Personnel updates for Feb. 13 to Feb. Feb. 26, 2015
New hires
Holly Boebel, secretary 1, District 6 Office; Kevin Delaney, mechanic, Spirit Lake garage; Chase Freemyer, highway technician associate, DeSoto garage; Rowdy Hall, highway technician, Cedar Rapids garage; Hillary Marquard, information specialist 2, Strategic Communications; Brian Schafer, mechanic, Red Oak garage; Hector Torres-Cacho, affirmative action compliance office 2, Employee Services; Kirby Vogel, highway technician associate, Rockwell City garage
Promotions
Andres Amador, from information technology specialist 3 to information technology specialist 4, Information Technology Division; David Bare, from transportation engineer to transportation engineer manager, Bridges and Structures; Michael Harvey, from executive officer 3, Operations and Finance Division to public service executive 5, Support Services; Dennis Petersen, from highway technician associate to equipment operator senior, Tipton garage; Brian Stelken, from highway technician to highway technician senior, Manchester garage; Tom Strabala, from highway technician associate to highway technician, Coralville garage
Transfers
Chad Alshouse, highway technician associate, from Des Moines garage to Carlisle garage; Matthew Miller, highway technician senior, from Jefferson construction to Grimes construction
Retirements
Raymond Clark, highway technician associate, Creston garage; Gary Mackey, engineering technician senior, District 1 Office; Cheryl Wolf, information technology specialist 4, Information Technology Division; Dennis Wright, design technician specialist, Bridges and Structures