Orginizational Chart

Division of Highways

The Division of Highways organizational chart is dated May 11, 2026. Each position is listed with the name of the person in that role. Positions listed under another position report to that position.

• Department of Transportation Secretary/Commissioner of Highways

  Stephen T. Rumbaugh, P.E.

  • Deputy Secretary/Deputy Commissioner of Highways

    Vacant

    • State Highway Engineer

      Jacob M. Bumgarner, P.E.

      • Deputy State Highway Engineer Environmental Compliance

        Shawn Six

        • Environmental Compliance Division

          Shawn Six

      • Deputy State Highway Engineer Operations

        Nathan Thomas

        • Operations Division

          Stephen Johnson, P.E.

        • Traffic Engineering Division

          Ted Whitmore, P.E.

        • Equipment Division

          Mark S. Lower

      • Deputy State Highway Engineer Development

        H. Ed Compton, P.E.

        • Engineering Division

          Dave Bodnar

        • Right of Way Division

          Sarah Runyon

      • Deputy State Highway Engineer Construction

        Delmus "Matt" Crum, P.E.

        • Contract Administration Division

          Shawn Smith

        • Materials Control Soil and Testing Division

          Mike Mance, P.E.

      • District Engineer/Managers 1-10

        Dotted-line relationship with the Deputy State Highway Engineer Operations

        • District 1, Charleston

          Travis Knighton

        • District 2, Huntington

          Gary W. Mullins, P.E.

        • District 3, Parkersburg

          Jared Evans

        • District 4, Clarksburg

          William Earl Gaskins

        • District 5, Burlington

          J. Lee Thorne, P.E.

        • District 6, Moundsville

          Brian M. Kucish

        • District 7, Weston

          Brian K. Cooper, P.E.

        • District 8, Elkins

          Travis Ray

        • District 9, Lewisburg

          James F. Moore, P.E.

        • District 10, Princeton

          William Murray, P.E.

    • Planning & Programming

      Gehan Elayed, P.E.

      • Planning Division

        Brian Carr (Acting)

      • Programming Division

        Gary "Chris" Kessell

Other leadership and staff

These positions are not shown on the organizational chart.

• Executive Assistant/DOT Parking Coordinator

  Lori Suite

• Administrative Secretary

  Joyce Dunbar

• Executive Administrator/DOT Privacy Officer/Economic Development

  Jonathan Schaffer

• Chief Administrative Officer (Business Manager)

  Keith Persinger

  • Deputy Business Manager

    Robert Stewart

  • Budget Division

    Vacant

  • Procurement Division

    Kristy James

  • Finance Division

    Cindy Wilkinson

  • Office Services Division

    Ameche Watson

• DOT Office of Economic Development

  Jonathan Schaffer

• Assistant Deputy Secretary

  Scott Eplin

• Chief of Compliance and Legal

  Nate Tawney

  • Legal Division

    Chris R. Alder

• Civil Rights Compliance Division

  William Hartwell

• Communications Division

  Brent Walker

• Human Resources Division

  Natasha White

• Chief of Policy & Strategy

  Vacant

• Chief Technology Officer

  Hussein Elkhansa

  • Information Technology Division

    Yueming Wu

  • Performance/Asset Management Division

• Chief Special Programs

  Tommy Collins, P.E.

  • Executive Info. Resources/SWAT

    Jennifer Goodwin

• Auditing Division

  Dawna Skaggs, CPA

• Deputy Chief of Development

  Sarah Runyon, P.E.

• Asst Chief Eng.-Development/State Bridge Engineer

  Tracy Brown

• Deputy Chief of Operations

  Sasha Danberry

• Executive Assistant

  Charles Reynolds

Other WVDOT agencies

• Division of Motor Vehicles

  Everett Frazier

• Division of Multimodal Transportation Facilities

  Tim Sedosky (Interim)

  • State Rail Authority

    Tim Sedosky (Interim)

  • Division of Public Transit

    Lisa Smith

• Parkways Authority

  Dwayne "Chuck" Smith