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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Carrollton and Irving select Hayden to serve on DART Board

Former Carrollton City Councilman Timothy A. Hayden
Former Carrollton City Councilman Timothy A. Hayden

Former City of Carrollton councilmember Timothy A. Hayden has been appointed to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) board of directors to represent both Carrollton and the City of Irving.

Hayden, who served on the Carrollton City Council from 2000 to 2009, is a safety and risk control consultant with Wortham Insurance and Risk Management.

He currently sits on the board of the Metrocrest Hospital Authority and serves as Government Affairs Chair for the Southwest Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He has served in the past on the North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Emergency Preparedness Planning Council, and the City of Carrollton’s Board of Adjustment.

Hayden is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.

He replaces Randall Chrisman of Carrollton who had served on the DART Board since 2002.