New York’s MTA Taps Lourdes Zapata as Chief Diversity Officer

09/07/2023 08:04
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New York’s MTA Taps Lourdes Zapata as Chief Diversity Officer

New York’s former chief diversity officer, Lourdes Zapata, will lead the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s push to award more contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses through its $51.5 billion multi-year capital program.

  • Transit agency awarded $1.4 billion to MWBEs last year
  • MTA’s $51.5 billion capital plan seeks to modernize the system

Commuters at the Times Square subway station in New York.

Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg

New York’s former chief diversity officer, Lourdes Zapata, will lead the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s push to award more contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses through its $51.5 billion multi-year capital program.

Zapata will serve as MTA’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, replacing Michael Garner who left the transit agency for a similar role in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration. She previously headed the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. after serving as the state’s chief diversity officer under former Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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