Vincent Tessitore, Jr.*

Recommended by: United Transportation Union Date Appointed: June 20, 2007 Term Expires: January 1, 2013 Board Committees: Member: Capital Program Oversight, Finance, Bridges and Tunnels, Metro-North and Long Island

Vincent Tessitore, Jr. is a local chairman of Local 645 of the United Transportation Union on the Long Island Rail Road. He ran for office originally as vice president in 2005 and local chairman in 2006, winning both elections by acclamation.

Mr. Tessitore was hired as an assistant conductor on the LIRR in 1994. He qualified and was promoted to conductor in 1998 and later was named training specialist in the human resources department, where he was responsible for the training of more than 700 transportation department employees in the areas of operating rules, emergency preparedness, security awareness, fare collection, and the physical characteristics of Long Island Rail Road property.

In 2005 he returned to the transportation department as a conductor and began his career with the United Transportation Union.

Mr. Tessitore is a member of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) conductor certification working group. He is an officer of the LIRR Columbia Association Italian-American Society.

*Nonvoting member