Audra Merrick

Audra Merrick serves as state engineer and deputy director leading ADOT’s Multimodal Planning Division, Project Delivery and Operations Division, and Alternative Delivery and Major Projects Division. In this role, she oversees the development and delivery of ADOT’s construction program while driving the agency’s efforts to improve and sustain the safety and efficiency of Arizona’s transportation infrastructure.

Before taking on her current job, Audra previously served as Multimodal Planning Division director, Project Delivery and Operations Division director, and Infrastructure Delivery and Operations Division deputy state engineer. She also worked for nine years as Northcentral district engineer.

Audra is a graduate of Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, and she is a registered civil engineer. Her expertise and her years of experience have played a key role in how ADOT responds to emergencies including a landslide on US 89 in 2014 that required extensive earthwork and the reconstruction of a newly aligned 1,500-foot section of roadway.