 17th largest wholesale beverage distributorship in the United States, with more than 500 employees and 5,000 customers. In addition, he handles a number of real estate investments across Central Texas on behalf of the family. His term on the CapMetro board ends in June 2024.

Previously, Harriss has served as administrator for a large law firm in Austin, as assistant dean for business affairs at the University of Texas School of Law and as controller with the Belton K. Johnson Interests in San Antonio. In addition,  Harriss currently devotes time to the Trail Foundation, Austin Pets Alive and the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy.

Both he and his wife of 40 years, June, are avid UT baseball fans and have lived in Austin for over 40 years.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

eric_strattonWilliamson County representative - A communications and policy consultant and registered nurse, Eric Stratton, R.N., represents Williamson County on CapMetro's board of directors. His term will expire in June 2026.

Stratton is a strategic planner, policy advisor and registered nurse. His early career was spent working various congressional and state legislative races and then for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Washington, D.C., for which he educated congress and association members on energy and environmental policy issues.

After a life-altering event involving the health of his daughter, Stratton was led to pursue a career in healthcare, became a registered nurse and obtained his Master of Science in nursing from UT Austin, specializing in pediatrics and teaching. He later returned to public policy as chief of staff for a state representative and helped organize and execute the first Autism Awareness Day at the Texas Capitol.

Most recently, Stratton spent 5 years with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, serving as a policy analyst for the senior advisor to the executive commissioner and a clinical policy advisor for Medicaid. There he helped design, procure and implement STAR Kids, the legislatively mandated Medicaid managed care system for children with special healthcare needs. Stratton also provided clinical and policy oversight for the transition of programs from the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) to HHSC and the Texas Workforce Commission.

Currently, Stratton and his wife, Jennifer, provide strategic planning, policy and communications consulting services through their business, Stratton Strategies. They live in the Williamson County part of Austin with their two children, Maddie and Jack.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

City of Austin representative - Jose “Chito” Vela represents District 4 on Austin City Council, having been elected in 2022. His term on the CapMetro board ends in June 2025.

Vela  received his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Before he was elected to the City Council, Vela worked as an immigration and criminal defense attorney at Walker Gates Vela. He also has served as the President of the Board of the Worker’s Defense Project.

Vela has lived in East Austin for 20 years with his wife and three children.

You can email the CapMetro board of directors at: BoardOfDirectors@CapMetro.org. Messages sent to this address are forwarded to all members of the board via CapMetro staff

Board Committees

Finance, Audit and Administration Committee Charter

PURPOSE
To assist the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities for accounting and financial reporting processes, the system of internal controls, the audit processes and systems for monitoring compliance with laws, regulations and the CapMetro Code of Conduct.  

Executive management is responsible for preparing complete and accurate financial statements; managing business and financial risk; and for monitoring internal controls and compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and procedures. The board of directors has oversight responsibility in these areas and is charged with establishing and supporting an adequate control environment within the organization for ensuring accountability and demonstrating proper stewardship over public funds.  

AUTHORITY
The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee has authority to conduct or authorize investigations into any matters within its scope of responsibility. It is empowered to:  

  • Ensure the independence of any registered public accounting firm employed by CapMetro. 
  • Resolve any disagreements between management and the auditor regarding financial reporting. 
  • Provide oversight and direction of the internal audit function. 
  • Use independent counsel, accountants, auditors or others to advise the committee or to assist in the conduct of an investigation. 
  • Seek any information it requires from employees - all of whom are directed to cooperate with the committee's requests - or external parties. 

MEMBERSHIP
The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee shall consist of at least 3 members of the board of directors. The board will appoint committee members and the committee chairperson. Each member of the committee must be financially literate, as the board interprets such qualification in its business judgment, or must become financially literate within a reasonable period of time after his or her appointment. In addition, 1 member of the committee must be a metropolitan planning organization appointee with at least 10 years of experience as a financial or accounting professional. 

Committee members shall be free of any relationship that would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment.  

EDUCATION
CapMetro executive management is responsible for providing the committee with educational resources related to accounting principles and procedures, risk management, ethics and other information that may be requested by the committee. CapMetro executive management shall assist the committee in maintaining appropriate financial and compliance literacy.  

MEETINGS
The committee will meet at least 4 times a year, with authority to convene additional meetings, as circumstances require. All meetings will be conducted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Committee members are expected to attend each meeting. The committee may direct members of management, auditors or others to attend meetings and provide pertinent information, as necessary.  

RESPONSIBILITIES
The committee will carry out the following responsibilities:  

Financial and other reporting: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee shall provide reasonable assurance to the board that financial information reported by management substantively portrays CapMetro's financial condition, results of operations, plans and long-term commitments. Members of the committee may review other reports requiring board approval prior to submission to public sector entities. The Committee will:  

  • Review fiscal, investment and other financial management policies and practices including but not limited to:  
    • Operating and capital budgeting 
    • Procurement and contracting 
    • Revenue (e.g., grants, fare structure and new revenue opportunities, including partnerships with external entities) 
    • Debt and investments 
    • Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program 
    • Insurance and risk management 
  • Review financial statements, including interim financial statements, auditor's opinions and management letters and consider whether they are complete, consistent with information known to committee members and reflect appropriate accounting principles. 

