Office of the CEO

Office of the CEO information

Stephanie N. Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer

Sharon Gookin, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Nicole Englund, Chief of Staff

Elba Higueros, Deputy Chief of Staff

Board Appointed Officers

Metro Los Angeles Board Appointed Officers.

Karen Gorman, Inspector General

Paul Solis, Chief Ethics Officer

Charles Safer, Assistant County Counsel

Collette Langston, Board Clerk

Management Audit

Reviews, evaluates and reports on the agency’s finances, operations and procedures.

Kimberly Houston, Deputy Chief Auditor

Alfred Rodas, Senior Director – Audit

Lauren Choi, Senior Director - Audit (Interim)

Customer Experience

Oversees Metro's Community Relations, Customer Programs & Services, Customer Relations, Government Relations, Marketing and Public Relations.

Jennifer Vides, Chief Customer Experience Officer

Yvette Rapose, Deputy Chief Communications Officer

Monica Bouldin, Deputy Chief, Customer Experience

Vanessa Smith, Executive Officer – Customer Care

Anthony Crump, Deputy Executive Officer – Community Relations

Maya Emsden, Executive Officer – Art Asset Management & Cultural Programming (Interim)

Congestion Reduction

Focuses on reducing traffic congestion in Los Angeles County.

Shahrzad Amiri, Executive Officer – Congestion Reduction Programs

Kenneth Coleman, Deputy Executive Officer – Congestion Reduction Programs

Countywide Planning & Development

Administers and coordinates transportation service and infrastructure improvements throughout Los Angeles County.

Ray Sosa, Chief Planning Officer – Countywide Planning & Development

Allison Yoh, Deputy Chief Planning Officer (Interim) – Countywide Planning & Development

David Mieger, Senior Executive Officer – Mobility Corridors & Technical Services

Laurie Lombardi, Senior Executive Officer – Strategic Financial Planning & Grants Management

Holly Rockwell, Senior Executive Officer – Transit Oriented Communities & Real Estate

Avital Barnea, Senior Executive Officer – Multimodal Integrated Planning

Finance

Administers Metro's budget and oversees the financial management of its transit-oriented operations and activities.

Nalini Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer

Melissa Wang, Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Interim) – Finance (OMB)

Perry Blake, Senior Executive Officer – Finance (OMB)

Irene Fine, Senior Executive Officer – Finance (OMB)

Anelli-Michelle Navarro, Senior Executive Officer – Finance (OMB)

Jesse Soto, Senior Executive Officer - Finance (Accounting)

David Sutton, Senior Executive Officer – Finance (TAP)

Mary Morgan, Deputy Executive Officer – Finance (Treasury)

Rodney Johnson, Deputy Executive Officer – Finance (Treasury)

Human Capital & Development

Responsibilities include the oversight of collective bargaining and contract administration, as well as independent group employee relations issues.

Ilyssa DeCasperis, Chief People Officer

Cristian Leiva, Deputy Chief People Officer

Donald Howey, Executive Officer – Administration

Sandra Blanco-Sanchez, Deputy Executive Officer – Human Resources

Marion Colston, Deputy Executive Officer – Human Resources (Interim)

Maria Meleandez, Deputy Executive Officer – Human Resources

Janice Olsen, Deputy Executive Officer – Human Resources (Interim)

Information & Technology Services

Manages and maintains Metro's extensive internal and external computer and telecommunications network as well as Metro’s application portfolio.

Bryan M. Sastokas, Deputy Chief Information Technology Officer

Joseph Giba, Executive Officer – Information Technology Operations & Service Delivery

Patrick Astredo, Executive Officer – Business Application Services

Vincent Tee, Executive Officer – Enterprise Architecture & Tech Integration

Medik Ghazikhanian, Executive Officer – Center of Excellence

Office of Strategic Innovation

Identifies, evaluates, tests and implements leading-edge ideas to improve regional mobility, from public private capital partnerships to new technologies.

