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Rail Division
1553 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1553
Main: 919-733-7245, Fax: 919-715-6580

Director

Patrick Simmons

919-733-7245
ext. 263

pbsimmons@ncdot.gov

Administrative Assistant

Maxine Smith

919-733-7245
ext. 224

maxinesmith@ncdot.gov

Secretary

Paulette Barnes

919-733-7245
ext. 290

paulettebarnes@ncdot.gov

Business Officer

vacant

919-733-7245


Administrative Officer II

Diane Jones

919-733-7245
ext. 254

dianejones@ncdot.gov

Accounting Technician

Kevin Johnson

919-733-7245
ext. 262

khjohnson@ncdot.gov

Processing Assistant

Katie Dunn

919-733-7245
ext. 251

kdunn@ncdot.gov

Operations Branch
Main: 919-733-7245, Fax: 919-715-6580

Director-Operations
& Facilities

Allan Paul

919-733-7245
ext. 246

apaul@ncdot.gov

Senior Engineer-Special Projects

Michael J. Shumsky, PE

919-733-7245
ext. 250

mshumsky@ncdot.gov

Facilities Engineer Craig Newton 919-733-7245, ext. 253

cmnewton@ncdot.gov

Rail Operations Manager

Sharon A. Mahoney

919-715-5753

samahoney@ncdot.gov

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Curtis McDowell, PE

919-715-5753

cmcdowell@mc-tech.net

Corridor & Property Manager

Steve Head

919-715-8746

wshead@ncdot.gov

Transportation Engineer

D.R. Eaton

919-715-5583

Transportation Engineer

Bill McQueen

919-715-5583

wgmcqueen@ncdot.gov

Marketing Manager

Joan Bagherpour

919-733-7245
ext. 261

jbagherpour@ncdot.gov

Operations Program Coordinator

Teshena DeBrew

919-733-7245
ext. 247

tdebrew@ncdot.gov

Graphic Designer

vacant

919-733-7245
ext. 257


Environmental and Planning Branch
Main: 919-733-7245, Fax: 919-715-6580

Director-Environmental
& Planning

Shirley R. Williams

919-733-7245
ext. 273

srwilliams@ncdot.gov

Rail Freight Coordinator

vacant

919-733-7245
ext. 274

Rail Planner

Cheryl W. Hannah

919-733-7245
ext. 276

cwhannah@ncdot.gov

Rail Project Development & Environmental Evaluation

vacant

919-733-7245
ext. 266

State Rail Coordination Engineer

James B. Harris, PE

919-715-8744

jbharris@ncdot.gov

Rail Environmental
Planning Engineer

Marc Hamel

919-733-7245
ext. 270

mhamel@ncdot.gov

Project Engineer

Kristina Solberg, PE

919-733-7245
ext. 275

ksolberg@ncdot.gov

Project Engineer

Roger White, PE

919-715-6684

Environmental Planning Engineer Colista Freeman 919-733-7245
ext. 271

csfreeman@ncdot.gov

Rail Environmental
Planning Engineer

Larry Sams

919-733-7245
ext. 268

lsams@ncdot.gov


Engineering & Safety Branch
1556 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1556
Main: 919-715-8803, Fax: 919-733-0997

Director-Engineering
& Safety

Paul Worley, CPM

919-715-8740

pworley@ncdot.gov

Secretary

Glorias Lee

919-715-8747

gmlee@ncdot.gov

Rail Business Consultant Rebekah Lowe 919-715-3689 rllowe@ncdot.gov
Rail Business Consultant Jane Rogers 919-715-3689 JANE.ROGERS@ncdot.gov
Engineering Manager
Rail Design & Construction

Jason Orthner, PE

919-715-7894

jorthner@ncdot.gov

Construction Project Engineering Consultant Eric K. Swanson, PE LEED AP

919-715-4441

ekswanson@ncdot.gov

Senior Project Engineer

Matthew B. Simmons

919-715-8741

mbsimmons@ncdot.gov

Engineering Technician

Charlie Tew

919-715-5807

ctew@ncdot.gov

Engineering Services Manager

Jahmal Pullen, PE

919-715-8748

jpullen@ncdot.gov

Senior Project Engineer

Sandra A. Stepney, PE, CPM

919-715-0296

sastepney@ncdot.gov

Project Engineer

Nancy Horne, PE

919-715-3686

nhorne@ncdot.gov

Project Engineering Consultant

Daniel Havener, PE

919-715-8797

dhavener@ncdot.gov

Engineering Technician

Joe Midgette

919-715-8737

jmidgette@ncdot.gov

Senior Engineering Advisor (T) Douglas B. Waters 336-703-6581 dbwaters@ncdot.gov
375 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston Salem, NC 27127
Senior Project Manager/
State Railroad Agent
W. David Hinnant 919-715-8804 dhinnant@ncdot.gov
Highway/Railroad Project Manager Meredith McLamb 919-715-0955 mmclamb@ncdot.gov
Highway/Railroad Project Manager Kirby Warrick 919-715-1301 kwarrick@ncdot.gov
Consultant Brian Gackstetter 919-715-2332 Brian.Gackstetter@ncdot.gov

Railroad & Rail Transit Safety Oversight Program Manager

George Young

919-715-8742

gyoung@ncdot.gov

Rail Safety Inspector
Track

Jack Moore

336-776-1923

jmoore@ncdot.gov

Rail Safety Inspector
MP&E

Vacant

704-799-2108

Rail Safety Inspector
S&TC

Larry Capps

919-715-8749

lcapps@ncdot.gov

Crossing Safety
Engineering Manager

Drew Thomas, PE

919-733-5564

dthomas@ncdot.gov

Processing Assistant

Angela Pegram

919-733-5731

apegram@ncdot.gov

Senior Project Engineer

Richard Mullinax, PE, PTOE, CPM

919-733-8015

remullinax@ncdot.gov

Crossing Project Engineer

Jim Morrison, PE

919-733-5587

jomorrison@ncdot.gov

Crossing Project Engineer

Christopher Bell, PE

919-715-7286

cbell@ncdot.gov

Consultant

Larry Sanders, PE

919-715-7254

ldsanders@ncdot.gov

Crossing Engineering Technician Lena White 919-715-7293 twhite@ncdot.gov

Senior Crossing Project Engineer

Don Hudson

919-715-7295

dhudson@ncdot.gov

Crossing Project Engineer

Crossing Engineering Technician

Ann Wease

919-715-7296

awease@ncdot.gov

Crossing Inventory Engineer

Kenneth Turrentine

919-715-6129

kturrentine@ncdot.gov

Crossing Inventory
Consultant
Larry Sanders, PE 919-715-7254 ldsanders@ncdot.gov

Crossing Inventory
Engineering Technician

Chika Maduabuchukwu

919-715-8745

cmadu@ncdot.gov

Crossing Inventory
Engineering Technician

M. Trent Carmon

919-715-7509

tcarmon@ncdot.gov

Crossing Engineering Technician Frank Cornett 919-715-7293 fcornett@ncdot.gov