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