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| James Whitty |
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James Whitty
Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding Manager
(503) 986-4284
jim.whitty@odot.state.or.us
James Whitty is the manager of ODOT´s Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding. He obtained his bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from the University of Oregon.
Through the Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, he manages the development of transportation projects as public-private ventures and the Mileage Fee Pilot Program.
James joined the department in 2001 to manage several task forces with “cutting edge” missions for innovative transportation funding, including the Road User Fee Task Force to develop a mileage fee to ultimately replace the fuels tax, and the Innovative Finance Advisory Committee.
He developed the Oregon Innovative Partnerships Program with the help of the Innovative Finance Advisory Committee in 2002, and oversaw legislation to authorize the program during the 2003 Oregon Legislative Assembly.
His prior experience includes 10 years working with transportation finance public policy for Associated Oregon Industries and the Portland Chamber of Commerce and six years in private law practice.
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| Betsy Imholt |
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Betsy Imholt
Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding
Alternative Funding Administrator
(503) 986-4077
betsy.imholt@odot.state.or.us
Betsy Imholt serves as the alternative funding administrator in the Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding. Betsy works with both the Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding programs providing strategic leadership, analyzing issues and managing consultants.
Prior to joining ODOT, Betsy worked for the Oregon Legislature for twelve years. She has spent the last two years consulting with businesses, government offices and executives on improving organizational skills and systems. She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and serves on the board of the Oregon chapter of NAPO.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from Western Oregon State College and a Master of Public Administration from Lewis and Clark College.
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| Art James |
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Art James
Innovative Partnerships
Project Director
(503) 986-3858
art.james@odot.state.or.us
Art James joined Oregon DOT’s Innovative Partnerships Unit in 2004 as project director. He has been instrumental in launching Oregon’s public/private initiative and is spearheading what will likely be the State’s first privately financed toll facility; the Newberg-Dundee Bypass. Prior to coming to ODOT, Art managed Oregon’s industrial recruitment efforts at the Oregon Economic and Development Department. He brings strong skills in entrepreneurial business development, finance, negotiation and creative “deal-making.”
Art holds a Bachelors degree from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Oregon. His wife, Mary, is a Circuit Court Judge.
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| Kathy Kleen |
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Kathy Kleen
Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding
Executive Support Assistant
(503) 986-3193
kathy.a.kleen@odot.state.or.us
Kathy began her career with the Oregon Department of Transportation in 1977 at Driver and Motor Vehicle Services after leaving the medical field. She was involved in document processing, customer service work and was the office manager in the DMV Finance Section during her 16 years there. When ODOT restructured in 1993, Kathy moved to the Financial Services Branch at ODOT headquarters where she became the executive assistant to the ODOT Chief Financial Officer, worked as a payroll technician and was the executive assistant/business manager to the Highway Finance Manager and staff for seven years.
She then moved to the newly-formed Office of Innovative Partnerships & Alternative Funding in April 2004 as an executive assistant/fiscal analyst. Kathy completed 32 years of state service in March 2009.
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| Allison Hamilton |
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Allison Hamilton
Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding
Project Director
(503) 986-3732
allison.m.hamilton@odot.state.or.us
Allison Hamilton joined the Office of Innovative Partnerships as Project Director in May 2005. She comes with a varied background in public transportation and private consulting.
Allison joined ODOT in 1985, conducting and analyzing experimental construction procedures and products. She moved to the Right of Way Section and later to the Traffic Section. In that position, she worked with the Defenders of Wildlife to implement Oregon’s Wildlife Viewing Area Network. In 1989, she left ODOT to take a position with Barrett Consulting Group/RW Beck, an architect/engineering consortium on Guam.
After two years as a project manager designing and implementing controls at an EPA Superfund Site, she returned to Oregon and ODOT. She was an agreements writer and program coordinator in the Region 2 Office before becoming manager for the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). In 2001 she accepted an invitation to manage the process of converting ODOT from metric units of measurement back to English. Concurrently with that venture, she managed the department’s Value Engineering Program.
In 2004, she became manager of the new Performance Management and Resource Planning Unit, a position she held until coming to OIPP.
Allison has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and an Associate of Science degree in Structural Engineering. She is an organic farmer and avid gardener living on a 10 acre forested property west of Salem with her husband and two elderly dogs.
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Lynn Demuth Averbeck
Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding
Project Director
(503) 731-4663
lynn.averbeck@odot.state.or.us
Lynn Demuth Averbeck started working for ODOT in December of 2004 as Senior Major Projects Planner in the Region 1 office in Portland. She joined the Office of Innovative Partnerships as Project Director in July 2006. Lynn brings experience in land use planning and construction permitting of large projects to OIPP.
Lynn began her career in 1985 at Washington County in the Department of Land Use and Transportation, working in various areas for nine years, providing information to the public over the permit counter, writing development code language for transportation projects, coordinating transportation conditions with other agencies, and representing the department at public hearings.
In 1995, TriMet hired Lynn to manage the permit acquisition for the $944M Westside Light Rail Project, which included a three mile tunnel under Portland’s West Hills and coordination of hundreds of approvals and permits from numerous agencies. In 1998, Lynn started her own company, LDB Consulting, and from 1998 to 2004, assisted public and private clients in Oregon and Washington with identification, preparation and acquisition of land use, transportation, and construction permits.
Lynn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Portland State University. She has been a member of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) since 1994, was the Portland Chapter President from 1999-2000, and is a graduate of the 2006 WTS International Leadership Program. When not pursing interesting projects as an enthusiastic team member, Lynn spends time with her husband and two daughters and enjoys cycling, backcountry skiing, hiking, and making music with others.
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ODOT Office of Innovative Partnerships
355 Capitol St. NE Room 115
Salem, OR 97301-3871
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