Anna Harvey

Deputy Project Director – Engineering

Transbay Joint Powers Authority

Anna Harvey currently serves as Deputy Project Director - Engineering for The Portal project, formerly known as the Downtown Rail Extension, which is an $8B program to build a new tunnel extension for Caltrain into the bottom of the Salesforce Transit Center. Anna joined the Transbay Joint Powers Authority in January 2022 and has over 15 years of experience in the private and public sectors. She started out as a consultant on the final design and tunnel construction of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Central Subway project, which opened for service in 2022, then progressed to roles in program management and engineering for California High-Speed Rail. She then spent six years working on a mix of funding, highways and express lanes, as well as rail and station planning for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and the San Francisco Planning Department before returning to her capital delivery roots in her current role.

Anna is a licensed civil engineer in California and holds a BS in Civil Environmental and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a MS in Transportation Management from San José State University. She was Student of Year in her pandemic graduating class of 2021, where her capstone project was on restoring rail service to southeastern San Francisco. She is an active mentor to younger industry professionals, a member of the Leadership APTA class of 2023, participates in multiple industry groups, and also serves on a research panel for TRB.