Leadership
Our Collective Passions Guide the Road Ahead
At COTA, we are proud of our strong leadership team that is dedicated to improving the quality of our community’s transit system and the lives it touches. The COTA team includes our executive leadership, directors and board members. At every level, COTA is committed to helping you get where you’re going.
Steering us Toward Transportation Innovation, Quality and Equity
COTA’s leadership is committed to excellence in serving all of our stakeholders – customers, employees and taxpayers. We deliver quality transportation services and conduct business courteously, safely, ethically and reliably. Every day, we demonstrate fiscally responsible and environmentally conscious leadership.
Monica Téllez-Fowler
President/CEO
Monica Téllez-Fowler has a decade-long track record of excellence in transit and in fiscal operations, human resources and information technology. She joined COTA as Chief Operating Officer in March 2023, following her tenure as Deputy CEO/Treasurer of Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority (C-TRAN) in Vancouver, Washington where she fully embraced innovation and collaboration. Téllez-Fowler also served as Chief Financial Officer of Trinity Metro in Fort Worth, Texas prior to C-TRAN. She earned a Master’s of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Tarleton State University, graduating as a distinguished scholar.
Garth Weithman
Chief of Staff
Andy Biesterveld
Chief Engineer & Mechanical Officer
Nikki Brandon
Chief Human Resources Officer
Erin Delffs
Chief Financial Officer
Patrick Harris
Vice President, External Relations
Amy Hockman
Chief of Transit Operations
Monica Jones
Chief Equity Officer
Sophia Mohr
Chief Innovation and Technology Officer
Christina Wendell
Chief Legal/General Counsel