Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity railroad in the United States. We’re not here to brag about it, but that fact does mean we do things a bit differently.

We’re reimagining travel in America by building easy, efficient, and eco-friendly routes between some of the country’s best cities. It’s a safer, greener way to travel and, if you ask us, it’s also a lot more fun. From in-station lounges complete with charcuterie to seamless transfers to get you from our stations to your door, we’re making everyday travel a little bit better every day.

Nice to meet you, too.

Brightline HQ.

The Perks.

Comprehensive

Health Plans

We’re looking for dreamers, doers, and forward-thinkers to join our team as we reimagine travel in America. Perks of working at Brightline include total wellness packages (annual checkup? ✔), competitive retirement benefits 401 (yay!), and that great feeling you get when you remember you’re helping make travel greener, friendlier, and just all-around better every day.

Open positions

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Christopher (Chris) Yarris is chief accounting officer for Brightline Trains, overseeing all financial accounting aspects of the company, including corporate financial reporting, internal controls, policies and procedures. 

Prior to joining Brightline, Chris served as chief accounting officer for SeaWorld Entertainment. During his career, Chris has held corporate controller roles with Norwegian Cruise Line, Newell Brands, and held a division CFO role with a private equity portfolio company.&nbsp; Chris launched his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its audit practice, eventually expanding into transaction services.

Chris graduated from John Carroll University with a B.S.B.A. in Accounting, is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Michael Lefevre is the vice president of operations, leading the operations functions of safety, transportation, maintenance of way, maintenance of equipment, and mobility services. Michael is one of Brightline’s longest-tenured employees, joining the company in 2013.&nbsp;

Michael has held a number of roles in the transportation industry including service planning at the Class I freight railroad CSX Transportation, working on a ship-docking tugboat on the Delaware River, and operating a public water taxi.&nbsp;

In recognition of his positive impact on the industry and his commitment to improving public transportation across the country, Michael was named a&nbsp;Rising Star&nbsp;by&nbsp;Progressive Railroading Magazine&nbsp;and is a recipient of the American Public Transportation Foundation scholarship.&nbsp;

Michael received both his Master of Business Administration and his Bachelor of Arts from Duke University.

Alexandra Levin is responsible for Brightline’s capital markets and financing activities, including investor relations. The finance team has executed multiple transactions for Brightline’s Florida and West projects, including private activity bonds and taxable debt securities with a global investor base.

Prior to joining Brightline in 2020, Alex was a director at Citi, where she held various roles from 2004 to 2020. Alex served within Citi’s municipal securities division debt capital markets group, which leverages technology and data to better connect municipal investors with issuers during the new issue process, in addition to providing market intelligence and solutions around key priorities such as ESG and infrastructure. Alex also managed Citi Community Capital’s Strategic Investments platform for nine years and was responsible for all social impact private equity investing on behalf of the bank. Through the strategic investments business, Citi invested $1.3 billion of equity into innovative, high impact funds and partnerships across the United States, generating market returns and measurable social and environmental impact in a wide range of sectors including affordable housing, educational facilities, healthcare, clean tech and economic development. Alex’s work leading the strategic investments team included originating and negotiating new investment partnerships and creating new investment sectors for the bank. Alex also worked on Citi’s distressed municipal bond trading desk, where she was involved in creating and executing work-outs of distressed municipal projects, including affordable housing, land, power plants, and office buildings.

Alex graduated cum laude from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a citation in Russian. She is active in a number of local boards and charities.

Michael is responsible for overseeing the infrastructure development for the system’s expansion in Florida, including the additional in-line stations between Miami and West Palm Beach, Phase 2 to Orlando and proposed Phase 3 to Tampa. He manages the team responsible for schedule, budget, quality, implementation of safety measures, including Positive Train Control, and environmental oversight.

He is a 40-year construction industry veteran, who previously served as senior vice president at American Bridge Company, one of the nation’s leading civil engineering firms that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large civil engineering projects.

Michael’s major project construction experience includes the $3.5 billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement in New York, the $1.9 billion San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension span, the Angus Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Las Vegas High Roller Observation Wheel, and the $1.3 billion Queensferry Crossing in Scotland. He also has extensive experience in the Florida construction industry. Michael brings a deep understanding of the success factors for the controlled delivery of large and multi-disciplined infrastructure projects with numerous stakeholders.

