Joshua Baker

Joshua Baker, CEO & General Manager of the Alexandria Transit Company (DASH Bus), took the helm in 2017, overseeing a system with over 5.7 million annual riders serving the City of Alexandria Virginia, and neighboring areas. Under his leadership, DASH’s growth has soared, marked by significant milestones including the introduction of 100% Electric Buses, a transition to a fully Zero Emissions Fleet by 2037, the strategic redesign of the entire route system and structure, and the implementation of an entirely Fare-Free service.

Before DASH, Baker led the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC), where he spearheaded a $27 million Operations & Maintenance Facility and established multi-million dollar partnerships with local Colleges & Universities, resulting in a substantial budget surplus and record-breaking ridership. In 2011 Baker established the Radford Transit system, which he designed and implemented connecting Radford, Virginia, with Blacksburg and Virginia Tech. With over 25 years in public transportation, Baker, a Virginia Tech graduate, is a distinguished industry leader, honored with the President Obama White House Champions of Change Award and recognized in Mass Transit Magazine’s “Top 40 under 40.” He currently holds key leadership positions in multiple transit associations, working to drive innovation and progress in the transportation field.

 Lauren Breyer

Lauren is a transit professional, dedicated to advancing sustainable and equitable transportation. Since earning her B.S. in Environmental Economics BS, she has spent nearly five years advancing public transit initiatives at Arlington Transit. In her current role, she oversees fare programs that expand access for vulnerable populations including students, seniors, and low-income. Her work contributes to a range of service improvements, advancing local regional and statewide coordination, and assisting in the implementation of MICRO, Arlington Transit’s new Microtransit service. Being from Arlington, she knows best what life looks like with safe, reliable, and affordable transit access. 

Maureen Coffey

Vice-Chair Member Maureen Coffey began her first term in January 2024. She is the youngest person ever elected to the Arlington County Board and was unanimously elected as Vice Chair by her colleagues on January 5, 2026. Her policy focuses include housing, particularly renters’ rights, child care, transportation, and community engagement. Coffey co-leads the Board’s Audit Committee and serves as Board liaison to the Commission on the Status of Women, Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee, Housing Commission, Transportation Commission, and Tenant-Landlord Commission.  She is also the Board co-liaison to the Comprehensive Plan Update.  

Coffey also acts as the Board’s Legislative Affairs Liaison working with Arlington’s General Assembly Delegation and represents the Board on the Virginia Municipal League Legislative Committee. She also serves as a commissioner on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC).  

Previously, Coffey worked on the Early Childhood Policy team at the Center for American Progress (CAP) and at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Her past work has included child care, child welfare, workforce development, gender equity, and discrimination in housing and lending markets.  

Coffey previously was appointed by Governor Ralph Northam to serve from 2021 through 2025 on Virginia’s Family and Children’s Trust, a group focused on the prevention and treatment of family violence, including child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse and neglect. Locally, she has served as a board member of the Arlington County Civic Federation (CivFed) and has been an active member of the Clarendon-Courthouse Civic Association.  

Coffey earned her bachelor’s degree in economics at Oberlin College and her Master of Public Policy from the University of Virginia. Outside of her professional work, Coffey enjoys biking the W&OD trail, listening to Taylor Swift, and trying as many different coffee shops as she can across Arlington. 

Vikram Sinha

Vikram is the NVTC Senior Program Manager for the Envision Route 7 BRT program, a proposed high-capacity, rapid transit service for the Route 7 corridor. Prior to joining NVTC, Vikram worked at Austin Transit Partnership as the Public Involvement Manager for the Orange Line light rail project.  He is proud to have worked as part of multiple teams at NYCDOT, supporting projects spanning operations and engineering to the implementation of bus rapid transit, roadway repaving and markings, bike lanes, pedestrian, and accessibility improvements. Vikram has earned a Master of Public Administration from NYU and a BA in Political Science from Brandeis University. He lives in DC with his wife, newborn son, and their trusty rescue dog, Galaxy.