Contact Us

• Questions about our programs, forms, and other assistance: OCRinforequest@odot.oregon.gov or 503-986-4350
  
• Questions about COBID, including DBE, ESB, MBE, VBE and WBE Certification: biz.cobid@biz.oregon.gov
  

Program Support

This team supports all teams and leadership offices listed below.

• Amanda Toney, Civil Rights Programs Administrative Specialist, 971-345-1354
  
• Patrick Sanders, Executive Support Specialist, 971-345-1376
  

Civil Rights Field Coordinators

This team works with agencies and people who have highway contracts with ODOT and those aspiring to do so. Each coordinator is assigned to a specific ODOT region. They provide resources, guidance, training, colleagues, and compliance support.

• Darcy Hesselgesser, Region 1, 503-400-1960
  
• Tricia Vrana, Region 1, 503-779-9521
  
• Alyssa Soots, Region 2, 503-983-6904
  
• Christie Meacham, Region 3, 541-957-3698
  
• Heidi Brown, Region 4, 541-419-4101
  
• Rex Stanley, Region 5, 541-786-0959
  
• Michelle Ehara, Labor Equity Coordinator, 503-798-1352
  

Small Business Engagement

This team supports ODOT's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Emerging Small Business (ESB), Minority, Women Owned, Emerging Small Business (MWESB), and other small business programs, guidance, and activities.

• Omar Alvarado, Small Business Programs Navigator, 503-385-6694
  
• Joe Hanseling, Small Business Programs Navigator, 971-453-2889
  
• Diponker Mukherjee, DBE Program Manager, 971-283-4636
  
• Ailsa Kellam, Small Business Development Program Manager, 503-949-7744
  
• Catherine Biscoe, Small Business Programs Manager, 503-580-4682
• Christine Thompson, Public Policy Intern
  

Innovative Contracting

• Anay Hausner, Civil Rights Innovative Programs Manager, 971-453-1820
  
• James Myers, Alternative Contracting/QA Program Manager, 503-986-4351
  

Nondiscrimination

This team assists ODOT's sub-recipient agencies and members of the public with needs, requests, and concerns related to highway, transit, and passenger rail funded transportation programs in Oregon. Nondiscrimination topic areas include Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Environmental Justice, transit-specific Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, and discrimination.

• Brenda Gessner, Title VI/EJ/ADA Program Manager, 971-372-9291
  
• Carroll Cottingham, Intermodal Civil Rights Program Manager, 503-302-4524
  
• Jennifer Erickson, Civil Rights Programs Coordinator, 503-871-2977
  

Equity

This team engages internal staff and members of the public in support of ODOT’s Equity Priority in the agency’s Strategic Action Plan. They oversee the Equity Toolkit, which includes ODOT's Social Equity Lens, Social Equity Index Map, Equitable Engagement Guide, Equitable Engagement Compensation Program (EECP), and Community Based Organizations (CBOs).

• David Morrissey, Equity Manager, 503-979-5827
  
• Lisa Brown, Equity and Civil Rights Program Manager, 503-798-2623
  
• Terrence McTier, Equity and Civil Rights Program Manager, 503-798-1591
  
• Susie Ashenfelter, Policy and Procedure Manager, 971-719-0798
  

Technical

This team performs data analysis and reporting and manages technical tools for the ODOT Office of Equity and Civil Rights.

• Anisha Datta, Equity Data Manager, 971-453-2624
  
• Matt Rubic, Data & Website Management Coordinator, 971-453-2496
  
• Kai Rose, Labor Equity Goals Coordinator, 503-986-2834 

Leadership

This team provides leadership for all areas of ODOT’s Office of Equity and Civil Rights.

• Angela Crain, Equity and Civil Rights Manager, 503-931-2575
• Cye Fink, Field & Business Support Manager, 503-428-2921
  

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