Pace Bus announced Wednesday that Rick Kwasneski, the chair of the agency’s Board of Directors, is now an at large director for transit on the American Public Transportation Association Board of Directors. Kwasneski will hold the post for a two-year term. Kwasneski is a currently member of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee. In a statement, Kwasneski said his objective in his new role would be “to elevate the policy and advocacy work of the MPO Policy Committee to the national discussion on infrastructure while bringing the nation’s best public transportation practices back to our region.”