PORTLAND, OR — STV announces that Kris Strickler, PE, has joined the firm as Senior Vice President and National Highways Director, bringing more than 20 years of public-sector leadership to the firm’s highways expertise. He will help lead strategy, client service, and delivery for complex, multi-jurisdictional corridor programs nationwide.

Strickler brings more than two decades of leadership from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Washington State Department of Transportation, overseeing multimodal delivery, operations, and maintenance programs across the Pacific Northwest. As the second longest-serving Director of ODOT, he advanced hundreds of capital projects statewide and is recognized for shaping multimodal programs that reduce congestion, expand user choice, and strengthen both rural and urban economic mobility.

“Kris has delivered some of the most complex, multi-jurisdictional transportation programs in the Pacific Northwest, shaping how transformational corridors are planned, funded, and delivered,” said Liz Justison, PE, PMP, President of the Transportation West operating group at STV. “His experience strengthens our ability to help clients advance major corridors with confidence, navigate federal and state requirements, and deliver projects that improve mobility for communities across the country.”

Strickler also served as the Oregon Program Director for the multi-billion-dollar Columbia River Crossing Program, a bi-state highway, transit, and multimodal initiative recognized as a Presidential Project of National or Regional Significance at that time. In this role, he led program development, federal coordination, environmental strategy, and legislative engagement, including securing $450 million in state funding and moving the project through a Record of Decision and complex permitting.

Strickler holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Washington State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Washington state.