Paola Tapia Salas is the Director of the Metropolitan Public Transport Directorate (DTPM) of Santiago de Chile. As former Minister of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile, she was the first woman to lead this position. She is a university lecturer and member of the Council of Infrastructure Policies of Chile (CPl). Paola Tapia is also one of the founding members of the Mujeres en Moviemento (Women in Motion).