Stephanos, Peter J
Director, Office of Stewardship, Oversight, and Management
In November 2016, Peter Stephanos was appointed as the Director of the Office of Stewardship, Oversight, and Management in FHWA's Office of Infrastructure. In this capacity, he heads the agency's administration of many core federal-aid highway programs, the stewardship and oversight of highway project delivery, and the implementation of a performance-based federal highway program including the development and implementation of highway asset management plans. His office is responsible for the development and delivery of policy and guidance needed to consistently and effectively carry out program requirements.
Before serving in this position Peter served in FHWA as the Director of the Office of Transportation Performance Management from 2011 to 2016 and as the Director of the Office of Pavement Technology from 2007 to 2001. In these positions Pete led the development of agency policy and guidance to shape and administer several key technical programs carried out by State DOTs and Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Key accomplishments included the issuance of regulations to implement MAP-21 and FAST Act provisions to transform the federal-aid highway program to be performance-based and the deployment of several innovative technologies to improve pavement and material performance.
Prior to joining FHWA Peter served as Director of Materials Technology for the Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA) from 2002 to 2007. In this capacity, he led a multi-disciplinary engineering office of 220+ employees responsible for the design, testing and acceptance of all highway materials used on MDSHA projects. He was responsible for the operations of four material laboratories spread across the state, geotechnical and pavement engineering, pavement management, material quality assurance and support operations including human resource management, vehicle and building maintenance, inventory management and procurement.
Before serving as the Director, Peter held the position of Pavement Division Chief within MDSHA from 1997 to 2002. In this capacity, he was responsible for the investigation, design and specification development of pavement and geotechnical projects. In addition, Peter was responsible for the management of MDSHA's pavement system preservation program where he managed network level funding allocations, program development, and project delivery to support the statewide pavement network. Peter began his engineering career working for MDSHA in 1987 after earning his bachelor's degree in engineering.
After completing his master's degree in Civil Engineering, Peter worked with PCS/LAW Engineering, a pavement and materials consulting firm located out of Beltsville, MD, from 1989 to 1997. During this period, he served as the Highway Pavement Division Manager responsible for the management of all pavement design and pavement management consulting services worldwide. In this position, he led many large pavement rehabilitation studies for highway agencies in the United States and abroad. In addition, he led pavement management development and implementation efforts in several state and county agencies.
