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SUMMARY:2024 Member Lunch March 20: IL Dept. of Transportation Secretary Omer M. Osman
DESCRIPTION:March Member Luncheon with Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Omer M. Osman\, P.E.\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the March Member Luncheon with Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Omer M. Osman\, P.E. who will provide an update on I80 road work/bridges\, the completion of Houbolt Rd. diverging diamond at I80\, the progress on I55/Rt. 59 project\, the Rt. 52 work from Joliet through Shorewood including I55 interchange\, and state work throughout downtown Joliet.\n\n \nOmer M. Osman\, P.E.\nOmer Osman was appointed Transportation Secretary by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2019. His role as secretary reflects three decades of experience at the Illinois Department of Transportation in engineering and management.\n\n\n\nMoving through the IDOT ranks gives him unique insight into department operations and scope\, funding challenges and opportunities\, as well as the need for strategic maintenance and infrastructure growth to support economic development and travel for Illinois residents.\n\n\n\nUnder his leadership\, IDOT continues to champion diversity. He remains an advocate for eliminating barriers and increasing access to IDOT partnerships with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and minority- and female-owned businesses.\n\n\n\nHis vast experience in transportation includes the management and advancement of complex projects and the assessment of current resources to inform funding and programmatic needs to create a multimodal system for the 21st century.\n\n\n\nHe assisted in the passage of the transportation component of Rebuild Illinois with Governor Pritzker and Illinois General Assembly. Passed in 2019\, Rebuild Illinois is investing a total of $33.2 billion over six years into the state's aging system\, creating jobs and promoting economic growth. Rebuild Illinois is not only the largest capital program in state history\, but also the first that touches all modes of transportation.\n\n\n\nHe has continued to guide IDOT during the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020.  His commitment to keeping projects open and safe provided invaluable reassurance to the transportation industry at a time of great uncertainty. He also mobilized IDOT's operations teams to deliver key personal protective equipment throughout the state. \n\n\n\nA native of the Sudan\, Osman came to the United States to study civil engineering at Southern University and A & M College in Baton Rouge\, Louisiana. He also earned a master's in civil engineering with an emphasis in construction management at Bradley University in Peoria.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px\;">March Member Luncheon with</span></strong></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">&nbsp\;Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary&nbsp\;Omer M. Osman\, P.E.</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Please join us for the March Member Luncheon with Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Omer M. Osman\, P.E. who will provide an update on&nbsp\;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">I80 road work/bridges\, the completion of Houbolt Rd. diverging diamond at I80\, the progress on I55/Rt. 59 project\, the Rt. 52 work from Joliet through Shorewood including I55 interchange\, and state work throughout downtown Joliet.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<h3 style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px 0px 10px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-size: 23px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; line-height: 1.4em\; font-weight: 700\; font-family: Montserrat\, Helvetica\, Arial\, Lucida\, sans-serif\;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Omer M. Osman\, P.E.</span></span></span></strong></h3>\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Omer Osman was appointed Transportation Secretary by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2019. His role as secretary reflects three decades of experience at the Illinois Department of Transportation in engineering and management.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Moving through the IDOT ranks gives him unique insight into department operations and scope\, funding challenges and opportunities\, as well as the need for strategic maintenance and infrastructure growth to support economic development and travel for Illinois residents.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Under his leadership\, IDOT continues to champion diversity. He remains an advocate for eliminating barriers and increasing access to IDOT partnerships with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and minority- and female-owned businesses.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">His vast experience in transportation includes the management and advancement of complex projects and the assessment of current resources to inform funding and programmatic needs to create a multimodal system for the 21st century.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">He assisted in the passage of the transportation component of Rebuild Illinois with Governor Pritzker and Illinois General Assembly. Passed in 2019\, Rebuild Illinois is investing a total of $33.2 billion over six years into the state&rsquo\;s aging system\, creating jobs and promoting economic growth. Rebuild Illinois is not only the largest capital program in state history\, but also the first that touches all modes of transportation.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">He has continued to guide IDOT during the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020. &nbsp\;His commitment to keeping projects open and safe provided invaluable reassurance to the transportation industry at a time of great uncertainty. He also mobilized IDOT&rsquo\;s operations teams to deliver key personal protective equipment throughout the state.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">A native of the Sudan\, Osman came to the United States to study civil engineering at Southern University and A &amp\; M College in Baton Rouge\, Louisiana. He also earned a master&rsquo\;s in civil engineering with an emphasis in construction management at Bradley University in Peoria.</span></span>
LOCATION:176 West 1100 NE Frontage Rd. Joliet\, IL 60431
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URL:http://members.jolietchamber.com/events/details/2024-member-lunch-march-20-il-dept-of-transportation-secretary-omer-m-osman-6929
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