Leadership
The Transportation Department is under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation. Under Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin, Gary Ridley is serving as the Cabinet Secretary.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission is the governing body of the Department. The Governor of Oklahoma, with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate, appoints the members of the eight-member Commission. It is then the duty of the Commission to establish Departmental policies and to appoint the Director of the Department. The members each represent one of the eight geographic districts corresponding with ODOT’s eight field divisions. The Governor serves as an ex officio member of the Commission, but may only vote to break a tie.
The current members of the Commission are as follows:
- Governor Mary Fallin, ex officio
- District 1: Mr. Carlisle Mabrey III
- District 2: Mr. James H. Dunegan, Vice-Chair of the Commission
- District 3: Mr. Dan B. Overland, Chair of the Commission
- District 4: Mr. Jackie R. Cooper
- District 5: Mr. Loyd Benson
- District 6: Mr. Bruce Benbrook
- District 7: Mr. Bradley W. Burgess
- District 8: Mr. Peter J. Regan
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