Richard A. "Dick" Anderson
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

Dick Anderson was appointed Vice Chairman of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority effective April 1, 2010 by Governor Sonny Perdue.

Previously, Anderson had served in the Perdue administration as the Executive Director of GRTA where he led the first strategic review of the state's transportation system, IT3 or Investing in Tomorrow's Transportation Today. The effort produced a business case for transportation investment that would yield over $480B in economic growth and 400K jobs for Georgia leading to passing legislation that reformed transportation governance and put in place a multi-billion dollar funding mechanism for the next 10 years representing the largest incremental investment in transportation in Georgia's history.

Prior to his public service, Anderson had a long and distinguished career in telecommunications rising from an account executive with BellSouth to become Vice Chairman-Planning and Administration and then Group President with AT&T running a $32B business serving global enterprise business clients. He has also served on telecom and technology company boards of Cingular, Adtran, Metro PCS, and CSI.

Anderson has long been involved in the Atlanta community, being named one of the 100 Most Influential Atlantans by the Business Chronicle. He was the Chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in 2007 and has served on the boards of Children's Healthcare, Marcus Autism Center, MARTA, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta Education Fund, Chick-fil-A Bowl, Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority, and Camp Twin Lakes. He also led Atlanta's most recent bid for the Super Bowl. Anderson graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Marketing and MBA from Murray State University in 1981 and was named the MSU Distinguished Alumnus in 1994 and Faculty Fellow in Business in 2005.