Transportation Talk

About the Speaker:

Russell R. McMurry, P.E., serves as commissioner for the Georgia
Department of Transportation, the state agency responsible for the
nation’s 10th largest state transportation system, with an operating
budget of over $4 billion and a staff of nearly 3,900. Commissioner
McMurry began his career with the department in 1990 as an engineering
intern working in construction; he served in a variety of roles prior to
being named chief engineer. He was then appointed by Governor Nathan
Deal as the department’s planning director before being appointed as
commissioner by unanimous vote of the State Transportation Board in
2015.
McMurry currently serves as treasurer of the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) as well as chair of
the Council on Highways and Streets and a member of the Strategic
Management Committee; he is a board member of several other national
organizations such as the National Academy of the Science,
Transportation Research Board, and ITS America in addition to several
state organizations; such as a board member for the Atlanta Transit Link
Authority (ATL), Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA),
State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA), the State Depository Board and
the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund. He
is also a member of the College of Engineering & Information Technology
(CEIT) Corporate Advisory Committee at Georgia Southern University as
well as the University of Georgia College of Engineering Advisory Board.

McMurry has received numerous accolades and recognitions, including
being named Georgia Trend’s 2018 Georgian of the Year, and is
consistently included in its list of the 100 Most Influential Georgians. He
was also named one of Atlanta’s most powerful leaders in Atlanta
Magazine’s “Atlanta 500” and named as one of James Magazine’s Most
Influential Georgians. McMurry graduated cum laude from Georgia
Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering
technology and is a registered professional engineer in the state of
Georgia.

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