Barry Schoch, P.E., was nominated by Governor Tom Corbett to be Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation in January 2011.

Schoch has 30 years’ experience in the engineering field and has been heavily involved in either consulting, managing or playing a key role in many of the pending or completed transportation projects in Pennsylvania over that time.

For the past 15 years, prior to becoming Secretary of Transportation, Schoch worked for McCormick, Taylor & Associates as vice president and manager of their Harrisburg office transportation department. His portfolio ran the gamut from concept planning to finance strategies to project designs. A few of his projects include the Mon-Fayette Expressway in Southwest Pennsylvania; the proposed interchange between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95; the South Central Centre County Transportation Study in Centre County; the I-83 master plan for the Harrisburg region; the widening and reconstruction of U.S. 30 in Lancaster County; and the rebuilding of the interchange of U.S. 15 and Route 581 in Cumberland County. He played key roles in improving PennDOT’s approach to context sensitive design and training for environmental quality efforts. He also managed engineering for studies of Mag-Lev in the Washington-Baltimore corridor and was the project director for Pennsylvania’s proposed Mag-Lev project from Pittsburgh to Greensburg.

Schoch was elected president of the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association in April 2010, served as the chair of Pennsylvania Consulting Engineers transportation committee, and the Design Professionals Coalition Transportation Committee.

He graduated from Penn State University in 1982 with a degree in civil engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.).

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Jeffrey S. Russell, is responsible for leading the university’s programs and services for lifelong learners and nontraditional students. Dr. Russell has served as Professor and Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), focusing on construction management, innovative project delivery systems, and construction automation and robotics. Throughout his career, Dr. Russell has dedicated his efforts to making engineering education more meaningful and more relevant. He has been a consistent advocate for elevating engineering education expectations for tomorrow’s graduates to better prepare them for the challenges of a complex, interconnected world, and to compete more effectively in the global economy.

Dr. Russell is a respected researcher, author, and editor. He has published more than 200 technical papers, authored and published two books, and has been honored with a number of national and regional awards and 9 best paper awards..

He received his BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Wisconsin.

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Stephen DeLoach shares the responsibility with the Chief, E&C, for policy, program, and technical expertise in the execution of the Corps’ world-wide engineering, construction and environmental missions supporting the Nation’s water resources and military construction programs. Steve has also served as Chief of Engineering and Design for the Smithsonian Institution, principle of a mapping and remote sensing company, EarthData International, and as a research engineer with the Corps of Engineers. His past projects have led to the development of the kinematic method of GPS positioning and airborne LIDAR and digital mapping systems.

Steve earned his BSc. in Civil Engineering in 1978 from Virginia Tech and a Master’s Degree in Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and is a member of the Alumni Board of the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech. Steve has also served his community on various Councils and Boards.

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