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- 1 2 "TTC chief Rick Leary talks fighting racial bias, hiking fares and the future of Toronto's transit network". Toronto Star . 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
In what the CEO described as a "touching" ceremony in Scarborough on Aug. 13, the 55-year-old Boston native took the oath of Canadian citizenship.
- ↑ "Rick Leary confirmed as TTC CEO". The Coupler. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
Leary graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor's of Business Administration as well as a Master's Degree in Public Administration. Leary later graduated from Harvard University, completing the graduate program in Administration and Management. He is married with three children, the youngest of whom was born here in Ontario in 2013.
- ↑ "Rick Leary". coupler.ttc.ca. TTC. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ↑ Thompson, John (2018-11-03). "A Bostonian tackles Toronto". Railway Age . Retrieved 2018-11-04.
On the personal front, Leary and his wife will soon be house hunting in Toronto, to end his lengthy commute from the outlying town of Aurora. 'We even have a little Canadian in our home; our five-year-old son was born after our move to Canada.'
- ↑ Kalinowski, Tess (2014-04-03). "TTC recruits York Region Transit head to help improve service". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2018-11-04.
Leary joined York Region as general manager in 2009, after retiring from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. York contracts out about 20 per cent of its service to the TTC, said Leary.
- ↑ "TTC recruits York Region Transit head to help improve service". Toronto Star . 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ↑ Spurr, Ben (2018-01-04). "TTC prepares 'Plan B' after delays to Bombardier streetcar order". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2018-11-04.
In a wide-ranging interview in the seventh-floor corner office at TTC headquarters recently vacated by former chief executive officer Andy Byford, acting CEO Rick Leary said he was 'putting a Plan B together' in the event the streetcar order is not completed as scheduled.
- ↑ Spurr, Ben (2018-07-09). "TTC board confirms Rick Leary for top job at Toronto transit agency". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2018-11-04.
As the Star reported Monday, the hiring panel struck to find the next chief executive unanimously endorsed Leary about two weeks ago. The Boston native has been serving as acting CEO since December, after Andy Byford left to take a job as president of the New York City Transit Authority.
- ↑ "Hate 'short-turns'? Here's how 'fresh eyes' at the TTC are putting an end to them". thestar.com. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ↑ "Who is interim TTC CEO Rick Leary? - CityNews Toronto". CityNews . Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ↑ "Statement by TTC Chair Josh Colle". Toronto Transit Commission . 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
Finally, at our Board Meeting on Nov. 28 to discuss the budget, I will ask the Board to affirm our Deputy CEO Rick Leary as Acting CEO, effective Dec. 22.
- ↑ Fox, Chris (2018-07-10). "TTC board appoints Rick Leary as CEO". CTV News . Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ↑ "Rick Leary to be next TTC CEO, city's transit chair confirms". CBC News . 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-11-04.