David L. Gunn

For other people with the same name, see David Gunn.

David L. Gunn
Gunn in 2002
BornJune 21, 1937 (1937-06-21) (age 87)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican, Canadian
OccupationTransportation official
Known forPresident of Amtrak

David L. Gunn (born June 21, 1937) is a transportation system administrator who has headed several significant railroads and transit systems in North America. He was director of operations of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from 1975 to 1979, general manager and chief operations officer of SEPTA from 1979 to 1984, president of the New York City Transit Authority from 1984 to 1990, the general manager at WMATA (the Washington Metro) from 1991 to 1994, and chief general manager of the Toronto Transit Commission in Canada from 1995 to 1999. Gunn assumed the presidency of Amtrak on May 15, 2002,[1] and held the position until political upheaval at the company in 2005.[1] A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Gunn retired to his family home on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is currently associated with the Free Congress Foundation[2] and the board of the Strait Area Transit Cooperative transit service in rural Richmond County, among other roles.[3]

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