Alba Lynnette Colón Rodríguez (born 1968) is an American automotive engineer and racing sports executive, the former program manager of Chevrolet drag racing and NASCAR programs and the director of team operations for Hendrick Motorsports.
Colón was born in 1968 in Salamanca, Spain;[1][2] her parents were a physician and a teacher.
[1] Initially inspired by Sally Ride to aim for a career in space engineering as the first Puerto Rican woman astronaut, her interest in cars and racing began with a student solar car project, and with her participation in the 1991 Formula SAE student race car design program.
[3][4][5] The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez named Colón as a distinguished alumna in 2008 and again in 2011.
Hispanic Lifestyle magazine named Colón as a 2017 Latina of Influence.