Seleta Reynolds, Chief Innovation Officer

Program Management

Provides the engineering and oversight of major construction projects, as well as improvements to Metro rail facilities.

Darcy Buryniuk, Chief Program Management Officer

Sameh Ghaly, Deputy Chief Program Management Officer

Mat Antonelli, Deputy Chief Program Management Officer – Major Projects

Timothy Lindholm, Deputy Chief Program Management Officer (Interim) – Alternative Delivery/Construction Management

Kathy Knox, Senior Executive Officer, Project Management Oversight – Finance & Administration

Julie Owen, Senior Executive Officer, Project Management Oversight – Program Control

James J. Cohen, Senior Executive Officer, Program Management (Interim) – Westside Purple Line Extension 1

Michael McKenna, Senior Executive Officer, Project Management (Interim) – Westside Purple Line Extension 2

Kimberly Ong, Senior Executive Officer, Project Management (Interim) – Westside Purple Line Extension 3

Michael Ratnasingham, Senior Executive Officer, Project Management – Systems Engineering

Androush Danielians, Senior Executive Officer, Project Management – Project Engineering

Eduardo Cervantes, Executive Officer, Projects Engineering – Third Party Coordination

Camelia Davis, Executive Officer, Projects Engineering - Quality Assurance & Compliance

Tom Kefalas, Executive Officer, Projects Engineering – Program Management/Environmental Services

Brian Balderrama, Deputy Executive Officer, Project Management – Program Management/Regional Rail

Risk, Safety & Asset Management

Protects public assets by identifying, evaluating and responding to risk exposures.

Kenneth Hernandez, Deputy Chief Risk Safety & Asset Management Officer

Vijay Khawani, Senior Executive Officer – Corporate Safety

Claudia Castillo del Muro, Executive Officer – Risk Management

Denise Longley, Executive Officer – Asset Management

System Security and Law Enforcement

Oversees the activities of the multi-policing model inclusive of Metro Transit Security Officers and contract security personnel. Metro’s law enforcement model includes the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Long Beach Police Department.

Kenneth Hernandez, Chief Safety Officer (Interim)

Robert Gummer, Deputy Chief, System Security & Law Enforcement (Interim)

Aldon Bordenave, Deputy Executive Officer, System Security & Law Enforcement

Nancy Felix, Senior Director – Transit Security

Transit Operations

Operations is responsible for delivering bus and rail transportation service to our customers that is safe, on-time, reliable, and clean.

Conan Cheung, Chief Operations Officer

Edna Stanley, Deputy Chief Operations Officer – Transit Service Delivery

Shahrzad Amiri, Deputy Chief Operations Officer – Shared Mobility

Errol Taylor, Deputy Chief Operations Officer – Infrastructure Maintenance & Engineering

Jesus Montes, Senior Executive Officer – Vehicle Acquisition

James Pachan, Senior Executive Officer– Bus Maintenance

Bob Spadafora, Senior Executive Officer – Rail Fleet Services

Quintin Sumabat, Executive Officer – Grants and Capital Projects

Diane Corral-Lopez, Executive Officer – Operations Administration

Joseph Forgiarini, Senior Executive Officer – Service Development, Scheduling & Analysis

Dan Nguyen, Executive Officer – Strategic Initiatives and MicroTransit

Hector Guerrero, Executive Officer – Rail Operations (Interim)

Roman Alarcon, Senior Executive Officer – Rail Operations

Diane Frazier, Senior Executive Officer – Transportation

Vendor/Contract Management

Develops and maintains professional relationships with those doing business with or desiring to do business with the agency.

Debra Avila, Deputy Chief Vendor / Contract Management Officer

Carolina Coppolo, Senior Executive Officer – Vendor / Contract Management

Dr. Irma L. Licea, Executive Officer – Vendor/Contract Management Support Services

Selena Landero, Executive Officer – Supply Chain/Logistics

Ivan Page, Executive Officer – Vendor / Contract Management

Tashai Smith, Executive Officer – Diversity & Economic Opportunity