Thomas Blalock is the Vice President of the BART Board of Directors. His fellow Board members unanimously elected him to the post, which has a one-year term, in December of 2007. Vice President Blalock first joined the Board after his District 6 constituents elected him on November 8, 1994. Since then, voters re-elected him in 1998, 2002 and 2006 to represent Fremont, Newark, Union City and portions of Hayward. His BART Board colleagues first chose him to serve as Vice President of the Board in 1999 and President of the Board in 2000.

Director Blalock currently serves as Chairperson of BART's District Review Ad Hoc and Alameda County Congestion Management Agency Liaison committees. He is also a member of the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board and the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project Policy Advisory Board. Additionally he serves as a liaison to the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority-Warm Springs Extension committee and is a commissioner on the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (ACE), a member of "San Joaquins" Rail Committee and a member of the Policy Advisory Committee for the Dumbarton Rail.

Director Blalock brings to the BART Board an extensive background in planning, engineering and administration. His professional career spans 43 years working for three cities (Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Fremont). Notable positions include Traffic Engineer in Sunnyvale and 20 years as Public Works Director in Fremont. He retired in August 1995. He has directed functions of Engineering, Real Property, Transportation, Building Inspection, Waste Management and Maintenance of Fleet, Streets, Parks and Buildings.

Director Blalock is a life member of the American Public Works Association (APWA). He received the Samuel A. Greely Award in 1991. He is a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He was appointed Chair of the Urban Planning & Development Executive Committee in 1980. He received the "Harland Bartholomew Award" in 1985 (a national award in Urban and Regional Planning). He was the 1998 President of ASCE's 6,000 member San Francisco Section. From 1984 to 1994, he served on various policy committees for the League of California Cities and served as President (1991) for the League's Public Works Officers' Department.

Director Blalock's community involvement includes being a parent faculty club board member at the Chadbourne School and Mission San Jose High School. He was also an umpire for the Mission San Jose Little League, an active member of St. James Episcopal Church in Fremont. He has been a Board member and Chair of the Children's Home Society of California for the Golden Gate District in Oakland. He is a member of the Fremont Kwanis Club and the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. Most recently he chaired the Downtown Planning Advisory Committee for Fremont.

Director Blalock holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from San Jose State University and is a licensed Civil Engineer. He received the "Award of Distinction" from the University of San Jose in May 2000.

Director Blalock resides in Fremont with his wife. They have five children, three grandsons and five granddaughters. Hobbies include wine making, fishing, boating and travel.