South West Transit Association

Dawn Block, Transit Coordinator for the City of La Junta Transit, has been in municipal government for 34 years, 20 of them in transit. She has served on the Colorado Association of Transit Agencies board for 5 years and as Board President for 4 years. That position allows her to also serve on the South West Transit Association board. She works with several advisory boards and was recently appointed to the newly-formed Governor’s Clean Transit Enterprise Board. She worked with CASTA and the Southeast Colorado Regional Coordination Council to legislatively change the CDL testing/tester requirements in Colorado to better meet the needs of rural areas of the state. Dawn consistently works to promote transit, specifically rural transit, in Colorado and nationally. She is a Master Trainer with CASTA and provides a variety of trainings across the state.