Veronica is a nationally recognized transportation leader with more than two decades of experience in public transit, policy, and innovation. She currently serves as Senior Vice President and Americas Transit Lead for the US and Canada at AECOM, where she oversees major transit projects across North America and drives strategic growth. Immediately prior to joining AECOM, Veronica served as Acting Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). During her tenure at the FTA, she oversaw an annual operating budget of $21 billion and a team of 750 across 10 US regions. Veronica awarded the largest US DOT grant – to-date – for the Hudson River Tunnel project between New York and New Jersey, in addition to executing billions of dollars in unprecedented grant awards for rail, bus, ferry, transit-oriented development, accessibility, and technology projects. While at the FTA, she established the agency’s first Data Office. Prior to joining the FTA, Veronica was the first Chief Innovation Officer in Delaware launching marquis projects, such as automated transit shuttles and on-demand microtransit, serving rural Delaware. She started her transportation career in advocacy in New York City, advancing equity across all modes of mobility. During that time, Veronica served as a Board Member of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the nation’s largest transportation network, for several years.

She is a native New Yorker, born and raised in the Bronx. Veronica is active in many organizations including WTS [2024 Women of the Year Awardee], Conference of Minority Transportation Officials [2024 Greater New York Chapter Awardee/2023 Women Who Move the Nation Awardee], LIT [formerly Latinos in Transit], and is on the Executive Committee of the American Public Transit Association Board of Directors and an Emeritus Board member of the Bronx River Alliance. She currently resides in Washington, DC.