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Marlon Flournoy, New Chief of the Division of Transportation Planning

Marlon Flournoy, Chief, Division of Transportation Planning

Marlon Flournoy, Chief, Division of Transportation Planning

Note: The following was written on behalf of Coco Briseño, Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs.

Marlon Flournoy has been promoted to Chief of the Division of Transportation Planning, effective Aug. 1.

Marlon is a graduate of the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental policy analysis and planning with an emphasis in transportation planning. Marlon is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute.

Marlon began his career with Caltrans in 1999 and has more than 20 years of transportation planning experience at the state and local levels and more than 10 years of supervision, management and executive experience. Since 2014, Marlon served in various roles including Caltrans District 3 Deputy District Director of Planning, Local Assistance and Sustainability, Deputy Secretary for Transportation Planning at the California State Transportation Agency (March 2018 to February 2019), and Acting Caltrans Assistant Director of Sustainability (March 2016 to September 2016).

Prior to 2014, Marlon served in various roles at Caltrans HQ including Chief of the statewide Project Initiation Document Program (April 2010 to January 2014) and Environmental Justice Planning Grant Program Manager (February 2008 to March 2010). Marlon also worked for the City of Fairfield as a transportation planner (October 2005 to January 2008).

In his free time, Marlon enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife, Laura, and 10-year-old daughter, Morgan. Marlon also enjoys playing tennis, hiking and camping with family and friends, and playing video games.


Dan McElhinney, New District 10 Director

Dan McElhinney, Caltrans District 10 Directorr

Dan McElhinney, Caltrans District 10 Director

Dan McElhinney, who for 17 years served as the District 4 Chief Deputy District Director and Caltrans Toll Bridge Program Manager, became Caltrans District 10 Director in April.

District 10 oversees more than 3,500 lane miles of highways in eight counties, including the valley area of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced counties along with the foothills-mountains region of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties.

In his District 4 duties, McElhinney worked with more than 3,000 Caltrans employees in cooperation with federal, regional and local partners, including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the nine Bay Area counties. In that role, he resolved issues with local projects, maintenance, traffic operations, bridge safety, freeway security, planning, environmental, design, highway construction, toll bridge construction, media coordination and innovative project delivery.

McElhinney helped steer to completion many large, complex projects that involved partnering with industry contractors and supporting small/disadvantaged businesses. He played a leadership role on projects such as the Old Bay Bridge Demolition; the new Caldecott 4th Bore Tunnel on Route 24; the new Bay Bridge East Span on I-80; the U.S. 101 Doyle Drive Seismic Safety Presidio Parkway tunnels and bridges in San Francisco; the Toll Bridges Seismic Retrofit completion; the Devil’s Slide Tunnels on Route 1 near Pacifica; and the regional express managed lanes toll network in partnership with MTC, CHP and the Bay Area Congestion Management Agencies.

McElhinney previously served in District 3’s Marysville office as a Deputy District Director for North Region. He started his career at Caltrans in 1988 at a District 2 Redding Statewide Northern Design Center.

Since 2012, McElhinney has also been representing CalSTA on the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the Bay Area Regional Collaborative, which included participation on a commissioners’ working group that helped draft the Sea Level Rise Regional Policy.

McElhinney is a civil engineer and a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a bachelor of science degree in engineering.