I look forward to partnering with our talented employees and community partners on that important work in the weeks, months and years ahead.” “While the agency is doing a great job serving our community with the resources at hand, there are still many opportunities to improve and expand mobility options for the people of Pierce County. “I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to serve as Pierce Transit’s CEO,” said Griffus. He has also completed the Achieving Breakthrough Services course from Harvard Business School and the Competitive Market Strategies for Business course from the University of California, Berkeley. Griffus holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington. Griffus’s other transportation experience includes serving as Senior Vice President and Regional Vice President of Operations at Laidlaw Education Services, the largest school bus transportation provider in the world and Chief Operating Officer at Bauer Transportation, Inc., one of the largest luxury transportation corporations in America. From 2006 through 2009, Griffus was President and Chief Operating Officer of Veolia Transportation, Inc., where he orchestrated the company’s North American Transit Operations. At Keolis, Griffus managed $140 million in annual revenue and a corporate budget of $6 million. Prior to joining Pierce Transit, Griffus served as Chief Executive Officer of Keolis Transit America, a bus, shuttle, taxi and fleet transportation company with links to the largest company-owned light rail system in the world.
He was also responsible for safety and se-curity across the system, including serving as the agency’s Chief Safety Officer, and negotiated the contracts for Pierce Transit to operate Sound Transit’s express bus service, which accounts for more than 40 percent of the agency’s bus operator positions. As COO, Griffus oversaw and managed daily agency operations, including bus and paratransit services, system support and emergency services. Griffus has served as Pierce Transit’s Chief Operating Officer since 2016, where he directly managed about 80 percent of the agency’s employees, including its 500 bus operators. The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners has named Mike Griffus as Pierce Transit’s next Chief Executive Officer.
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