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After 35 years of service to IDOT, Secretary Omer Osman is retiring.
Osman began his career at IDOT in 1989, working as a civil engineer and proceeding to more challenging leadership roles. He eventually transitioned to executive management of the agency, overseeing historic projects such as the modernization of Interstate 80 in Will County, the I-57/74 interchange reconstruction in Champaign-Urbana, capacity improvements to I-57 in southern Illinois and a renewed focus on multimodalism. He was appointed secretary in 2019, helping to deliver Gov. JB Pritzker’s historic Rebuild Illinois capital program and meet the challenges of the pandemic. Osman also championed diversity through all levels of the agency.
Gov. Pritzker has nominated former Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gia Biagi as the next secretary. She brings decades of experience in urban planning, transportation and public policy.
Biagi offers unique leadership experience as a board member for the Shared Use Mobility Center, a board trustee of the Chicago Architecture Center, an advisory board member of the Women’s Transportation Seminar and a former board member of the National Association of City Transportation Officials. She recently was named a visiting fellow at the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and her master’s from University of Illinois Chicago.
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