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    1. Management

    IndyGo welcomes new chief development officer and vice president of infrastructure, strategy and innovation

    April 7, 2020
    Jennifer Pyrz, former HNTB planning group director, will lead all capital plan projects.
    Related To: Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo)
    IndyGo
    Jennifer Pyrz
    Jennifer Pyrz

    Jennifer Pyrz has joined IndyGo as the new chief development officer and vice president of infrastructure, strategy and innovation.

    In this role, Pyrz will lead and guide all IndyGo capital plan projects in this new decade.

    “We are extremely grateful to have Jennifer as a new leader at IndyGo. Her talent, dedication and direction in leading the construction management team for the Red Line not only showed how knowledgeable and dedicated she is to the city but to our organization,” said Inez Evans, IndyGo CEO. “We are thrilled to have a leader like Jennifer to continue to build on our successes.”

    With more than 20 years of experience in the transportation consulting industry, she will spearhead the strategic plan to expand IndyGo’s Marion County Transit Plan and will initiate planning of the upcoming bus rapid transit lines. Additionally, Pyrz will cover all real estate development, including project administration and construction management for IndyGo.

    Her professional career also includes experience in overseeing a diverse range of projects in environmental studies, traffic forecasting, transit alternatives analyses, transportation plans and architectural design. Pyrz is HNTB’s former planning group director for the Indianapolis Office, managing the traffic engineering, planning and environmental practices. She also currently serves as HNTB’s client service leader for the city of Indianapolis and is a member of its Diversity Committee.

    “Together with the city of Indianapolis, IndyGo is moving our region in the right direction with innovative growth initiatives. There is tremendous opportunity to support our community’s economic development through improved mobility and access. I look forward to continuing IndyGo’s great work in achieving this vision,” said Pyrz.

    Pyrz received an M.S. and B.S. degrees in civil engineering from Purdue University. She is a past president of the Indiana chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, one of the founding members and current advisory board member of the Indianapolis chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar and a fellow of the Eno Center for Transportation.