Nuria Fernandez Joining USDOT Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Nuria Fernandez stepped down as Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) General Manager/CEO on Jan. 19. Nuria Fernandez is moving on from her position as Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) General Manager/CEO to join the Biden-Harris Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation, VTA reported Jan. 19. Evelynn Tran is now interim General Manager/CEO. VTA did not specify Fernandez’s new position, but said that her federal appointment would be announced “in the coming days.” Politico has reported that she will be named Deputy Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration. Transportation reporter Tanya Snyder wrote on Twitter: “The plan, sources say, is to eventually nominate her to administrator, but that requires Senate confirmation, and as deputy she can start right away.”