Board Member

Maria Tamayo-Soto serves as the Parking Services Manager for the City of Las Vegas. In this role, she works with the city’s parking systems including the operation of parking meters, enforcement, event planning, lot leases and parking lot/garage builds. Working with an amazing and diversified team of parking professionals and supporting short and long-range planning for parking facilities, as Parking Manager, she supports the direction and mission for how the parking systems can best support the city’s economic development goals. Soto has been with the City of Las Vegas since 2021.

Soto began her career in the Hospitality Industry and has gained extensive experience in transportation and parking management during her 35+ year career. She previously held positions as Executive Director of Security, Safety and Surveillance for Major Las Vegas resort hotels and as the Traffic Manager for the world’s busiest convention center operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority with over 4.8 million square feet of space and 10,000 surface parking spaces. Operationally she was responsible for all paid parking revenue and over 140 staff, working with City, State and County entities and various law enforcement agencies in managing traffic control and planning for larger events which required multiple road closures, relocation of parking operations to several off-site locations and coordinating all levels of transportation; taxis, rideshare companies, limos, show shuttles, charter vehicles, helicopter landings, and employee, contractor and attendee parking daily.

Soto earned a bachelor’s degree in human services management and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix, Las Vegas, an OSHA certification as a Health and Safety Practitioner and is PTMP certified. She is a member of the International Parking Institute previously serving on the Safety and Security Committee and currently serves on the Allyship and Equity committee. She is the Social Media Chair for the Southwest Parking & Transportation Association and previously as Secretary and Vice President on the executive board. She currently serves on the Strong Start Academy/Tony Hsieh Education Center Board of Directors as Treasurer and earned her Certified Administrator of Public Parking Certification in 2022.