Departmental Organizational Chart

Improving lives and communities through transportation.

 

 

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State of California
Department of Transportation
ORGANIZATION CHART
September 2026

 

Director, Dina El-Tawansy 
Chief Deputy Director, Cory Binns
The following positions report to the Director and Chief Deputy Director:
            Chief of Staff, Cecilia Gutierrez
            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 (Acting)
            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
            Deputy Director of Equity and Tribal Affairs/Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, Nailah Pope-Harden
            Deputy Director of Sustainability, Jimmy O’Dea (Interim)
            Assistant Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Andrew Carhart
            Assistant Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Matt Rocco
            Legal Chief Counsel, Erin Holbrook
            Encampment Special Advisor, Hafsa Kaka
            Encampment Program Director, Byron Lim
            District 1 Director, Matthew Brady
            District 2 Director, Dave Moore
            District 3/North Region Director, Sergio Aceves
            District 4 Director, Doanh Nguyen (Acting)
            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
 
The following positions report to the Deputy Director of Administration, Aaron Ochoco:
            Division Chief of Business Operations, Shanna Everts
            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
            Office of Civil Rights, David DeLuz

The following positions 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 (Acting)
            Road Charge Program Manager, Lauren Prehoda
            State Asset Management Engineer, Diana Campbell

The following positions report to the California State Transportation Deputy Secretary for Technology/Agency Information Officer and Caltrans Deputy Director for Information Technology/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 positions 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 (Acting)
            Division Chief of Traffic Operations, Duper Tong
            Division Chief of Road Safety, Shaila Chowdhury (Acting)

The following positions 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 positions 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 (Acting)
            TIRCP Program Management, Vacant
            Data and Digital Services, Gillian Gillett (Acting)
            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 (Acting).

Independent Office of Audits and Investigations, Inspector General, Bryan Beyer.