Bibiana McHugh is a prominent figure in the transit industry, with over two decades of experience leading significant initiatives that have advanced the sector. She holds a Bachelor's degree in GIS, Geography, Architecture from the University of Kansas, and she has served as manager of mobility and location-based services at TriMet. Bibiana has an exceptional track record of developing open source software, data standards, and open data initiatives, which have propelled the transit industry forward. She played a pivotal role in the creation and adoption of the widely accepted open data standard, General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), and the development of the innovative OpenTripPlanner (OTP), a multimodal trip planner. Bibiana's leadership on the FTA MOD Sandbox Grant Project, which extended OTP to include shared-use mobility service providers and furthered the development of the Mapzen Pelias Geocoder, demonstrated her commitment to innovation and technological advancement. Her implementation of an enterprise electronic survey program and an open GIS platform leveraging OpenStreetMap at TriMet have shown her talent for cost-effective, alternative solutions to traditional and proprietary options.