David Rishell

David Rishel is a transit executive with more than 35 years of experience in transit and paratransit operations.

Currently, David is CEO of the Centre Area Transit Authority in State College, PA and is also Principle of Delta Services Group, Inc. a transit consulting firm. He was the founding Director of the Americans with Disabilities Act Unit of NJ Transit, where he was responsible for agency-wide accessibility of the third largest transit system in the US. While at NJT, David designed, implemented and managed the nation’s largest statewide paratransit system, serving 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties and providing service into New York City and Philadelphia.