Contact Us

For questions about our programs, forms, and other assistance, email OCRInfoRequest@odot.oregon.gov or call 503-986-4350.

For questions about Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID), including business certification, email biz.cobid@biz.oregon.gov.

For Title VI (discrimination) and ADA (disability) related assistance, information, concerns, and complaints, visit our Nondiscrimination page. You can also reach the Nondiscrimination team by telephone toll free at 855-540-6655, or by email:

• ODOT_ADA@ODOT.Oregon.Gov (Disability topics.)
  
• ODOT.TitleVI@ODOT.Oregon.Gov (Nondiscrimination topics.)
  

Telephone contacts are available through TTY at 800-735-2900, or through Oregon Relay Service at 7-1-1.

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 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
  

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
  

Engagement

This team engages internal staff and members of the public in support of ODOT’s mission and values for a fair and accessible transportation system. They oversee the Engagement Toolkit, which includes ODOT's Community Impact Analysis, Community Risk Index, Engagement Guide, Equitable Engagement Compensation Program (EECP), and Community Based Organizations (CBOs).

• David Morrissey, Culture Change Business Partner, 503-979-5827
  
• Lisa Brown, Equity and Civil Rights Program Manager (on rotation), 503-798-2623
  
• Terrence McTier, Engagement and Civil Rights Business Partner, 503-798-1591
  
• Susie Ashenfelter, Senior Community Impact and Access Strategist, 971-719-0798
  

Technical

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

• Anisha Datta, Data Manager, 971-453-2624
  
• Cynthia Cervon-Goss, Data & Website Management Coordinator, 503-930-7672

Leadership

This team provides leadership for all areas of the ODOT Office of Engagement and Civil Rights.

• Angela Crain, Office of Engagement and Civil Rights Manager, 503-931-2575
• Cye Fink, Field and Business Support Manager, 503-428-2921