Editing SEPTA (section)

== Governance ==
At its founding in 1968, the board had 11 members. In 1991 the state legislature added four additional members, giving themselves more influence on the board.<ref>{{Cite web |  title=SEPTA takeover 'reach' | publisher=Metro - Philadelphia (PA) | date=April 12, 2007 | website=NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current | url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1187AF1AA00A3988 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>

SEPTA is governed by a 15-member board of directors:

* The City of Philadelphia appoints two members: one member is appointed by the [[Mayor of Philadelphia|Mayor]], the other by the [[Philadelphia City Council|City Council]] President. These two board members can veto any item that is approved by the full SEPTA board because the city represents more than two-thirds of SEPTA's local funding, fare revenue, and ridership. However, the veto may be overridden with the vote of at least 75% of the full board within 30 days.
* Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties appoint two members each. These members are appointed by the county commissioners in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery and by the county council in Delaware.
* The majority and minority leaders of the two houses of the [[Pennsylvania General Assembly|Pennsylvania State Legislature]] (the Senate and the House of Representatives) appoint one member each, for a total of four members.
* The [[Governor of Pennsylvania|governor]] appoints one member.

The members of the SEPTA Board {{As of|2023|3|lc=on}} are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board Members |url=http://www.septa.org/about/board/members.html |access-date=February 23, 2020 |publisher=SEPTA}}</ref>
{|class=wikitable
!Name
!Appointed by
|-
|Michael A. Carroll
|rowspan=2|[[City of Philadelphia]]
|-
|Richard R. Harris, Esquire
|-
|Kenneth Lawrence Jr. (Chairman)
|rowspan=2|[[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]]
|-
|Robert D. Fox
|-
|Robert J. Harvie, Jr.
|rowspan=2|[[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]]
|-
|[[John F. Cordisco]]
|-
|Kevin L. Johnson
|rowspan=2|[[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]]
|-
|Marian D. Moskowitz (Vice chair)
|-
|Daniel R. Muroff, Esq.
|rowspan=2|[[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]]
|-
|Mark H. Dambly
|-
|Scott C. Freda
|[[Pennsylvania Governor]]
|-
|[[Thomas J. Ellis]]
|[[Pennsylvania State Senate|Senate Majority Leader]]
|-
|William J. Leonard
|[[Pennsylvania State Senate|Senate Minority Leader]]
|-
|Esteban Vera Jr.
|[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]]
|-
|[[Martina White]]
|[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]]
|}

The day-to-day operations of SEPTA are handled by the [[general manager]], who is appointed and hired by the board of directors. The general manager is assisted by nine department heads called assistant general managers.

The present interim general manager is Scott Sauer. Past general managers include [[Leslie Richards]], Jeffrey Knueppel, Joseph Casey, Faye L. M. Moore, Joseph T. Mack, John "Jack" Leary, [[Louis Gambaccini]], and [[David L. Gunn]]. Past acting general managers include James Kilcur and Bill Stead.

SEPTA is a member of the [[Northeast Corridor Commission]], a federal commission on Northeast Corridor rail service.