Personnel updates for May 26 to June 8, 2023
New Hires
Dustin Amos, highway technician associate, Burlington garage
Robert Barr, highway technician, Waterloo garage
Nathan Dorethy, highway technician associate, Oskaloosa garage
Taylor Harkness-Sommer, driver & identification service center specialist, Fort Dodge driver’s license service center
Phillip Hemmingsen, mechanic, Missouri Valley garage
Spencer Thompson, transportation planner 1, Systems Planning
Promotions
Ted Daub, from welder to machinist, Repair Shop
Todd Frasher, from highway technician senior to garage operations assistant, Anamosa garage
Billie Hoch, from clerk specialist to administrative assistant 2, Systems and Administration – System Development
Ryan Kastner, from highway technician associate, Spencer garage, to highway technician, Spirit Lake garage
Adrianne Knight, from geologist 3, Design, to transportation planner 4, Location and Environment
James Lemke, from highway technician senior to construction technician senior, New Hampton construction
Jessica Snyder, from design technician associate to design technician, Design
Other personnel actions
Donavan Beaty, highway technician associate, Chariton garage (Reemployment to Iowa DOT)
Corey Cripe, garage operations assistant, from Fort Dodge garage to Boone garage (Intra-agency transfer)
Tevin Krause, highway technician associate, from Adair garage to Avoca garage (Intra-agency transfer)
David Miller, highway technician associate, Davenport garage (Reemployment to Iowa DOT)
Retirements
Lennis Harberts, highway technician senior, Ashton garage
Randy Mildenstein, highway technician associate, Ida Grove garage
Tom Strabala, highway technician senior, Cedar Rapids garage
Mark Turkal, highway technician associate, Coralville garage
Vance Wendel, highway technician associate, Mason City garage
Shelly Whiteing, right of way agent 4, Right of Way