Michael earned a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Rollins College. He also completed an executive education program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sue is a recognized leader in transformational business strategy and currently serves as Brightline’s chief revenue officer.

Most recently, Sue served as senior vice president of digital innovation &amp; e-Commerce for Wyndham Destinations where she built a fully integrated digital business strategy, including websites, mobile platforms, social media, search marketing and email. Sue built a world-class team from the ground up and partnered with Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Adobe and Facebook in the delivery of outstanding customer experiences.

Sue’s portfolio includes her role as vice president of digital marketing strategy at Sapient, a global advertising agency, where she defined multi-dimensional business, brand, media and digital strategies for companies including Target, Coke, Michelin, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Cigna, NASCAR and SeaWorld.&nbsp; 

Notably, Sue was also vice president of internet strategy and e-commerce for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, where she led the strategy and implementation of the next generation web experience for Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line and Disney Vacation Club. At Disney she also served as vice president of international development, vice president of business planning &amp; development, and CIO for Walt Disney Imagineering.

In 2020, Sue and her sixteen-year-old son Matthew founded a not-for-profit called Play for Keeps Foundation with the mission of reaching underserved youth in central Florida through sports and mentorship.&nbsp; Sue teaches a weekly class for Matt and four of his friends on how to set up, run and grow a business. The boys run fund raisers and sports drives to raise money and equipment.&nbsp; They have reached over 1,000 kids, donated over 300 sports balls, 500 pairs of new sneakers, 800 Christmas stockings, and helped to set up a new soccer program for 4th and 5th graders in Kissimmee, FL.

Sue holds an MBA in General Management from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Minor in Environmental Science from Bucknell University. Sue lives in Windermere, FL with her husband Brian and their son Matt.

Cindy Bergmann is responsible for directing the legal and compliance affairs of Brightline, as well as advising senior management on all significant legal issues. She brings more than 30 years of legal experience in mergers and acquisitions, financing, real estate, corporate and regulatory matters to the role, with significant transportation industry experience.

Prior to joining Brightline, Cindy was a partner with Freeborn &amp; Peters in Chicago, where she served as co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group and chair of its Transportation Industry Team. &nbsp;She represented public and privately held companies in the rail, logistics, construction, manufacturing, petrochemical and solar industries in a wide range of transactions, including the purchase and sale of subsidiaries, financings, joint ventures, and the development of new facilities. Cindy also served as the US Corporate Counsel for Canadian National Railway Company. On behalf of CN, she led teams in the acquisition and integration of several strategic subsidiaries and managed all legal aspects of US financial matters.

Cindy received her Juris Doctor degree from the UIC John Marshall Law School and her BSBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Denver. She is a past President of the Association of Transportation Law Professionals and a Director and Treasurer of NeighborSpace, an urban land trust in partnership with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Park District and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to preserve community gardens within the City of Chicago.

Jeff Swiatek oversees the financial aspects of the development and operations of Brightline. He has more than 25 years of experience in international corporate finance, strategy and business development. Most recently, Jeff spent 15 years at AIG in various senior roles spanning mergers and acquisitions, planning and budgeting, business analytics, portfolio management and business development activities. Prior to AIG, he worked in the investment banking department of Goldman Sachs where he helped companies execute capital raising transactions and review acquisition opportunities.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Asian Studies from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Patrick Goddard is the President of Brightline, the first privately owned and operated intercity passenger rail system in over 100 years.

Patrick was responsible for the company’s development and construction and bringing this innovative system to market. This includes the development of about 1.5msq of Transit Oriented Development around the system’s stations.

He comes from the hospitality industry having worked in hotel development and operations for Hilton Hotels, Loews Hotels and Rosewood Hotels. He also ran a large international Hotel Management Company, Trust Hospitality, for 5 years as its President and Chief Operating Officer prior to joining Brightline in 2016. 

Patrick Goddard was honored as one of South Florida Business Journal’s Power Leaders 250 for 2022. Goddard is a member of Leadership Florida and the Florida Council of 100 as well as a board member of Camillus House. He has a degree in hospitality management from the Dublin Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's Degree in Strategic Management from Trinity College Dublin.

P. Michael Reininger is the Chief Executive Officer of Brightline Holdings, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly high-speed passenger rail service in the United States and recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in Travel.

