Transtoll loses Viellenave to HNTB, Finn to Transcore, turnover of Illinois board

Transtoll the Macquarie-owned toll systems company has lost Wendy Viellenave to HNTB and Steve Finn to TransCore from their North American office. Viellenave a veteran toll customer service and marketing person was with Transtoll for about two years and will join an HNTB toll operations group. Finn who was chief technology officer at Transtoll North America has gone back to TransCore and is working out of California.

Illinois Tollway new chair

In Chicago Gov Quinn has replaced his predecessor's chairman John Mitola with Paula Wolff.

64 years old, a DC native Wolff is an academic administrator, law specialist, planner and member of many boards - so many one wonders if she has any 'off-board' time at all.

She told the press she would focus on “keeping everything absolutely clean as a whistle” ethically at the Tollway.

Mitola who shared the boyish looks of his patron the disgraced Governor Blagojevich never showed a sign as chairman that he was more than a 'yessir, yessir' Blago aide.

Also appointed to fill vacancies in the Illinois Tollway board were mayor of Aurora, Tom Weisner and a former state senator and mayor of Waukegan, Bill Morris.

TOLLROADSnews 2009-09-04