Ryan Chamberlain Biography
Ryan Chamberlain is a 20-year veteran of the California Department of Transportation. He returned to his hometown in 2019 to serve as Caltrans District 12 Director.
Chamberlain has extensive experience in the transportation sector that includes Caltrans headquarters, Districts 7 and 12, and in the private sector. Prior to his return to District 12, Chamberlain was appointed by Governor Brown to serve as the Chief Deputy Director for Caltrans, where he was responsible for overseeing the internal operations for over 20,000 employees and an annual budget that exceeded $13 billion. Before that, Chamberlain served as Caltrans District 12 Director since 2012.
Chamberlain is known for his ability to build partnerships with the business community, regional transportation agencies, counties and cities. His innovation and leadership resulted in the advancement of key initiatives and projects that will benefit generations of users of the State’s transportation network including the I-405 Improvement Project, the second largest highway construction project in California’s history.
As District Director, Chamberlain is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the State transportation system in Orange County, a metropolitan area of 798 square miles, 34 cities, approximately 3.2 million people, and is crisscrossed by 17 state highway routes. District 12 maintains and operates 277 route and 2,067 lane miles of highway as well as one of the largest HOV lane networks in California.
Chamberlain graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in environmental studies. He and his wife Jodi have two children.
Chamberlain has extensive experience in the transportation sector that includes Caltrans headquarters, Districts 7 and 12, and in the private sector. Prior to his return to District 12, Chamberlain was appointed by Governor Brown to serve as the Chief Deputy Director for Caltrans, where he was responsible for overseeing the internal operations for over 20,000 employees and an annual budget that exceeded $13 billion. Before that, Chamberlain served as Caltrans District 12 Director since 2012.
Chamberlain is known for his ability to build partnerships with the business community, regional transportation agencies, counties and cities. His innovation and leadership resulted in the advancement of key initiatives and projects that will benefit generations of users of the State’s transportation network including the I-405 Improvement Project, the second largest highway construction project in California’s history.
As District Director, Chamberlain is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the State transportation system in Orange County, a metropolitan area of 798 square miles, 34 cities, approximately 3.2 million people, and is crisscrossed by 17 state highway routes. District 12 maintains and operates 277 route and 2,067 lane miles of highway as well as one of the largest HOV lane networks in California.
Chamberlain graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in environmental studies. He and his wife Jodi have two children.