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Rail Division
1553 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1553
Main: 919-707-4700, Fax: 919-715-6580

Director

Paul Worley

(919) 707-4700

pworley@ncdot.gov

Administrative Assistant

Maxine Smith

919-707-4715

maxinesmith@ncdot.gov

Secretary

Vacant

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Business Officer

Sonya Beatty

919-707-4710

svbeatty@ncdot.gov

Accounting Technician

Kevin Johnson

919-707-4709 khjohnson@ncdot.gov

Processing Assistant

Katie Dunn

919-707-4704

kdunn@ncdot.gov

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

Assistant Director-Operations
& Facilities

Allan Paul

919-707-4712

apaul@ncdot.gov

Senior Engineer-Special Projects

Michael J. Shumsky, PE

919-707-4713

mshumsky@ncdot.gov

Facilities Engineer Craig Newton 919-707-4731

cmnewton@ncdot.gov

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Curtis McDowell, PE

919-715-5753

curtis@mcdowellengineers.com

Mechanical Engineer

Lynn Harris

919-715-5753
510-648-5033

wlharris@mcdowellengineers.com

Corridor & Property Manager

Steve Head

919-707-4708

wshead@ncdot.gov

Project Consultant

Jeff Mann

919-707-4719

jmann1@ncdot.gov

Transportation Engineer

Bill McQueen

919-707-4730

wgmcqueen@ncdot.gov

Marketing Manager

Vacant

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Operations Program Coordinator

Teshena DeBrew

919-707-4703

tdebrew@ncdot.gov

Graphic Designer

Vacant

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

Assistant Director-Environmental & Planning

Shirley R. Williams

919-707-4718

srwilliams@ncdot.gov

Rail Freight Coordinator

Jon Dees

919-707-4735

jmdees@ncdot.gov

Rail Planner

Cheryl W. Hannah

919-707-4706

cwhannah@ncdot.gov

Mgr, Rail Project Development & Environmental Evaluation

Marc Hamel

919-707-4705

mhamel@ncdot.gov

State Rail Coordination Engineer

James B. Harris, PE

919-707-4707

jbharris@ncdot.gov

Rail Environmental
Planning Engineer

Vacant

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Project Engineer

James F. Bridges, PE

919-707-4716

jfbridges@ncdot.gov

Project Engineer

Ryan White, PE

919-707-4717

rlwhite@ncdot.gov

Environmental Planning Engineer Colista Freeman, PE 919-707-4734

csfreeman@ncdot.gov

Rail Environmental
Planning Engineer

Larry Sams

919-707-4732

lsams@ncdot.gov

Staff Support Engineer

David B. Foster, PE

919-707-4733

dbfoster@ncdot.gov


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

Assistant Director-Engineering
& Safety

Vacant

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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 jcrogers2@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

Vacant

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 begackstetter@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

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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 Stahl

919-733-5731

ajstahl@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