Tiffany-Ann Taylor is the Chief Strategy Officer for the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT). In this role, Tiffany oversees policy, innovation, strategic planning, and related functions for the agency. She is responsible for creating internal and external strategy to ensure equitable implementation of the agency’s core objectives and values, including but not limited to safety, accessibility, equity, sustainability, and state of good repair.

Tiffany formerly served as the Vice President for Transportation at the Regional Plan Association (RPA) where she was responsible for the organization’s multi-modal mobility policy for the tri-state metropolitan area. She served as RPA’s representative on critical regional projects, including but not limited to her leadership in congestion pricing advocacy, expanding RPA’s role as a regional freight advocate, and leveraging RPA’s influence to combat highway expansion projects throughout the region. Prior to working at RPA, she served as Deputy Director of Freight Programs, Education and Research for the Freight Mobility unit at NYC DOT and as an Assistant Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Throughout her career, Tiffany has led transformative passenger transportation projects, freight policy, and truck safety and compliance initiatives. Tiffany also has experience in suburban and regional planning efforts from her time spent at the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning on Long Island, New York, where her primary projects were centered on passenger transportation, open space, and economic development. She holds a B.A in Government from The College of William & Mary and a M.S in City & Regional Planning from Pratt Institute.

Tiffany is a first-generation American, the founder of the Hindsight Conference and former President of the New York Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association. Tiffany is an alum of the Coro Leadership New York Program, the Urban Design Forum’s Forefront Fellowship Program, the NYU Rudin Center Emerging Leaders in Transportation Fellowship program and is a former mentor of Transit Center’s Women Changing Transportation Mentorship program. She is regular contributor to local and national media, including outlets like the New York Times, NY1, WNYC, and Crain’s. Tiffany is also an adjunct assistant professor at NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, teaching urban transportation planning to a new generation of urban planners.