Alcantara

Minosca Alcantara is the executive director of the New York State Bridge Authority. She holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Dominican Republic), a master’s in construction management from George Washington University, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in education from Columbia University.

Prior to her appointment at the Bridge Authority, Minosca was chief of capital project scheduling at MTA Capital Construction & Development Company. She has expertise in large, urban projects and construction management. Her experience includes serving as lead cost/schedule engineer in domestic and international architectural, infrastructure, and wastewater management projects. She currently serves as a commissioner to the Equal Employment Practices Commission for the City of New York. Minosca is strongly committed to the field of education, serving as a board member at the Summer Science Program and the Hudson River Community Sailing programs.

At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she designed, implemented, and expanded STEM programs, particularly for women and other underrepresented groups in STEM. Her three adult children have all followed in her engineering footsteps.