Virginia Department of Transportation Leadership

Central Office

Commissioner: David S. Ekern, P.E.

Chief Deputy Commissioner: Gregory A. Whirley Sr.

Chief of Technology, Research and Innovation: Gary R. Allen, Ph.D.

Chief of Organizational Development: Meredith A. Baker

Chief Financial Officer: Reta Busher

Chief of Communications: Jeffrey J. Caldwell

Chief of Equal Business and Employment Opportunity: Grindly Johnson

Chief Engineer: Malcolm T. Kerley, P.E.

Chief of System Operations: Constance S. Sorrell

Special Assistant to the Commissioner
for Multimodal, Interstate and Federal Activities: Mary Lynn Tischer, Ph.D.

Chief of Policy and Environment: Richard L. Walton

Inspector General: Wanda H. Wells

District Administrators

Lynchburg: Robert H. Cary, P.E.

Salem: Richard L. Caywood, P.E.

Staunton: Garrett W. Moore, P.E.

Culpeper: James S. Utterback

Bristol: James S. Givens

Richmond: Thomas A. Hawthorne, P.E.

Hampton Roads: Dennis W. Heuer, P.E.

Fredericksburg: David Ogle, Quintin D. Elliott

Northern Virginia: Morteza Salehi

The commissioner's staff is comprised of eight chiefs of the Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) divisions, nine district administrators, a chief deputy commissioner, a federal intergovernmental transportation liaison and an inspector general.

• VDOT organization
• Commonwealth Transportation Board