{{Short description|Public policy practitioner}} '''Reggie Ramos''' is a public policy practitioner. She is the executive director of Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA), a statewide coalition that works to improve the transportation systems of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
==Early life and education== Ramos was born and raised in the Philippines.<ref name="sb">{{cite web | last=MilNeil | first=Christian | title=Justice for All, and Roses Too: A Conversation with Reggie Ramos, the New Leader of Transportation For Massachusetts | website=Streetsblog Massachusetts | date=2024-01-23 | url=https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/01/17/justice-for-all-and-roses-too-a-conversation-with-reggie-ramos-the-new-leader-of-transportation-for-massachusetts | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref> She has a juris doctor from Ateneo de Manila University. She left the Philippines and moved to Massachusetts in 2018 where she received a master’s in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.<ref name="t4m">{{cite web | title=Transportation for Massachusetts | website=Transportation for Massachusetts | date=2025-04-25 | url=https://t4ma.org/staff/ | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref> She has been a Mason Fellow at Harvard (2018-2019) and an AsiaGlobal Fellow at The University of Hong Kong (2017-2018).<ref name="hk" /><ref name="kschool">{{cite web | title=Alumni of the Program | website=Harvard Kennedy School | url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/taubman/programs-research/rappaport/student-opportunities/public-policy-summer-fellowship/alumni-of-the-program | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref>
==Career== Ramos served as Undersecretary for Transportation for the Republic of the Philippines where she oversaw the expansion of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Manila’s Automated Fare Collection System.<ref name="t4m2">{{cite web | title=Reggie Ramos | website=Transportation for Massachusetts | date=2018-08-01 | url=https://t4ma.nationbuilder.com/reggie_ramos | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref><ref name="hk">{{cite web | title=Reggie Ramos (Philippines) | website=Asia Global Institute | url=https://www.asiaglobalinstitute.hku.hk/agf/fellows/reggie-ramos | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref> She has worked as an international negotiator, representing the Philippine government at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference and helped negotiate the Paris Agreement.<ref name="paris">{{cite web | last=Ranada | first=Pia | title=Standing up for PH in Paris climate summit: Meet 6 key negotiators | website=RAPPLER | date=2015-11-28 | url=https://www.rappler.com/environment/114171-philippine-negotiators-paris-climate-summit-cop21/ | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref>
Once she lived in Massachusetts, she had a role as the Deputy Director of Pilots and Innovation at the MBTA and was then director of inclusive public transit at the Institute of Human Centered Design which had a contract from the MBTA to test inclusivity features.<ref name="sb" /><ref name="bg">{{cite web | last1=Leung | first1=Shirley | last2=Chesto | first2=Jon | title=Ramos takes reins, and a new direction, at Transportation for Mass. | website=Boston Globe | date=2023-11-20 | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/20/business/massachusetts-transportation-advocacy/ | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref><ref name="bg4">{{cite web | last1=Dolven | first1=Taylor | title=Why do the new Red, Orange Line cars beep so much? | website=Boston Globe | date=March 26, 2023 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-rr-clip-3/193767184/ | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref> While at the MBTA she helped implement Boston’s first fare-free bus route.<ref name="bg" />
She became Executive Director of T4MA in 2023 after a restructuring process.<ref name="bg" /> Ramos sees having high-quality public transportation as a matter of civil rights and wants to put the "lived experiences of people at the center" of T4MA's advocacy efforts.<ref name="bg" /><ref name="WWLP">{{cite | title=Activists say surtax shouldn't end transportation funding debate | date=2025-04-03|website=WWLP | url=https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/activists-say-surtax-shouldnt-end-transportation-funding-debate/ | language=en-US | access-date=2026-03-19 | page=}}</ref><ref name="CWB">{{cite web | last=Ramos | first=Reggie | title=Putting the public back in public transit | website=CommonWealth Beacon | date=2024-12-17 | url=https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/putting-the-public-back-in-public-transit/ | access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref> She would like to see Boston investing in transportation solutions which can ease up traffic congestion and grapple with the intersection of public transportation issues with topics such as climate change and housing shortages.<ref name="BG2">{{cite news |last1=Moore-Carrillo |first1=Jaime |title=Oh That Creeping Feeling.... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-rr-clip/193765998/ |access-date=19 March 2026 |page=B1|work=Boston Globe |date=December 26, 2025}}</ref><ref name="BG3">{{cite news |last1=Larson |first1=Shannon |title=Task Force looiiks to Millionaires Tax for MBTA Funding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-rr-clip-2/193766244/ |access-date=19 March 2026 |work=Boston Globe |page=A8|date=January 10, 2025}}</ref>
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