The DeKalb County Commission appointed four residents to the MARTA board on Tuesday.

The newest MARTA members include: real estate attorney Wendy Butler, Realtor Harold Buckley Sr., Buckhead Community Improvement District executive director Jim Durrett, and Citizens Trust Bank executive vice president Frederick Daniels Jr.

The MARTA board is comprised of 11 voting members, including four who live in DeKalb.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)