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Minnesota Department of Transportation

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State Aid for Local Transportation

Staff

Administration

Name Position Phone
Kristine Elwood State Aid Engineer/Division Director

Office: 651-366-4831
Cell: 612-346-2012

Ted Schoenecker Assistant Division Director

612-463-1229

Jay Owens Deputy State Aid Engineer 612-749-7181
Shannen Holz Executive Assistant 612-499-8078

Project Delivery

Federal

Name Position Phone
Elisa Bottos State Aid Project Delivery Engineer 651-248-1201
Chris Nobach Federal Aid Agreement & Special Programs Engineer 612-541-1326
Mark Channer Federal Plans Specialist 651-366-3828
Mitch Deer Assistant Project Development Engineer 651-366-3820
Ron Dahlquist Federal Aid Pre-Construction Coordinator 612-219-6840
Vacant Assistant Plans Engineer  
Bashiru Kormah Grant Coordinator 651-366-3825
Angela Murphy Federal Plans Engineer 612-271-6210
Kevin Joyce Project Development Engineer (Temporary) 651-366-3823
Sam Maijala Grad Engineer (on rotation) 651-366-3831

State Aid Programs

Name Position Phone
Marc Briese State Aid Programs Manager

651-366-3802

Rashmi Brewer State Programs Engineer

651-366-3830

Olga Kruglova Grants Specialist 651-366-3806
Jerilyn Swenson Bridge Program Engineer 612-409-3158

County and Municipal Needs

Name Position Phone
Kim DeLaRosa Needs Section Supervisor

612-463-9332

Nick Sorgaard County Needs Lead

651-802-2234

Bill Lanoux MSAS Needs Manager

651-366-3817

Naomi Eckerd Needs Specialist

651-366-3816

Emergency Relief

Name Position Phone
Vacant Assistant Project Development Engineer  

Active Transportation/Safe Routes to School

Name Position Phone
Steve Prusak Active Transportation Engineer

651-366-3827

Traffic Safety

Name Position Phone
Girma Feyissa Traffic Safety Engineer

651-366-3818

Thomas Prew Assistant Traffic Safety Engineer

651-366-3829

Mike Eull Applications Data Lead 651-366-3838
Nancy Stone Program Support 651-802-4921

Operations

Name Position Phone
Mark Vizecky Operations Engineer

Office: 651-366-3839

Cell: 651-336-5969

Bill Meinholz Projects Engineer 651-366-3832
Vacant Projects Engineer  
Scott Smith Asst. Projects Engineer 651-366-3833
Alyssa Rubenstrunk Communications Program Manager 651-366-3837
Loren Hill Program Support Engineer 651-366-3803

Information Resources

Name Position Phone
Lowell Schafer IT Service Manager

651-366-3835

Rick Kostohryz Application Developer

651-366-3836