Maria M. Urrèchaga has over 15 years experience working in environmental permitting, project management, management systems implementation and systems engineering.

Ms. Urrèchaga has worked in the manufacturing environment with an emphasis in the automotive and heavy truck industry. As the Quality Manager of two manufacturing facilities she has played a leading role in developing manufacturing and business systems offering a high degree of robustness, lower unit costs and better performance. She has implemented over 15 sustainable management systems in the United States and Mexico.

As a graduate of Louisiana State University and The Citadel Military College she holds a Bachelors of Arts in Marketing and a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, respectively. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Tau Beta Pi and currently serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for The Citadel.