Information supplied by the Business Systems Bureau

New Hires

Kokou Allade, assistant survey party chief, Design

Charles Cave, transport driver, Distribution Center

Jennifer Garcia, driver & identification service center specialist, Coralville driver’s license service center

Timothy Gavin, highway technician associate, Cedar Rapids garage

Diamni Johnson, transport driver, Procurement and Distribution

Brett Maxwell, highway technician associate, Missouri Valley Garage

Jordan Mellor, highway technician associate, Missouri Valley garage

Thomas Moore, highway technician associate, Coralville garage

Gary Morenz, highway technician associate, Sac City garage

Sean Murphy, driver & identification service center specialist, Ottumwa driver’s license service center

Darin Nelson, highway technician associate, Missouri Valley garage

Ethan Pfantz, transport driver, Distribution Center

Katelyn Rousseau, driver & identification service center specialist, Fort Dodge driver’s license service center

Patricia Rowen, driver & identification service center specialist, Fort Dodge driver’s license service center

Jacob Schaapveld, highway technician associate, Muscatine garage

Terence Stewart, highway technician associate, Grimes garage

Promotions

Zachary Engstrom, from right of way agent 3 to compliance officer 2, Right of Way - Negotiations

Kathy LaRue, from accounting technician 2, Accounting, to engineering office assistant 2, District 1 Office

Elias Macias Jr, from highway technician associate to highway technician senior, Des Moines garage

Matthew Minde, from highway technician associate, Ames Garage, to highway technician senior, District 1 bridge crew

Brandon Peiffer, from budget analyst 3 to budget analyst 4, Finance

Corey Poss, from highway technician associate to highway technician senior, Sioux City – Leeds garage

Georgette Simbro, from clerk specialist to administrative assistant 2, Systems and Administration - Records Processing 

Brian Smith, from transportation engineer manager, Creston construction, to transportation engineer manager, Project Management                                                     

Raymond Taylor, from highway technician associate to highway technician senior, Iowa Falls garage

Michael Thayer, from engineering operations technician, District 3 field staff – Storm Lake, to engineering technician senior, District 3 Office                                                         

Dylan Thomas, from highway technician associate, Anamosa garage, to highway technician senior, District 6 paint crew                                                                                           

Other Personnel Actions

Michael Mingus, highway technician associate, from Spencer garage to Spirit Lake garage (Intra-Agency Transfer)

Santino Moya, driver & identification service center specialist, Ottumwa driver’s license service center (Reemployment to Iowa DOT)

Derek Peck, executive officer 2, from Location and Environment to Local Systems (Intra-Agency Transfer)

Miranda Reed, driver & identification service center specialist, Cedar Rapids driver’s license service center (Transfer from other state agency)

Michele Weiland, from accountant 2, Finance to program planner 2, Accounting (Intra-Agency Transfer)

Retirements

Ray Braband, highway technician associate, Spirit Lake garage

Dennis Casey, communications technician 3, Radio Support

Sandra Clayton, program planner 2, Central Programs

Pamela Cook, clerk specialist, Systems and Administration - Records Processing

Chi Cox, clerk specialist, Customer Service - Customer Service Processing

John Elgin, highway technician senior, Atlantic garage

Kevin Gramlich, electrical maintenance specialist, Highway Lighting Maintenance

Larry Letze, garage operations assistant, Des Moines garage

Andrew Lewis, public service executive, Traffic Operations

Dan Miner, materials technician 5, Construction & Materials

Russell Neely, highway technician senior, District 1 bridge crew

Bradley Osborne, executive officer 1, Maintenance

Carol Payne, driver & identification service center associate, Ames driver’s license service center

James Phillips, transportation engineer specialist, District 5 field staff       

Jeffrey Schmitt, transportation engineer specialist, Construction & Materials

Steve Seivert, transportation engineer specialist, Bridges and Structures