Full Name
Diana Mendes
Job Title
Corporate President, Infrastructure and Mobility Equity
Company
HNTB
Speaker Bio
With over 35 years of leadership experience in transportation consulting, Ms. Mendes is an entrepreneurial executive versed in all aspects of professional services firm growth and management. Ms. Mendes currently serves as HNTB’s Corporate President for Infrastructure and Mobility Equity. Previous positions held at HNTB included Mid-Atlantic Division President and National Transit and Rail Market Sector Leader.
Ms. Mendes has received numerous awards for her professional contributions. These include the 2019 Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) Executive of the Year, the American Transportation and Road Builders Association Ethel S. Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, the 2018 COMTO Shirley A. DeLibero Women Who Move the Nation Award, and the National Transit Institute (NTI) 2017 Training Professional of the Year. In 2020, she became an HNTB Fellow, one of the firm’s highest honors recognizing technical excellence and innovation. Ms. Mendes was also the recipient of the 2021 Virginia Business Women in Leadership Award and the 2021 Women’s Transportation Seminar DC Chapter Rosa Parks Diversity Award.
She is active in supporting academic and industry activities to develop the next generation of leaders. She is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Fine Arts Dean's Council and the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering Executive Council at Morgan State University. Ms. Mendes has taught courses for the American Planning Association (APA) and NTI.
Ms. Mendes has served on professional association boards and committees at COMTO, APA, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), and the non-profit Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution). She has served as the Chair of APTA's Legislative Committee, Chair of the Policy and Planning Committee, on the Executive Committee and on the Board of Directors. Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Mpact Board of Directors (formerly Rail~Volution) and as Chair of the Equity in Infrastructure Projects (EIP) Advisory Council committed to supporting small businesses. She formerly served as member of the USDOT Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE).
Ms. Mendes holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Mount Holyoke College, and a Masters of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Mendes has received numerous awards for her professional contributions. These include the 2019 Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) Executive of the Year, the American Transportation and Road Builders Association Ethel S. Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, the 2018 COMTO Shirley A. DeLibero Women Who Move the Nation Award, and the National Transit Institute (NTI) 2017 Training Professional of the Year. In 2020, she became an HNTB Fellow, one of the firm’s highest honors recognizing technical excellence and innovation. Ms. Mendes was also the recipient of the 2021 Virginia Business Women in Leadership Award and the 2021 Women’s Transportation Seminar DC Chapter Rosa Parks Diversity Award.
She is active in supporting academic and industry activities to develop the next generation of leaders. She is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Fine Arts Dean's Council and the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering Executive Council at Morgan State University. Ms. Mendes has taught courses for the American Planning Association (APA) and NTI.
Ms. Mendes has served on professional association boards and committees at COMTO, APA, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), and the non-profit Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution). She has served as the Chair of APTA's Legislative Committee, Chair of the Policy and Planning Committee, on the Executive Committee and on the Board of Directors. Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Mpact Board of Directors (formerly Rail~Volution) and as Chair of the Equity in Infrastructure Projects (EIP) Advisory Council committed to supporting small businesses. She formerly served as member of the USDOT Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE).
Ms. Mendes holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Mount Holyoke College, and a Masters of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.
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