Veronique hakim biography books

Like many in the public transportation industry, Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim didn’t have much of an inkling she would end up where she is now. In fact, the opportunity to work for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT) came about after working in Paris, graduating law school and embarking on a career as a lawyer in New York City.

“What ends up happening for, some of us, I think, is we fall into a position. In my case, I fell into a transit position and then realized how exciting it was,” she says. “[If you] think about it from a young lawyer’s perspective, you’re working on something that absolutely has meaning. Providing transit service is truly the one resource millions of people rely on.”

Hakim began her career as an attorney at NYCT, where she was progressively promoted, with an emphasis on construction and technology contracts, e