Via AASHTO Journal

AASHTO President John Cox announced appointments of six CEOs of state departments of transportation to head four committees and two subcommittees.

Those are two-year appointments, which carry them through the 2017 AASHTO annual meeting.

Those named to head committees are:
-Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan DOT, chairs the Standing Committee on Highways.
-Janet Oakley, the South Carolina transportation secretary, chairs the Standing Committee on Performance Management.
-Charles Zelle, commissioner of the Minnesota DOT, chairs the Standing Committee on Public Transportation.
-James Redeker, commissioner of the Connecticut DOT, chairs the Standing Committee on Rail Transportation.

The subcommittee appointments are:
-Shailen Bhatt, the Colorado DOT executive director, chairs the Subcommittee on Transportation Systems Management and Operations.
-Mike Patterson, the Oklahoma DOT director, chairs the Subcommittee on Asset Management.