Hear from Marilyn Dillon from Embark about Mobility+ services.

Dr. Marilyn Dillon is the Mobility Management Administrator and ADA Coordinator for EMBARK, the City of Oklahoma City’s public transportation and parking provider.  Marilyn’s early career in the private and non-profit sectors focused on human services provision as well as time spent managing laboratory operations, sales, and transportation logistics for an international health organization.  Dr. Dillon returned to the City of Oklahoma City in 2012 as a Budget Analyst, quickly promoted to Audit Manager in 2013 before moving to EMBARK in 2016.

Marilyn earned a Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma City University and an MBA from Colorado State University. Dr. Dillon holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership and Management from Northcentral University and is certified in Lean Six Sigma.   Marilyn serves on multiple Oklahoma Transit Association committees and serves as the Board President of the Oklahoma Mobility Institute; both of these organizations are focused on improving connectivity and mobility access for all Oklahomans.  In addition, Dr. Dillon serves on the OKC Mayor’s Committee on Disability Concerns, the Oklahoma City Healthy Hopeful Community Collaborative Advisory Council, and multiple coordinating coalitions and advisory councils seeking solutions to various social issues and transportation challenges. 

Marilyn was named the 2021 Oklahoma Transit Association’s Transit Professional of the Year and in 2022 Dr. Dillon received the 2022 Community Champion Award from the Lynn Institute.  Most recently, Dr. Dillon was honored by the Oklahoma Chapter of Women in Transportation International as their Woman of the Year 2023.  EMBARK’s award-winning mobility services and innovative programs and partnerships have been featured at numerous regional and national conferences.  At the recent National Center for Mobility Management Forum held in Oklahoma City, EMBARK’s partnership with the Palomar Family Justice Center was featured during the keynote session.  The EMBARK Well Senior Health and Wellness Program has been copied in other locations to provide mobility options to address the social determinants of health and the EMBARK Climb Ride Program was honored with the 2022 Innovation Award from the Oklahoma Transit Association for its work to improve family reunification rates within the Oklahoma County child welfare system.