Description

VDOT will provide an overview of the VDOT Consultant Title VI Evaluation form and explain the sections of the form, the submission of the form, and its approval. The session will include an opportunity for the firms to ask questions about the form.

1 PDH available for this presentation

ACEC Virginia Membership Registration, $25

Non-Member Registration, $50

*This event is HYBRID and offered in-person and via Zoom.

About the speaker:

Corina Herrera is the Title VI Program Specialist for VDOT, a position that she has held since 2011. Prior to joining VDOT, Mrs. Herrera worked as the Planning Manager, Title VI, and DBE Program Coordinator for the GRTC Transit System in Richmond. Before permanently relocating to the United States, she worked as an Urban Planner for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in San Salvador, El Salvador, and as the Urban Planning Manager for Leonel Aviles and Associates, also in El Salvador. Her career started in the field of Urban and Transportation Planning and has since transitioned to the area of federal program compliance and Triennial Reviews. She holds 25 years of experience in this area.

Mrs. Herrera earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Albert Einstein University in El Salvador and her master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship (’91-’93) and a recipient of the Graduate School Fellowship, awarded by the VCU School of Graduate Studies for the same years. She also received an award from the Encyclopedia Britannica Scholarship Program designated to Latin American Students.