A successful executive with 30 years of experience in the delivery of innovative architectural, engineering and construction programs for federal, local and private clients in the U.S. and Latin America ranging from $5 to over $9 billion dollars, Maricela currently serves as Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s Special Assistant to the Director and is responsible for the oversight, executive leadership, interagency coordination and implementation of critical priority transportation and transit projects including the P3 Design-Build Purple Line light rail project, the County’s Zero Emission Bus Transition Plan, a Design-Build for a new Transit Center project, a Progressive Design-Build for a new Metro entrance as part of a transit-oriented development in North Bethesda, and the County’s Bus Rapid Transit Program currently including more than 100 stops along eight routes in different stages of planning, design and construction through various contract methodologies. Maricela was recently appointed and commissioned as a member of the Maryland Transportation Authority by the Governor of Maryland.