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Implementation Team: Staff Resumes

• Serves as Department liaison, maintaining frequent contact with contractors, • Additional Coursework/Training
suppliers, governmental agencies and officials to ensure continued financial • Seminars: Road Builder, Indiana LTAP, 2009
resources and cooperative relationships. • Seminars: Master Road Builder, Indiana LTAP, 2014
• Performs Department public relations duties, including public speaking
engagements, attending public hearings, issuing press releases, taking CREDENTIALS/DESIGNATIONS
complaints from the public and attempting to resolve them satisfactorily. • Member – Urban Transportation and Planning Board
• Attends a variety of meetings, including staff and Commissioner’s meetings, • Member – Northern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council
weekly; and County Council, Homeowners, Urban Transportation Board and • Member – US30 Coalition Allen County / Fort Wayne
North East Indiana Regional Council meetings, monthly. • Member – Homeland Security Advisory Council
• Maintains and updates knowledge of transportation systems, engineering and
related topics through frequent reference to technical manuals and current YEARS OF EXPERIENCE – 43
periodicals.
• Oversees Department of 78 personnel with an $25,000,000 annual base Chris Cloud — Allen County Project Management
budget, 1,300 miles of roadway, 294 Bridges, 772 Culverts, 2 Maintenance
Facilities with 53 major pieces of Equipment. Chief of Staff, Allen County Board of Commissioners

Local / INDOT – Federally Funded Projects (Above Base Budget) SELECTED EXPERIENCE
• Bostick Rd Bridge #262 - $2,287,977 Managing Large, Complex Projects
• Diebold Rd Phase I - $4,847,606 • Acted as Allen County’s representative in the design and remodeling of two,
• Diebold Rd Phase II - $1,802,678 large downtown Fort Wayne municipal buildings (Citizens Square and the
• Diebold Rd – South - $1,833,204 Rousseau Centre. Project involved the relocation of hundreds of employees,
• Spring St Bridge #524 - $2,332,972 files, equipment, and furniture between buildings as well as working with
• Towpath Trails - $132,817 architects, contractors, vendors, dozens of departments, and other government
• Union Chapel Rd and Auburn Rd Roundabout- $2,364,801 entities.
• Bass Rd - Scott Rd to Hillegas Rd - $42,276,825 (estimated) Local Government Collaboration
• Coverdale Rd – Airport Expwy – Indianapolis Rd - $2,042,639 • Acted as Allen County’s representative on several initiatives, committees and
• Flutter Rd – St Joe Rd – Schwartz Rd - $5,575,264 working groups including:
• Gump Rd – SR 3 – Coldwater Rd - $11,834,100 (estimated) - Developing Fort Wayne Riverfront Redevelopment
• Havenwood Forest Subdivision - $1,800,144 - Studying the feasibility of a jointly-managed arena in downtown Fort
• Liberty Mills Rd / West County Line Rd - $1,946,618 (estimated) Wayne
• Maplecrest Rd – Lake Ave – SR 930 - $29,012,357 - Negotiating with the Electric Works development team, and moving
• Ryan Rd / Bruick Rd – Dawkins Rd – US 24 - $12,697,811 (estimated) forward public-private partnership development deals.
• Tillman Rd / Minnich Rd Roundabout - $1,487,618 (estimated)
• Washington Ctr Rd Bridge #95 - $2,668,029 (estimated) Grant Writing, Administration and Coordination
• Winters Rd Ext at GM - $4,857,642 • Wrote and administered a Strengthening Communities grant from the Foellinger
Foundation to help with a county-wide strategic plan that won an award from
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND the Association of Indiana Counties.
• AS: Civil Engineering Technology, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 1973
• BS: Construction Technology, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 1975

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