Jessie Lazarus is Chief of the Rolling Stock Program, a new organization that manages the $12 billion dollar investment from the 2025-2029 Capital Plan to replace the MTA’s aging fleets. Lazarus and her team direct the MTA’s rolling stock strategy and ensure dedicated attention to the acquisition and lifetime costs for the MTA’s buses, subway cars, and commuter rail trains.
Lazarus joined the MTA in 2023 from Toyota, by way of CARMERA, a spatial AI company which she helped lead through acquisition by Toyota. As Vice President of Go-to-Market, she was responsible for building the company’s partnerships with OEM, mapping, and technology stakeholders. Prior to joining CARMERA, Lazarusserved as Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York.
She is a graduate of Middlebury College and Harvard Business School.