Departmental Organizational Chart
State of California
Department of Transportation
ORGANIZATION CHART
September 2026
Director, Dina El-Tawansy/Chief Deputy Director, Cory Binns
The following persons report to the Director/Chief Deputy Director:
Chief of Staff, Cecilia Gutierrez
District 1 Director, Matthew Brady
District 2 Director, Dave Moore
District 3/North Region Director, Sergio Aceves
District 4 Director, Doanh Nguyen (Interim)
District 5 Director, Scott Eades
District 6/Central Region Director, Michael Navarro
District 7 Director, Gloria Roberts
District 8 Director, Catalino A. Pining III
District 9 Director, Ryan Dermody
District 10 Director, Grace Magsayo
District 11 Director, Ann Fox
District 12 Director, Lan Zhou
Deputy Director of Administration, Aaron Ochoco
Deputy Director of Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Steven Keck
Deputy Director of Information Technology/Chief Information Officer, Marcie Kahbody
Deputy Director of Maintenance and Operations, Aung Maung (Interim)
Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs, Marlon Flournoy
Deputy Director of Rail and Mass Transit, Vacant
Deputy Director of Project Delivery/Chief Engineer, Donna Berry
Equal Employment Opportunity Officer/Equity and Tribal Affairs Deputy Director, Nailah Pope-Harden
Legislative Affairs Assistant Director, Andrew Carhart
Public Affairs Assistant Director, Matt Rocco
Legal Chief Counsel, Erin Holbrook
Deputy Director of Sustainability, Jimmy O’Dea (Interim)
Encampment Program Director, Byron Lim
Encampment Special Advisor, Hafsa Kaka.
The following persons report to the Deputy Director of Administration, Aaron Ochoco:
Division Chief of Business Operations, Shanna Everts
Division of Civil Rights, David DeLuz
Division Chief of Human Resources, Ashley McGuckin
Division Chief of Procurement and Contracts, Vacant
Division Chief of Risk and Strategic Management, Blair Thompson
Division Chief of Safety and Management Services, Andrea Vine.
The following persons report to the Deputy Director of Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Steven Keck:
Division Chief of Accounting, Gilbert Petrissans
Division Chief of Budgets, Keith Duncan
Division Chief of Financial Programming, Jaime Espinoza (Interim)
Road Charge Program Manager, Lauren Prehoda
Manager, Asset Management, Diana Campbell.
The following persons report to the Deputy Chief Information Officer, Marcie Kahbody:
Division Chief of Project and Business Management, Luc Sou
Division Chief of Application Development and Support, Bhaskar Rudrakshala
Division Chief of Infrastructure Management, Mike Nguyen
Division Chief of Security Services/Chief Information Security Officer, Paul Flores.
The following persons report to the Deputy Director of Maintenance and Operations, Aung Maung (Acting):
Division Chief of Equipment, Robert S. Myers
Division Chief of Maintenance, James Anderson (Interim)
Division Chief of Traffic Operations, Duper Tong
Division Chief of Road Safety Programs/Chief Safety Officer, Shaila Chowdhury (Interim).
The following persons report to the Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs, Marlon Flournoy:
Division Chief of Transportation Planning, Ben De Alba
Division Chief of Local Assistance, Vacant
SB1 Program Manager / PMP Program Management (PM²), Angel Pyle
Division Chief of Research, Innovation and System Information, Prakash Sah
Complete Streets, Susan Lindsay
Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Vidhu “V” Shekhar
Federal Liaison, Nicole Longoria.
The following persons report to the Deputy Director of Rail and Mass Transit, Vacant:
Division Chief of Rail Transportation, Kyle Gradinger
Division Chief of Mass Transportation, Jeff Wyly (Interim)
TIRCP Program Management, vacant
Data and Digital Services, Gillian Gillett (Interim)
Division Chief of Aeronautics, Tarek Tabshouri
The following persons report to the Deputy Director of Project Delivery/Chief Engineer, Donna Berry:
Division Chief of Construction, Ramon Hopkins
Division Chief of Design, Eric Souza
Division Chief of Engineering Services, Rich Foley
Division Chief of Environmental Analysis, Jeremy Ketchum
Division Chief of Project Management, Sujaya Kalainesan
Division Chief of Right of Way and Land Surveys, René Fletcher
Assistant Deputy Director, Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative, Elias Karam (Interim).
Independent Office of Audits and Investigations, Inspector General, Bryan Beyer.
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