Wendy A. Lopez

B.S. Civil Engineering – 1980
M.S. Engineering - Civil – 1982

Founder & President – Wendy Lopez & Associates, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Central Region Transportation Business Line Leader – AECOM

Wendy is a native of Jeanerette, La. After college, she joined the prestigious firm, Domingue, Szabo and Associates, where she worked as an environmental engineer serving many of the firm’s food manufacturing clients. In 1984, Wendy became a licensed, professional engineer and moved to Dallas to continue her civil engineering career with a Texas firm.

In her true entrepreneurial spirit, Wendy formed Wendy Lopez & Associates, Inc. out of Dallas in 1988. She grew the firm organically, adding offices in Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, and Colorado Springs. In 1999, Wendy Lopez & Associates, Inc. acquired Tierra Engineering Consultants of Santa Fe, New Mexico and then merged with RM Garcia & Associates to form the LOPEZGARCIA Group in 2002. Wendy completed the full business cycle when she sold her 250-person LOPEZGARCIA Group to URS Corporation in 2008. URS was then purchased by AECOM in 2014 and Wendy stayed on to stabilize and grow AECOM’s footprint in North Texas. She now leads AECOM’s $400 million transportation business across the central United States with over 1,300 staff reporting to her across 22 states, including Arizona to Alabama, and Mexico/Gulf of Mexico to Canada. Markets include highway, bridge, aviation, traffic, transit, freight and ports.

Wendy volunteers in areas consistent with AECOM’s values, currently serving as a director on the Dallas Regional Chamber Board and leading the Infrastructure Policy Task Force. She also serves on the boards of the Texas State Fair, Dallas Medical Resources, AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas International Women’s Forum, and UL Lafayette Civil Engineering Industrial Advisory Board. Wendy has received numerous local and national honors for her commitment to entrepreneurialism, math and science education, and community service. She was elected to the esteemed American Society of Civil Engineers Grade of Fellow (FASCE) in 2016, a distinction held by fewer than 3.5 percent of ASCE members.