Daily News | SEPTA’s chief executive got a $75,000 raise
SEPTA CEO and General Manager Leslie S. Richards got a 21% raise and a new four-year contract on Thursday, providing a measure of stability to a transit agency battered by the pandemic and confronting aBoard members unanimously reappointed Richards and raised her annual salary to $425,000, up from $350,000 a year in the three-year contract that the new agreement replaces.
“We’ve been through a tough three years and I really think we’re just hitting our stride here and seeing a lot of big positive change,” Richards said as she thanked the board members and said she looked forward to solving the challenges ahead.One challenge could arrive soon. SEPTA officials expect federal emergency pandemic aid to run out next April.
Earlier in the week, Richards, Board Chairman Pasquale “Pat” Deon, and other officials visited Harrisburg to lobby state legislators for stable funding as a new budget is being drafted. Navigating the pandemic, which began about two months after Richards arrived, dominated the first years of her tenure, but she also has been credited with pushing forward ambitious projects in SEPTA’s strategic plan. Those include progress on the long-sought
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