Members and Partners

Clear Roads 2025 Spring Meeting – Richmond, Virginia

Technical Advisory Committee Members

Alaska DOT and Public Facilities

Marcus Zimmerman

Chief of Maintenance and Operations

Arizona Department of Transportation

Gabriel Alvarado

Northwest District Operations Superintendent

California Department of Transportation

AJ Johnson

Winter Operations Manager

Colorado Department of Transportation

Jim Fox

Deputy Director of Maintenance / State Maintenance Engineer

Connecticut Department of Transportation

Aidan Neely

Planner 3, Highway Operations

Delaware Department of Transportation

Alastair Probert

Maintenance Engineer

Idaho Transportation Department

Ty Winther

Winter Operations Manager

Illinois Department of Transportation

Kristy Brod

Winter Operations Engineer

Indiana Department of Transportation

Nick Evans

Winter Operations Program Director

Iowa Department of Transportation

Craig Bargfrede

Winter Operations Administrator

Kansas Department of Transportation

Jim Frye

Field Maintenance Administrator

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Randi Feltner

Statewide Snow and Ice Coordinator

Maine Department of Transportation

Chad Huggins

Transportation Operations Manager

Maryland Department of Transportation

Scott Simons

Maintenance Quality Assurance Team Leader

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Mark Goldstein

Lead State Snow & Ice Engineer

Michigan Department of Transportation

Carl Fedders

Region Support Engineer

Minnesota Department of Transportation (lead state)

Tom Peters

Research & Training Engineer

Missouri Department of Transportation

Paul Denkler

Maintenance Liaison

Montana Department of Transportation

Douglas McBroom

Operations Manager, Maintenance Division

Nebraska Department of Transportation

Mike Mattison

Winter Maintenance Engineer

Nevada Department of Transportation

Andrew Lawrence

Assistant District Engineer

New Hampshire Department of Transportation

David Gray

Winter Maintenance Program Specialist

New Jersey Department of Transportation

Anthony Ennas

Division Director, Central Region Operations

New York State Department of Transportation

Joe Thompson

Snow and Ice Program Manager

North Dakota Department of Transportation

Aaron Murra

Fargo District Engineer

Ohio Department of Transportation

Dean Alatsis

Maintenance Contracts Program Administrator

Oklahoma Department of Transportation

Steven Gauthe

State Maintenance Engineer

Oregon Department of Transportation

Patti Caswell

Maintenance Environmental Manager

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Dan Whetzel

Division Chief, Maintenance and Technical Leadership

Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Matthew Ouellette

Deputy State Highway Maintenance Operations Engineer

South Dakota Department of Transportation

Danny Varilek

Winter Maintenance Engineer
Clear Roads Vice Chair

Texas Department of Transportation

Matthew Heinze

Emergency Management Coordinator, Maintenance Division

Utah Department of Transportation

Jessica Andrews

Maintenance Methods Engineer

Vermont Agency of Transportation

Todd Law

Deputy Director, District Maintenance and Fleet Division
Clear Roads Chair

Virginia Department of Transportation

Brandy Borja

Program Manager / Severe Weather Team

Washington State Department of Transportation

James Morin

Maintenance & Operations Branch Manager

West Virginia Department of Transportation

Jeff Pifer

Director, Equipment Division

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Emil Juni

Winter Maintenance Engineer

Wyoming Department of Transportation

Wayne Shenefelt

Maintenance Staff Engineer

Partners

FHWA

Jeremy McGuffey

Road Weather Program Manager

AASHTO (SICOP)

Rick Nelson

Technical Coordinator, Winter Weather Management TSP

American Public Works Association (APWA)

Kevin Hensley

APWA Liaison

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

Øystein Larsen