Health, Culture and Latine Community Series – April 19th from 12pm-1pm

March 27, 2024
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Join us for the next Health, Culture and Latine Culture Series  on April 19th, 2024 at 12pm-1pm

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Guest speaker Monica Tellez-Fowler, Deputy CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)

Learn more about COTA, including the transformative LinkUS mobility initiative, which will greatly help employees and patients on the Ohio State Medical Campus, as well as their upcoming service improvements to better serve our customers. She will also share her personal story as a Latina leader.

Speaker Bio:

COTA’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to promote her to President/CEO, effective on May 7, 2024.

Since joining COTA in March 2023, she has served as Chief Operating Officer and before she was promoted to Deputy CEO in May 2023. During her time at COTA, Monica has successfully negotiated an industry-leading labor contract with Transport Workers Union 208, implemented and overseen the organization’s transformative Paid Family Leave Policy, and led improvements to transit service following a national workforce shortage.

Prior to COTA, she served as the Deputy CEO/Treasurer of Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority (C-TRAN) in Vancouver, Washington. While at C-TRAN, Tellez-Fowler was responsible for more than $100 million in annual operations and capital budgets and represented the authority on a $3.5 billion Interstate 5 bridge replacement megaproject across the Columbia River on the Washington-Oregon border. While at C-TRAN, the organization earned Outstanding Transportation System of the Year twice, first in 2019 and again in 2022.

Before joining C-TRAN, Tellez-Fowler was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Trinity Metro in Fort Worth, Texas, where she oversaw the New Starts Federal Transit Administration grant application process for TEXRail, a $1 billion, 27-mile commuter rail between downtown Fort Worth and the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Tellez-Fowler earned a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a bachelor’s of Business Administration from Tarleton State University, graduating as a distinguished scholar. She lives in Gahanna.