About

Ken Joseph

Ken Joseph

Ken has had a lifelong interest in improving passenger rail. He joined RPA in the early 1980s and has been a member of RPA's Council of Representatives since the early 1990s.

Ken is a graduate of St. John’s College (Annapolis) and the Duquesne University Law School. He was a practicing attorney from 1984 until his retirement in 2016.

Ken maintained a general real estate practice, with most of his time devoted to zoning, commercial leasing, and low- and mixed-income housing development. During his legal career, he also had numerous occasions to assist his nonprofit clients with issues regarding the governance of nonprofit organizations.

For the past three years, Ken has been a member of the Board of the Rail Passengers Association. He has previously been a member of the boards of several organizations, including Children’s International Summer Villages USA, the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, and the Thomas Merton Center.

"When [NARP] comes to Washington, you help embolden us in our efforts to continue the progress for passenger rail. And not just on the Northeast Corridor. All over America! High-speed rail, passenger rail is coming to America, thanks to a lot of your efforts! We’re partners in this. ... You are the ones that are going to make this happen. Do not be dissuaded by the naysayers. There are thousands of people all over America who are for passenger rail and you represent the best of what America is about!"

Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation
2012 NARP Spring Council Meeting