From 2012-2018, Reininger served as Brightline’s president, leading all efforts to launch its phase-one system from Miami to West Palm Beach. Under his leadership, Brightline modernized an existing rail corridor, built three new stations and introduced a fleet of first-of their-kind trainsets. Reininger also led the development of Brightline’s flagship station, Miami Central, an 11-acre multi-modal transportation center with a food hub, over 800 residences, commercial office towers and street front retail.

Brightline launched its service in 2018 as the first private sector passenger rail system built in the United States in over a century.

Reininger rejoined Brightline as CEO in 2021 to oversee the company’s next phase of growth including new connections to Orlando and Tampa in addition to new stops within South Florida, as well as the development of Brightline West, a new high-speed rail service connecting Las Vegas to the Los Angeles metro area.

Reininger has more than three decades of experience in the development of major projects and the start-up of unique companies. Prior to 2012, Reininger delivered some of the world’s most iconic projects while working with the Walt Disney Company, including several resort hotels, the initiation of the Disney Vacation Club, Euro Disney Resort in Paris and the launch of the Disney Cruise Line. Reininger was also the Managing Director of the Union Station Neighborhood Company where he led the effort to transform Denver’s Union Station and its downtown railyard into a modern multi-modal transportation hub. He has also served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Development Officer for AECOM, and Senior Vice-President for the St Joe Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Adrian is responsible for overseeing the environmental, design, and engineering of the rail system and assisting with the rolling stock procurement for a new high speed rail service connecting Southern California and Las Vegas. He previously oversaw the development and construction for Brightline’s Phase 1 system.

Adrian brings more than 30 years of extensive passenger rail experience and leadership to the team. He previously served as HNTB Corporation Florida district leader and program manager for the Brightline&nbsp;Florida project. While at HNTB Corporation, Adrian served as the Florida High-Speed Rail Project Manager where he assisted the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in its application and strategic planning process for the Orlando-Miami and Tampa-Orlando-Miami segments. He’s also worked on dozens of infrastructure projects, ranging from bridges to toll lanes to highways.

Adrian holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Tulane University and an MBA from Northeastern University. He is a Professional Engineer in Florida (1999) and previously served as the Chair of the Transportation Committee of the Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE) while leading several subcommittees over the past decade. In 2012, Adrian was awarded the prestigious Ben Watts Partnership Award by FDOT.

Sarah Watterson is responsible for all aspects of business development and delivery for Brightline&nbsp;West, including the transit oriented development and rail infrastructure strategy, design and execution. She was most recently the Head of Development at Florida East Coast Industries, a multi-faceted real estate and transportation company headquartered in South Florida. Sarah has been employed by Fortress Investment Group or its affiliates in various leadership capacities since 2011.

Previously, Sarah was the CEO of Drive Shack (NYSE:DS), an owner and operator of 75+ golf courses. During her time at Drive Shack, she internalized the management of the company, converted the company from a REIT to an operating company and built out a new business line, called Drive Shack, which nationally develops and operates 10+ acre technology driven entertainment driving range facilities.

Sarah helped lead the acquisition, ownership syndication and restructuring of the Milwaukee Bucks for Fortress owner, Wes Edens, and co-owner, Marc Lasry. Following the acquisition of the team, Sarah moved to Milwaukee to work on the development of a 725,000 SF arena and 20 acres of surrounding mixed use development.

Prior to her time in Milwaukee, Sarah was on the Private Equity team at Fortress Investment Group. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in the Sales &amp; Trading Division.

Sarah graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in Applied Economics and Management.

Our Teammates aren’t just building the future, they’re making it a greener one. So far, our team has planted over 3,000 native trees along our rail corridor to further reduce carbon emissions and help make the communities we serve greener, cleaner, and healthier.

Did you know?

Reimagining travel takes a team of dreamers, thinkers, and doers. We’re proud of how far we’ve come so far, and every day we’re working towards a better tomorrow.

The dream team.

We dispute the

indisputable

We know safety is our

way of life.

We’re intentional

about our impact.

We reflect all

voices.

We transform

possibilities.

What we live by.

Our goal is to make sure everyone feels welcome aboard. Including our teammates, of course.

Belonging is at our core.

Yep, we’re a railroad. But we’re also more than just that. We’re building a greener, friendlier, brighter future for travelers everywhere and the local communities we serve.

We're on a mission.

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