Internal Control: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee shall understand CapMetro's key financial reporting risk areas and the internal control structure. The committee will:  

  • Consider the effectiveness of CapMetro's internal control systems, including information technology security and control. 
  • Understand the scope of internal and external auditors' review of internal controls over financial reporting, and obtain reports on significant findings and recommendations, together with management's responses. 
  • Review the reports and results of internal and external audits. 

Internal Audit: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee shall provide direct oversight of CapMetro's internal audit function. To facilitate its effectiveness and independence, the internal audit function is ultimately accountable to the board of directors and the Finance, Audit and Administration Committee. The committee will:  

  • Make recommendations to the full board of directors regarding the appointment and removal of the chief audit executive. 
  • Review with management and the chief audit executive the charter, audit plans, activities, staffing and organizational structure of the internal audit function. 
  • Ensure there are no unjustified restrictions or limitations on the internal audit function review audit results, reports and recommendations and ensure adequate management follow-up and resolution. 
  • Meet with the chief audit executive to discuss any matters that the committee or internal audit believes should be discussed. 
  • Request internal auditors to perform special studies, investigations, or other services in matters of interest or concern to the committee or board that may be outside the scope of the approved Audit Services Plan. Such projects could include investigation of areas of high control risk, potential or suspected fraud or other irregularities, compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures, or evaluation of external auditors. 
  • Conduct an annual performance review and evaluation of the chief audit executive. 
  • Review the effectiveness of the internal audit function through periodic external quality assurance reviews. 

External Audit: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee shall assure independence in fact and in appearance of all external financial assurance services. External auditors are ultimately accountable to the board of directors and Finance, Audit and Administration Committee. The committee will:  

  • Consider the facts and circumstances of each case in order to determine if firm or audit partner rotation is needed in order to ensure an independent financial audit. 
  • Approve in advance any non-audit services by external auditors or their consulting practice/affiliates. 
  • External auditors shall not (1) provide non-audit services that involve performing management functions or making management decisions, and (2) audit their own work or provide non-audit services that are significant or material to the subject matter of the audits. 
  • Meet with the external auditors to discuss any matters that the committee or auditors believe should be discussed in detail. 
  • Review with management and the external auditors the results of the audit, including any serious difficulties or disputes with management encountered during assurance work. 

Compliance: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee shall provide reasonable assurance to the board of directors that its policies are being carried out and that systems are in place to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. The committee will:  

  • Review the effectiveness of the system for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations and the results of management's investigation and follow-up (including disciplinary action) of any instances of noncompliance. 
  • Review the findings of any examinations by regulatory agencies, and any auditor observations. 
  • Review the process for communicating the Code of Conduct to company personnel and for monitoring compliance therewith. 
  • Obtain regular updates from the board ethics officer and the staff ethics officer regarding ethics and compliance matters. 

Reporting Responsibilities: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee will:  

  • Report and recommend action, as appropriate to the board of directors about committee activities, issues and related recommendations. 
  • Provide an open avenue of communication between internal audit, the external auditors and the board of directors. 
  • Review any other reports CapMetro issues that relate to committee responsibilities. 

Other Responsibilities: The Finance, Audit and Administration Committee will:  

  • Perform other activities related to this charter as requested by the CapMetro board of directors. 
  • Review and assess the adequacy of the committee charter annually, requesting board approval for proposed changes, and ensure appropriate disclosure as may be required by law or regulation. 
  • Confirm annually that all responsibilities outlined in this charter have been carried out.

Operations, Planning and Safety Committee Charter

Approved by board of directors (Aug. 23, 2010) 

The role of the Operations, Planning and Safety Committee shall be to review and make recommendations to the full board of directors on policies and practices related to the efficient, safe, and reliable operation of the CapMetro system and effective short and long-range planning for a sustainable CapMetro. 

The committee shall be responsible for:  

  • Overseeing short-range service planning and modification.
  • Developing and making recommendations to the board of directors on long-range system planning and coordinating with external partners on regional planning initiatives.
  • Reviewing and making recommendations to the board of directors on route standards and service standards.
  • Monitoring performance indicators for service and operations, including but not limited to ridership, customer service and satisfaction, passenger and employee safety and security standards, and facility and vehicle maintenance.
  • Making recommendations to the board of directors on vehicle purchase and fleet management plans and other capital purchases related to operations.
  • Overseeing facility and capital project design and construction programs.
  • Reviewing and making recommendations to the board of directors on land use related to the agency and property acquisition and disposal.
  • Ensuring compliance with Title VI requirements.
  • Overseeing the implementation of system start-ups.

The Operations, Planning and Safety Committee shall take up and consider any other items as directed by the chair of the board of directors. 

All committees are advisory to the board of directors which has the legal responsibility to make decisions and policies for CapMetro.

Board Liaison

Ed Easton
For additional questions please contact our board liaison
Phone: 512-369-6040
Fax: 512-369-6504
Email: CCR-BOD@capmetro.org