SUMMARY OF DUTIES: The Director Program Implementation, on Northeast Corridor Commission staff, will develop and lead implementation activities for the CONNECT NEC 2035 (C35) plan through a highly collaborative multi-agency process. The Commission was established by Congress in the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to coordinate the agencies that share the region’s core rail network. While the Commission has been administratively hosted by Amtrak since 2011, it is an independent team of highly motivated transportation professionals. C35 provides a blueprint for the initial 15-year phase of the vision established in FRA’s 2017 NEC FUTURE Record of Decision. With passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Commission member agencies are