EEO Policy Statement
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) have a strong commitment to our employees and the community we serve. As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. It has been the longstanding commitment of the DRPA/PATCO to foster a workplace where every individual is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.
DRPA and PATCO strive to provide a work environment that is welcoming to everyone and free from harassment and discrimination in any form. We believe that equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination support the achievement of DRPA/PATCO’s mission, vision, shared values, and goals. We reaffirm this pledge of fair and equal opportunity and look forward to your continued support of this important policy.
As the Chief Executive Officer of DRPA and President of PATCO, I maintain overall responsibility and accountability for compliance with our EEO Policies and Program. I have appointed Toni P. Brown, Chief Administrative Officer as DRPA/PATCO EEO Officer to ensure dayto-day management of our EEO Program, which includes policy development, workplace monitoring, training, complaint investigation, resolution and corrective action. Ms. Brown reports directly to me and acts with my authority with all levels of management, labor unions, and employees.
In addition, all DRPA/PATCO executives, management, and supervisory personnel share in the responsibility for implementing and monitoring the DRPA/PATCO EEO Policies and Program within their respective areas and will be assigned specific tasks to ensure compliance is achieved DRPA/PATCO will evaluate the performance of its managers and supervisors on their successful implementation of our policies and procedures, in the same way we assess their performance regarding other DRPA/PATCO goals.
We remain firmly committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for everyone. We will continue to recruit, hire, upgrade, determine rates of pay, promote, train, transfer, demote, layoff, terminate, and otherwise treat employees in all job titles with respect and will not discriminate against any individual based on any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. All qualified persons will be afforded an equal opportunity to participate in our employment process.
Retaliation against an individual who files a charge or complaint of discrimination, participates in an employment discrimination proceeding (such as an investigation or lawsuit), or otherwise engages in protected activity is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. DRPA/PATCO is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them because of a disability or to practice or observe their religion, absent undue hardship to the Authority.
For more information about our EEO and nondiscrimination programs, please visit the Office of Business Development & Equal Opportunity’s intranet page at http://e.net/obdeo/. Authority employees may file complaints involving behavior that may violate the EEO Policies with Toni P. Brown at (856) 968-2270 or Raymond Santarelli, General Counsel, at (856) 968-2407. Ms. Brown and Mr. Santarelli both have offices at One Port Center.
I remain personally committed to a workplace that treats everyone with dignity and respect.
| . |  John T. Hanson Chief Executive Officer, DRPA President, PATCO |
Date: October 21, 2025