WSDOT Freight Systems Division

John Sibold - Freight Systems Division Acting Co-Director
State Rail and Marine Acting Director
360-705-6903
siboldj@wsdot.wa.gov

Barb Ivanov - Freight Systems Division Co-Director
Freight Highway Trucking
360-705-7931
206-716-1166
ivanovb@wsdot.wa.gov 


General Inquiries

Passenger Rail / Freight Rail and Marine
360-705-7900
rail@wsdot.wa.gov

Freight Trucking
360-705-7932
freight@wsdot.wa.gov

Mailing Address

State Rail and Marine Office
PO Box 47407
Olympia, WA 98504-7407 


Rail Operations 

Ron Pate - Acting Operations Manager
360-705-7950
paterd@wsdot.wa.gov

Laura Kingman - Marketing and Communications Manager
360-705-7904
Laura.Kingman@wsdot.wa.gov

Kirk Fredrickson – Acting Operations Supervisor
360-705-7939
Fredrik@wsdot.wa.gov 

Chris Dunster - Acting Contracts Manager
360-705-7903
dunstec@wsdot.wa.gov


High Speed Rail Project Delivery 


David Smelser - Acting ARRA Cascades Program Manager
360-705-6916
smelsed@wsdot.wa.gov

Jason Biggs - Acting Rail Projects Coordination Manager
360-705-6985
biggsjr@wsdot.wa.gov

Melanie Coon - Cascades Program Media Relations Manager
360-705-7905
coonm@wsdot.wa.gov

Anissa Allen - Cascades HSR
Fiscal Analyst
360-705-7902
allena@wsdot.wa.gov

Jeannie Bailon - Cascades HSR Federal Compliance Engineer
360-705-6861
bailonw@wsdot.wa.gov

Sheridan Botts - Cascades HSR Budget and Finance Manager
360-705-7938
bottss@wsdot.wa.gov

Kris Butros - Cascades HSR Project Scheduler
360-705-7923
butrosk@wsdot.wa.gov

Alex Countouriotis - Cascades HSR Project Engineer
360-705-7041
countoa@wsdot.wa.gov

Frank Davidson - Consultant 
360-705-7122
davidsf@consultant.wsdot.wa.gov

Myria Foisy - Cascades HSR Environmental Support
509-577-1924
foisymj@wsdot.wa.gov

Cameron Harper - Cascades HSR Assistant Project Lead
360-705-7817
harperc@wsdot.wa.gov

Dan Lewis - Cascades HSR Project Lead
509-667-2894
lewisd@wsdot.wa.gov

Jim Mahugh - Cascades HSR Project Lead
509-577-1761
mahughj@wsdot.wa.gov

Larry Mattson– Cascades HSR Environmental Manager
509-577-1922
mattsol@wsdot.wa.gov

Cheryl McNamara - Cascades HSR Environmental Support
360-705-7490
mcnamac@wsdot.wa.gov

Darcy Muehlbauer - Cascades HSR Project Engineer
360-705-7982
muehldb@wsdot.wa.gov

Brian Pearson - Cascades HSR Engineer
509-667-2895
pearsob@wsdot.wa.gov

Loretta Pellissier - Cascades HSR Office Assistant
360-705-7981
pellisl@wsdot.wa.gov

Lisa Popoff - Cascades HSR Engineer
509-667-2892
popoffl@wsdot.wa.gov

Mike Rowswell - Cascades HSR Safety Program Manager
360-705-7930
rowswem@wsdot.wa.gov

Cody Scheuermann - Cascades HSR Document Control Assistant
360-705-6819
scheuec@wsdot.wa.gov

Brad Schilperoort - Cascades HSR Engineer
509-577-1895
schilpb@wsdot.wa.gov

Carolyn Simmonds – Cascades HSR Federal Compliance Manager
360-705-7992
simmonc@wsdot.wa.gov

Thomas Slimak - Cascades HSR Engineer
360-705-7339
slimakt@wsdot.wa.gov

Faris Sou - Cascades HSR Document Control Assistant
360-705-6965
souf@wsdot.wa.gov

Bryan Tomperi - Consultant
360-705-7298
tomperb@consultant.wsdot.wa.gov

Strategic Planning & Research

George Xu - Executive Manager Strategic Planning & Research
360-705-6902
xugeorge@wsdot.wa.gov

Brian Calkins - Senior Research Technician
360-705-6983
calkinb@wsdot.wa.gov

Teresa Graham - Research Technician
360-705-7901
grahamt@wsdot.wa.gov


Financial Management

Brent Thompson - Office Financial Manager
360-705-7927
thompbr@wsdot.wa.gov

Karen Forsell-Stewart - Financial Analyst
360-705-7519
forselk@wsdot.wa.gov 


Freight Policy and Planning

Wenjuan Zhao - Freight Policy and Program Manager
360-705-6990
zhaow@wsdot.wa.gov


Administrative

Joy Dopita - Executive Assistant, Freight Office
360-705-7932
dopitaj@wsdot.wa.gov

Angela Risher - Executive Assistant, State Rail and Marine Office
360-705-7900
rishera@wsdot.wa.gov