Position Title
Executive Director, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
As the Executive Director of the SPC, Vincent Valdes leads a team of planners, program managers, transportation specialists and engineers working to create a common regional vision and transportation implementation program for the communities of southwestern Pennsylvania. The SPC is the federally certified Metropolitan Planning organization (MPO) and economic development district serving southwestern Pennsylvania.
Before coming to the SPC, Vincent served as the Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Demonstration at the Federal Transit Administration researching and demonstrating new technologies and innovative operational concepts for the improvement of public transportation. He has also worked in aerospace engineering, urban and regional planning, neighborhood revitalization, environmental protection, and international development.
He has a Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University and a Master’s of Science in Urban Planning from Columbia University.