California High-Speed Rail Authority hires regional director

California High-Speed Rail Authority named Timothy Buresh to the position of Southern California regional director, overseeing the planning of the high-speed rail alignment from south of Bakersfield to San Diego. In this capacity, Buresh will be the lead representative for the Authority throughout the most populous region of our state. "This historic project has long needed strong leadership and representation in the southern part of our state. Tim Buresh brings significant executive professional engineering and construction experience to this project. I am pleased that he will guide these key segments of the statewide system to bring the benefits of high-speed rail to the major metropolitan areas in Southern California sooner rather than later," said, Roelof van Ark, chief executive officer of the authority. Buresh has more than 30 years of executive experience with civil and public works projects, in all aspects of engineering, construction, project development and organizational management. He has overseen large design‐build and design‐bid‐build contracts in California. He further brings experience in large program environmental management including environmental mitigation, permitting, regulatory, outreach and contract skills. "I see the huge potential this project has to transform our state's transportation network and the intricacies that lie ahead to implement high-speed rail from the Central Valley through the LA Basin and into San Diego. I believe strongly this project can be and should be accomplished for California's future," said Tim Buresh.