Title: Senior Manager, Debt Administration
Firm: Chicago Transit Authority
Age: 29
Industry & Community Contributions: Founding Member & Former Board Member, Young Professionals in Transportation; Former Board Member, Treasurer, Scholarship Committee Chair, Women in Public Finance; Membership Chair, Women's Transportation Seminar
Fun Facts: Emma has ridden on 14 different consists in the same day and has a miniature dachshund named Rusty.
Emma Chapman has used for passion for improving transport to become an expert in transportation financing.
Emma began her professional focus on transportation as an intern at PB Consult within Parsons Brinckerhoff, where she lead research and wrote reports on transit asset management and best practices as well as worked with financial models forecasting transit and toll road revenue.
As a Business Planning Analyst at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), she compiled and led outreach efforts for regional transportation plans. She then rejoined Parsons Brinkerhoff as a transportation and urban planner. Emma served as the lead on complex, multi-regional toll road, airport, highway, traffic, public transport, security, zoning, and housing projects for municipalclients in New York, Illinois, California, and Virginia. At Fitch Ratings, she determined the creditworthiness of municipal revenue transportation bonds and financings.
She is helping other young professionals connect with experienced leaders in transportation by founding Young Professionals in Transportation.
"Emma is an extraordinarily talented young woman who has dedicated her career to transportation finance. I cannot recall meeting anyone who has been so proactive and purposeful in learning all aspects of the business. She is destined to be a major force in the field."
Lois Scott
Corporate Director, MBIA
