James Stack has been the Executive Director of the Genesee Transportation Council in Rochester, NY since January 2016. Prior to being appointed Executive Director, Jim served as the Assistant Director for 14 years and has been with GTC since 1999. Prior to GTC, Jim was a Transportation Planner for the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency in Bristol, CT. Jim has over 30 years of transportation planning experience.

Jim’s transportation experience includes transit and corridor studies, area studies, data collection and management, project management, managing projects conducted by consultants, managing a capital program, asset management planning, air quality analysis, developing operations budgets, and managing other personnel. He is familiar with all aspects of MPO operations. In January 2023, Jim was appointed to the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Policy Committee.

Jim holds a Master of Public Administration from the State University of New York at Brockport and a Bachelor of Geography from the University of Connecticut.