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Fact:
Hollick’s interest
for transit was
piqued in grad
school where
her course work
was focused on
urban policy.
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absenteeism for 8,000 personnel across
33 locations. Her coaching eliminated
ineffi ciencies in material distribution
processes, resulting in annual cost savings
of $100,000.
Th e Green Line Extension will help
the corridor’s growing population get to
jobs and school. Th ere are 64,300 jobs
currently within one-half mile of its 16
planned stations. Southwest LRT will
connect residents across the metro region
to growing job centers such as Park
Nicollet Methodist Hospital, downtown
Hopkins, Opus Business Park, Optum
corporate headquarters, Golden Triangle
Business Park, Eden Prairie Center,
and downtown Minneapolis.
Th e Metropolitan Council expects
to award its civil construction contract
later this summer and to open the 14.5-
mile line in 2023 to Minneapolis’ southwestern
suburban cities.
GROWING UP IN SOUTH MINNEAPOlis,
Joan Hollick found buses to be a
reliable way to get to and from after
school activities. It wasn’t until her
college days in Chicago, though, that
she developed an academic — as well
as personal — appreciation for the role
transit plays in day-to-day life.
Hollick has been applying what she
learned in classrooms, on her commutes
and from her previous jobs with
the Chicago Transit Authority to her
role as deputy project director of the
Southwest LRT Project since 2015.
Hollick oversees the budget and
grants, project controls, environmental,
agreements and risk management
functional areas.
Since Hollick never owned a car
while living in Chicago, she relied on
the transit system to learn the city and
get around.
Lessons learned outside the classroom
were also valuable. In her roles
at CTA, Hollick executed project strategy
for a $10 million soft ware deployment
and re-engineering project to
reduce costs associated with workforce
“When you are building something new, the path
forward is not always clear. Try to keep an open mind when
faced with challenges because there’s always a plan B.”
Joan Hollick, PMP
Deputy Project
Director -
Southwest LRT
Metro Transit -
Transit Systems
Development
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