Personnel updates for April 29, 2022 to May 12, 2022
New Hires
Janee Becker, environmental specialist senior, Location & Environment
Jenny Butcher, information specialist 3, Strategic Communications
Hillary Courter, accounting technician 2, Motor Vehicle Division Accounting
Shamus Fountas, highway technician associate, Adair garage
Kyle McNichols, highway technician associate, Newton garage
Kimberly Rucker, driver & identification service center specialist, Waukee driver’s license service center
Brock Struecker, environmental specialist senior, Location & Environment
Eli Thede, highway technician associate, Waterloo garage
Promotions
Bryan Archer, from highway technician senior, Chariton construction, to engineering operations technician, District 5 field staff
Michael Bloom, from garage operations assistant, De Witt garage, to engineering technician senior, Systems Planning
Kerry Burzlaff, from highway technician associate, Maquoketa garage, to highway maintenance supervisor, Dubuque garage
Troy Cook, from construction technician to construction technician senior, Grimes construction
Bradley Engeseth, from highway technician associate, Mason City garage, to highway technician senior, Fort Dodge garage
Maria Hobbs, from executive officer 2 to transportation planner 3, Rail Transportation
Joshua Krause, from highway technician, Atlantic garage, to highway technician senior, District 4 paint crew
Andrew Lloyd, from highway technician, Davenport garage, to highway technician senior, Davenport construction
Trisha Miller, from administrative assistant 2, Driver & Identification Services – Processing, to transportation planner 1, Location & Environment
Tyson Pillard, from highway technician, Boone garage, to highway technician senior, Jefferson construction
Jessica Shelton, from secretary 1 to engineering office assistant 2, Davenport construction
Stephen Trost, from facilities engineer 1 to facilities engineer 2, Support Services – Design
Other personnel matters
Jeffrey Bacon, environmental specialist senior, Location & Environment (Transfer from other state agency)
Addison Brekke, highway technician, Ames garage (Reemployment to Iowa DOT)
Amin Daghighi, from transportation engineer associate, Grimes construction, to transportation engineer associate, District 1 materials inspection (Intra-agency transfer)
Carrie Lafrenz, engineering office assistant 1, Marshalltown construction (Transfer from other state agency)
Jeremy McLaughlin, engineering technician senior, Local Systems (Reinstatement to Iowa DOT)
Schae Shepherd, driver & identification service center specialist, from Iowa City driver’s license service center to Waterloo driver’s license service center (Intra-agency transfer)
Jason Webster, highway technician associate, from Cedar Rapids garage to Independence garage (Intra-agency transfer)