Greenway gets an operations director

Officials of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy have hired a former Big Dig executive, Steven D. Anderson, to be operations director for the new corridor of downtown Boston parks.

Anderson was an engineering and architectural manager for 16 years at Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc., which with Bechtel Corp. jointly managed the $14.6 billion highway and tunnel project.

He will be paid $104,000 a year and will supervise a staff of up to 25 people.

The conservancy, a private group, assumes responsibility for horticulture, maintenance, and security in the parks, which may be complete by year’s end.
(By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., Globe staff)