Executive News
New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times
Jack Marchbanks has been named by newly elected Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) as state transportation department director. He was its assistant director for business and human resources and a former DOT district deputy director. Marchbanks also was marketing director of PRIME AE Group, a minority-owned architect-engineer. He told a state transportation finance panel on Feb. 5 that DOT faces up to a $1-billion funding gap in 2020.
Named as DOT head in Kansas by newly-elected Gov. Laura Kelly (D) is Julie Lorenz, formerly a principal and transportation senior strategic consultant at Burns and McDonnell. In the upcoming fiscal year, Kelly seeks to cut by $100 million the amount of sales tax revenue that can be withdrawn from the DOT budget for unrelated state operations.
KAI Enterprises, a St. Louis design-build firm, has elevated Darren L. James to president. He had been president and COO of the firm’s Dallas-based Texas operation.
Engineer Moffatt & Nichol, Long Beach, Calif., has promoted Doug Plasencia to COO. He formerly led its water practice.
Michael Horodniceanu has been named chair of New York University Tandon School of Engineering’s newly-formed Institute of Design and Construction Innovations Hub. He is a former president of New York City’s MTA Capital Construction, and is a faculty member in NYU’s urban and civil engineering department. Judith L. Cooper, former senior vice president of WSP, is named associate director. The industry-supported program will engage construction stakeholders in research and other efforts to confront project cost overruns and schedule delays, says an NYU Tandon statement.
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