ODOT Liaison

ACEC Oregon / Oregon Department of Transportation Liaison Committee


OBJECTIVE: To provide members with the opportunity to improve working relationships with agency personnel. Each liaison committee has its own agenda, but communications and problem-solving are primary concerns.


Click here for more info about the ACEC-ODOT Liaison Committee, including:

Meeting Schedule (regularly scheduled for the third Friday of odd-numbered months
2025 Meeting Dates:
- Mar 21 - read the notes here
- May 16 Cancelled due to ACEC/ODOT Partnering Conference on May 13th
- Jul 18 - read the notes here
- Sep 19 - read the notes here
- Nov 21 - read the notes here

2026 Meeting Dates:
- Jan 16 - Steering Committee only
- Feb 20 - Liaison Committee meeting
- Mar 20 - Steering Committee only
- Apr 17 - Liaison Committee meeting

- May 15 - Steering Committee only
- Jun 19 - Liaison Committee meeting

 
Below are the 2025/26 holiday solicitation deferment dates from ODOT:


 

ACEC | ODOT Partnering Conference
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Salem Convention Center

2025 Conference Site

Deadline to register is April 29

**You will need to create an External Workday Account and receive your User ID before you are able to sign up. To create an External Learner account Click Here.  

Visit the 2024 conference site for presentations

RESOURCES


DID YOU KNOW?
In addition to the Steering Committee, which oversees the Liaison Committee, there are several standing committees which undertake specific work assignments through a work planning process in agreement with the Liaison and Steering Committees.

Each standing committee is comprised on six to eight members,
with an ACEC and an ODOT co-chair. 

  • Project Delivery Management Systems Standing Committee
  • Procurement and Contracts Standing Committee
  • Technology Transfer Standing Committee
  • Training Standing Committee
  • Environmental Standing Committee
  • Transportation Planning Standing Committee
ACEC Oregon currently has two vacancies on the ACEC/ODOT Steering Committee.  One of these positions will act as the Liaison Committee Co-Chair.  If you are interested, please fill out the application and email it to Kim Todd at ktodd@acecoregon.org by November 26, 2025.

MORE INFO: 

ODOT STEERING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

(December 2024)
(7 ACEC representatives) 


CO-CHAIR
Jeff Bernardo
DOWL
9/1/2023


Josh Goodall
David Evans and Associates, Inc. 

(Josh is also ODOT LIAISON
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR, 9/1/2023) 


ACEC staff contact:
Kim Todd

Peter Craig
KPFF
9/1/2023


Kari Lowe
Commonstreet Consulting
9/1/2023

Tom Shook
HDR
12/2024

Darren Hippenstiel

Kittelson & Associates Inc
12/2024


BOARD REP
Susie Wright
Kittelson & Associates, Inc.