NABWIC TALKS with Henrika Buchanan, VP & Nat'l Practice Cons., HNTB Corporation

Henrika more than 20 years of federal experience in the transportation industry including over a decade of experience as a senior executive at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).  She is known as a strategic, results oriented and customer-focused executive who strives for excellence and is committed to the successful delivery of public transportation programs, services, and capital projects throughout the nation.  

She brings federal expertise in major capital project oversight, transit safety regulations, federal transportation policy, federal transportation funding programs, regulatory compliance, and change management. Routinely interacting with transit agency executives, governing Boards of Directors, other senior executives, and legislative bodies at the local, state, and federal levels.

Prior to joining HNTB, she served in the FTA as associate administrator for transit safety and oversight and chief safety officer. She led a national transit safety program and monitored program compliance to ensure safe, reliable and equitable transit service in accordance with FTA policy and regulatory requirements.

Henrika is a native of Hillsboro, AL and currently resides in Alexandria, VA.  She received her bachelor’s in political science and master’s in urban and regional planning from Alabama A&M University.  She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center

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