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ACEC/PA
Fall Conference Speakers
Gary started his engineering career working at Gannett Fleming, and then worked at PennDOT District 8-0. He came to the Turnpike in 1989, as a bridge design engineer and was the chief bridge engineer for over 10 years until becoming the assistant chief engineer for Design in 2007. Gary has a Bachelor of Science in engineering and a master’s degree in structural engineering, both from Penn State University.
Yassmin Gramian, PE
Yassmin serves as the secretary of the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, a position she assumed in
May 2020. She manages PennDOT’s annual budget of
$9.5 billion and oversees programs and policies affecting
highways, urban and rural public transportation, airports,
railroads, ports, and waterways. Under her leadership, the
department is directly responsible for Pennsylvania’s vast system
of state and local highways and bridges, as well as overseeing the state’s vehicle registration, driver’s licenses and ID operations.
Yassmin assumed the role of secretary amid the COVID-19 global pandemic.
This challenging time necessitated quick, decisive action to mitigate the spread
of COVID-19 to best protect citizens, employees and business partners. Under her leadership, PennDOT moved swiftly during the early stages of the pandemic to transfer essential functions to remote operations, while continuing to ensure roads were kept safe and passable, and crews remained available for responding to weather events. Yassmin also serves as chair of the Transportation Revenue Options Commission (TROC), which was established by Executive Order of Gov. Tom Wolf to develop comprehensive funding recommendations for Pennsylvania’s large and aging infrastructure.
Prior to joining PennDOT, Yassmin worked for over 30 years in operations, design and management of transportation infrastructure systems, including highway, tolling, bridge and railroad projects. She earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Michigan and completed the Tuck Management Training Program at Dartmouth College. She is a professional engineer in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Florida.
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