As Chief Executive Officer for Transdev U.S., Laura Hendricks is responsible for all Transdev activities and operations in the U.S. This includes contracts for bus, paratransit, vehicle services, rail, and more than 400 cities and communities, encompassing a workforce of close to 32,000 employees.

Laura joined Transdev in 2019 as President of our Transdev Services division. She brings close to 30 years of operational and managerial expertise to her role as CEO. She is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience in operations, business development, supply chain management, financial oversight, culture-building, change management, and more. She is passionate about ensuring that we deliver consistent service quality, sustain client relationships grounded in trust, and help clients achieve their vision for mobility.

She has been President and/or CEO of several companies including Valspar, a global coatings manufacturer, Coach America, a large motor coach operator, and Merry Maids, a division of Service Master. She also spent many years in executive leadership roles at Cintas and Fed Ex.

She currently serves as the Board Chair of NATA, the North American Transit Alliance and as the Non-Executive Director for Atlas Arteria, an Australian, publicly traded infrastructure company with assets in the US, Germany, and France. In the US, they own and operate the Chicago Skyway and the Dulles Toll Road in Virginia.

Her collaborative leadership style, along with her strategic and operational strengths, make her an asset to our organization.