INDOT commissioner to step down

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Governor Mitch Daniels said today that he has accepted the resignation of Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Commissioner Mike Reed. Reed intends to return to employment in the private sector.

Daniels has named Michael B. Cline, INDOT's deputy commissioner of operations, as the new INDOT commissioner.

Reed has been INDOT commissioner since February 2009. He also served as executive director of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) from 2006 to 2009.

Cline joined INDOT in 2007 and has 21 years of management and engineering experience in the surface transportation industry. In his current role, he is responsible for 3,200 employees and manages a $290 million annual operating budget and $500 million annual capital budget.

He was an engineering consultant from 1999 to 2006, worked for the City of Indianapolis for nine years, including service as the city's traffic administrator from 1997 to 1999, and was the assistant city engineer in Terre Haute for two years. Cline earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. He is a registered professional engineer in Indiana and a board certified professional traffic operations engineer.

The INDOT transition will occur on June 13.