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Jun 27, 2024

LAKSHMI WILLIAMS

Lakshmi Williams‘ 30-plus-year career as a lawyer has run the gamut in terms of industries she’s worked with, including software, nonprofit, energy, and transportation. But she finds her role as general counsel and corporate secretary at toll road operator Transurban North America in Tysons, which she’s held for nearly a dozen years, to be particularly […]

Dec 11, 2023

New Transurban North Am. prez comes from public sector

Beau Memory, Transurban‘s new North America president, joined the Australian transportation company that operates express toll lanes in Northern Virginia in November with more than 20 years of public-sector transportation experience. In an interview last week with Virginia Business, the Tysons-based Memory says he’s still getting acclimated to Northern Virginia. “I’m still [...]

Feb 22, 2023

Aument to step down from AECOM leadership role

Jennifer Aument, AECOM’s transportation chief executive, plans to step down from her job this spring, a decision she reached after surviving breast cancer. Based in Arlington County, Aument said in an interview this week with Virginia Business that she is now healthy, while adding, “It it hard to fully recover and get back your strength […]

Jan 18, 2023

Virginia Chamber appoints Transurban exec as board chair

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has elected Lakshmi Williams, North American general counsel for Transurban, to serve as the 2023 chair of the chamber’s board of directors. Her term will last one year. Based at Transurban’s U.S. headquarters in Tysons, Williams joined the Virginia Chamber’s board in 2018 and has served on the executive board […]

Mar 14, 2022

Construction starts on I-495 express lanes extension

Virginia and Transurban North America officials held a groundbreaking Monday for the $660 million extension of the Interstate 495 express lanes in Fairfax County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced. The 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project is occurring on a 2.5-mile stretch between the Dulles Corridor and the George Washington Memorial Parkway and will […]

May 27, 2021

Transurban hires sustainability manager

Transurban has hired Vincent Guimont-Hebert as sustainability manager for the Australian toll road operator and developer’s North American operations, which are headquartered in Tysons. In the newly created position, Guimont-Hebert will ensure sustainability investments are part of current and upcoming projects, and will work to advance climate change programs along with transitioning the co[...]

Mar 18, 2021

Transurban names North American operations VP

Amanda Baxter, Transurban‘s former project director for the 495 Northern Extension project in the Washington, D.C., region, has been promoted as vice president of operations in North America, the toll road operator and developer announced Thursday. Baxter will be based at Transurban’s Alexandria headquarters. In her new position, Baxter will oversee all operations, maintenance and [&he[...]

Jennifer Aument (left) and Pierce Coffee
Jan 20, 2021

Transurban names new Va. exec

Jennifer Aument, president of Transurban‘s Falls Church-based North American operations, will leave to become chief executive of AECOM’s global transportation business. Aument will be succeeded by Pierce Coffee, who currently serves as Transurban’s vice president of customer experience and operations, according to an announcement Monday from the Australian company that operates t[...]

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