Stephanie Wiggins is CEO of the lead transportation planning, programming, financing, and construction agency for the 10 million residents of LA County and the second busiest U.S. transit agency. The first woman, and first African American woman as CEO, she leads a public agency with nearly 13,500 employees, and $9.7-billion capital program for fiscal 2027. As Metro CEO, Stephanie has led massive investments to improve the transit customer experience, including creation of the nation’s largest transit ambassador program. She has also overseen delivery of the $2.3-billion K Line in south LA and the $1.9-billion Regional Connector in downtown LA.

Before joining Metro as CEO in 2021, Stephanie served as CEO of Metrolink from 2018-2021 and Deputy CEO of Metro from 2015-2018, where she worked to achieve strategic public transportation objectives, including passage of Measure M, a half-cent sales tax approved by 71% of voters in LA County. Earlier in her career, she led creation of LA County’s first high occupancy toll lanes and greatly expanded Metro’s use of local, small, and historically underutilized businesses with new vendor procurement programming. Stephanie is a graduate of Whittier College and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2020 National League of Railway Women’s Woman of the Year, and a member of several charitable boards.