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Mike Noland was appointed president of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, the South Shore Line, by its board of trustees in October 2014. Noland came to the South Shore Line with over three decades in the railroad industry. He worked for 28 years at Metra in Chicago. Noland also was an executive with a private sector railroad holding company in Chicago with operations in nine states and the United Kingdom. In his role as president, Noland serves as the chief executive officer, managing the day-to-day operations of the South Shore Line. He earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Notre Dame and a juris doctorate from University of Illinois, Chicago Law School. Noland lives in Long Beach, with his wife, Carrie.