The Central Ohio Transit Authority has announced that its president and CEO, Joanna Pinkerton, is resigning effective May 6 after serving for six years at the helm of the 50-year-old public transit agency .
Pinkerton’s resignation was announced Monday in a prepared release by COTA, which said its Board of Trustees will conduct a national search for her replacement.
Pinkerton was not available to The Dispatch for comment Monday because she is taking scheduled time off, according to a COTA spokesman.
“We are grateful to Joanna for her leadership, and we celebrate the tremendous achievements of her tenure,” said Board of Trustees Chair Marlon Moore.
“As we begin the process to identify COTA’s next president and CEO, I am confident that we have the right team in place to continue our momentum in this pivotal year.”
In a phone interview with the Dispatch, Moore said that Pinkerton did not discuss her future plans after leaving COTA other than to indicate her focus will be on spending time with her family.