Almost a decade later, December 15, 2005, BART Director Ward Allen attained another major milestone as a woman in politics when she was elected among her colleagues on the BART Board of Directors to serve as its president and Lynette Sweet as its vice president, which made BART the first major transportation agency to be led by two African-American women in American history.
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Ward Allen is also noted for helping Mayor Lionel J. Wilson bring Southwest Airlines to Oakland International Airport during the late 1980s for the very first time.
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In 2009, the hiring of two independent organizations reviewed BART's policies and procedures in the process of overseeing the BART Police Department (BPD) which she chaired in the aftermath of BART Police Shooting of Oscar Grant.
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